Replacing panels in dark basements

[MikeGee]

I use a husky LED head lamp and a helper holding a flash light.

 

[stickboy1375]

I use a husky LED head lamp and a helper holding a flash light.

For the entire 6-7 hour panel change out? No thank-you.

 

[celtic]

...a helper holding a flash light...

It would be more cost efficient to buy the most expensive battery operated light known to man

 

[mdshunk]

It would be more cost efficient to buy the most expensive battery operated light known to man

That would be this one. 900 bucks for battery version, 1200 bucks for rechargable: http://www.foxfury.com/products/mf_1000_series/index.htm

 

[celtic]

That would be this one. 900 bucks for battery version, 1200 bucks for rechargable: http://www.foxfury.com/products/mf_1000_series/index.htm

...and still a better deal the having Dusty on the payroll.

 

[peter d]

I use night vision goggles.

 

[mdshunk]

I use night vision goggles.

Best laugh I've had all day. In all seriousness, they're getting cheaper and cheaper. My oldest son gets these catalogs that have Russian surplus night vision stuff for not too much money.

 

[SEO]

with a fuse??? you could sell those to the floor sander guys

I don't think that the sander guys would want to change fuses.:smile:

 

[Podagrower]

No doubt


How about this puppy:

DC022

I picked this puppy up at the Depot the other week on clearance. Found a use for it the next day. Changing out all the devices in a house and ran out of daylight. Popped in a battery and kept working. I discovered one problem, however. When your battery goes dead, the light pops off without warning, it doesn't get dim, it just gets black. Not convenient when your standing on a ladder trying to hang a ceiling fan. Other than that one little quirk, it is an awesome, bright light.

 

[electricmanscott]

I use night vision goggles.

Whooppeee. I had my eyes replaced with cat eyes.

 

[celtic]

Big deal.....I use mirrors and a frensal lense to harness the awesome power of the sun..I'm LEED certified now.

 

[iwire]

You guys all still need to see?


What a bunch of newbies.

 

[mdshunk]

You guys all still need to see?


What a bunch of newbies.

Bob just uses The Force. Myself, I still need training wheels, so to speak. I install braille wire and breakers.

 

[Bernard1599]

Bob just uses The Force. Myself, I still need training wheels, so to speak. I install braille wire and breakers.

I?m new here and don?t mean to offend, but is this what is meant by saying ?The blind leading the blind??

Regards,

 

[mdshunk]

I?m new here and don?t mean to offend, but is this what is meant by saying ?The blind leading the blind??

Regards,

Yeah, pretty much. Basement stairs are real tough for me, being that I can't see at all.

 

[SEO]

I'm finding that the older I get the more light I need and sometimes I still don't see the light.:smile:

 

[LarryFine]

I also am an alligator clipper. Larry am i understanding that you have 4 seperate alligator clips.Wouldn't the ground and neutral under one clip be sufficient. Sorry just don't understand what seperating them ,and then attaching them to the neutral anyway would do for you.

I wouldn't want the risk of making tool cases hot because the neutral clip popped off of whatever it was clipped to, which is what would happen if I used a 3-wire cable.

Basically, what I made is wired as if it was a sub-panel, and for the same reasons. You might say my power board was wired in compliance with the 2008 NEC. :smile:

What if I was tapping onto the load end of a sub-panel feeder, maybe at a second building? Where would I land the combined neutral/EGC clip, the neutral or the EGC?

 

[LarryFine]

You guys all still need to see?

What a bunch of newbies.

And, of course, you can gell black from white just by feel, right? :grin:

 

[walkerj]

No basements around here, but I use the tall Dewalt light like Bob posted and I never leave home without my headlight (and a backup).
The headlight can be worn on my bare head, a baseball cap, or a hardhat.
No need for the helper, no need for alligator clips.

 

[cadpoint]

I'm finding that the older I get the more light I need and sometimes I still don't see the light.:smile:

ditto, ditto, & ditto...:roll: