electrical wiring

Your license expired a year and a half ago. So that makes you a hobbyist, just like the rest of us.

Lighten up a bit. A lot of the folks here don't have a licensed electrician within a hundred miles of them, at least not a sober one. If they can't get advice here, they'll just wing it on their own.

Your search for Electrical Contractor with the name blakeman generated 1 match.
Name: BLAKEMAN, DAVID J
Address: OLD TAPPAN, NJ 07675-7201
License Number: 34EI01086700
License Status: Inactive
Expiration Date: 31-MAR-03

Having significant construction experience (of my own) and being a qualified EE for the past 36 years, I have, and am familiar with, the NEC book and am capable of making my own wiring decisions..... ...to be verified by the county; and in the case of the entrance "service" by the power company.

But those in need should get help; do not disagree with that.

Case in point.

Was president of the local water supply corp. Had a newbie move in and install his own pump and all. Called me up one night to help him with a problem. Went to have a look-see. He had wired his pump to his building wiring alright, but he didn't understand that the power, return, and safety ground conductors had to be insulated from each other at the point of service. He had them all wadded together and elect taped over the mess.

Mark

The point I think was trying to be made was that fixing your tractor wrong from bad advise may cost you thousands of dollars in a motor rebuild at worse but hooking 1 electrical wire up wrong in your house could burn your house down while you sleep. Just not the same.

But on the other hand I have seen a lot of people mostly in the plumbing and electrical field that feel giving out free advise just cuts into their pocketbook.
Never know.... He may be a union man and trying to protect his brother union man's job.

Wiring a 220V receptacle reminds me of drawing a line from the donkey on one side of the page to the donkey on the other side of the page in kindergarden, black on brass, white on silver, bare on green ...

I don't want you to milk my cows. I want you to go in the crowding pen with the bull. I don't why they call them cow boys, cows are easy.

People should not be afraid of posting dumb questions or electricity. People should respect electricity. I stand by my claim that wiring a 220V receptacle is usually not rocket science.

I suspect they'll be happy to get your golf cart running. We'd like to know how to get lightning to stop blowing up our motion sensor lights.

You get a little advice here and you hope to give some back. And you always should remember around here - you are getting free advice.

Sorry. I was out of line. Unfortunately, once I hit the "post" button it was too late.

I do not doubt that you are a well-qualified electrician.

MarkB

Your grandson is right. Use a handle, don't use your real name. Realize that every post on this site gets indexed by Google. If someone googles on your name, every post you make here will come up.

The kooks you need to worry about aren't the ones that will come to your house. The ones you have to worry about want to steal your identity. Don't give them any ammunition if you can help it. As you see, there's a lot of information about you on the net already

Regards,
mark

Since this thread contians your personal info, I personaly would

click on expand, then click on report to moderator to delete. (left side)

Ask Kim to delete this thread as it contians personal info.

I would advise never to use real names or give leading info on the internet other than while on a 128bit/SSL website.

With your correct name and date of birth, your idenity can be stolen.

T_Bone