Home Improvement Store Wisdom

[templdl]

Have you guys considered that the 15A breaker would be more energy efficient using the water principle. Since the 15a breaker has a smaller hole for electrons to go through the 15a breaker will ration the electrons better than the 20a breakers and would save up to 25-30% on energy costs. It could qualify for a ?green? application.

 

[daleuger]

Have you guys considered that the 15A breaker would be more energy efficient using the water principle. Since the 15a breaker has a smaller hole for electrons to go through the 15a breaker will ration the electrons better than the 20a breakers and would save up to 25-30% on energy costs. It could qualify for a ?green? application.

Good thing none of you guys are up here. They'd find a way to tax you on that too. :roll:

 

[Fulthrotl]

So, would that be an increase in amperage, or voltage? :wink::grin:

actually, it is a change in color.... light gray smoke is just a little current,
black icky smoke is a lot of current.... that is why, for safety's sake, you
never want to put your hand in the current directly... always use a wooden
paddle.......:smile:

 

[480sparky]

actually, it is a change in color.... light gray smoke is just a little current,
black icky smoke is a lot of current.... that is why, for safety's sake, you
never want to put your hand in the current directly... always use a wooden
paddle.......:smile:

So the light grey is the grounded, and the black is the ungrounded? :grin:

 

[peter]

Daleuger,
"they STILL sell those "Electrician's Conduit Cutters" which basically amounts to a glorified C-clamp with a cutting wheel."
This sounds like the GreenLee Conduit Cutter. It is basically a plumber's tubing cutter BUT the cutting wheel is arranged so it only cuts about halfway through the conduit. Then you snap it off.
This creates an interesting metalurgical effect: the remaining metal on the inside of the conduit expands a little and forms a nicely rounded inner edge. The outer edge is already precisely cut at an exact 90* angle and also doesn't need de-burring.
Thank you for reading this post. I need all the money I can get.
~Peter

 

[daleuger]

Daleuger,
"they STILL sell those "Electrician's Conduit Cutters" which basically amounts to a glorified C-clamp with a cutting wheel."
This sounds like the GreenLee Conduit Cutter. It is basically a plumber's tubing cutter BUT the cutting wheel is arranged so it only cuts about halfway through the conduit. Then you snap it off.
This creates an interesting metalurgical effect: the remaining metal on the inside of the conduit expands a little and forms a nicely rounded inner edge. The outer edge is already precisely cut at an exact 90* angle and also doesn't need de-burring.
Thank you for reading this post. I need all the money I can get.
~Peter

I never had a burning desire to try them because it seems to me that snapping it off would actually make it harder to ream the inside after you cut it. You can't snag water on a burr. :grin:

 

[wawireguy]

Those little conduit cutters are nice when you have to cut a conduit thats back in some hole. Have to ream the inside thoroughly as it creates quite the burr. I know you're not supposed to use them but sometimes they are handy.

 

[hillbilly1]

Another issue with those cutters is they reduce the inside diameter, whether they cut all the way through, or just part way, and a reamer, unless its a cutting type plumbing reamer will not restore it.

 

[LarryFine]

Another issue with those cutters is they reduce the inside diameter, whether they cut all the way through, or just part way, and a reamer, unless its a cutting type plumbing reamer will not restore it.

That shouldn't really matter if the conduit fill isn't exceeded; the the 40% fill might be exceeded for 1/16" or so.

Personally, I use the reciprocating saw for most EMT cutting, and the tip of my Kleins just fits in 1/2" for reaming.

I also use the Klein set-screw-driver with the 1/2"-3/4"-1" reamer on the blade shank.