Patio Refrigerator and Freezer Question?

[ultrarunner]

I have custom made cords for everything in my shop using at minimum 12 gauge and 10 if needed. I don’t have a huge demand for cords in my van since most of my stuff is cordless. But if I do have to use a corded saw it always gets a 12 gauge cord. I’ve had to run cords in a customers kitchen windows before to plug into a 12 gauge circuit. Code doesn’t require it but any house I build gets 12 gauge for the garage and exterior outlets. You’d be surprised how common it is for construction guys that you’d think would know better to string out 200 foot of light gauge cords for saws and air compressors. BTW an air hose doesn’t loose anything like a cord does. It’s better to plug the compressor into the source and string out more hose given the option. And you can plug a reserve tank into the end to fix any loss it does incur.

A floor refinishing contractor uses 10 gauge custom set up with alligator clips to the busbar.

I know because I arrived to check on the job and first thing I noticed besides the sound of the floor sander is the circuit breaker box cover removed with a heavy cord alligator clipped direct by-passing breakers…

He’s been in business 28 years and said by-passing house circuits avoids lots of problems.

 

[grsthegreat]

Sure, I can’t see any problem with a 30 amp, 10g cord clipped to a 100 or 200 amp bussbar.

but that’s just me

 

[ultrarunner]

Housing rental inspector? What’s that.

We have to register each rental unit to lawfully collect rent subject to habitability and zoning.

Cities also collect a tax on gross receipts and rent board registration fee annually… none of which existed when I started.

Some rentals I managed are in Hayward which has mandatory compliance inspection no less than every five years or on tenant request…

I managed a home where the tenant changed out outlets to grounded and all failed and I was given correction notice and $200 reinspection fee totally caused by resident… and for gosh sake NO plastic drain traps!!!

 

[DieselBound]

Is the outlet OK?

I once almost had a fire start due to a dryer connection. My dryer. In a rental house. As I always do, I look to prove/disprove that it's my issue. I tore my dryer apart and tested everything. No issues found. Turned out that the contacts in the outlet (standard 220v appliance outlet) were weak and that they weren't pinching the plug's prongs good enough; this caused heat build-up, which then beget...

It's not enough to just check for voltage. Verify that there's good bite/contact from the outlet. Higher amp draws will make poor connections stress a lot more. Nothing lasts forever. Scary to think about all the things that are just biding their time before they have a chance to cause problems!

 

[ultrarunner]

The outlet tension tested with Hospital blade tension gauge. No problem there.

I've had a few strange dryer problems over the years...

One garage was steamy and sizzling... washing machine hot water line developed a pin hole leak directed exactly to the 240 dryer outlet... not enough to trip but enough to damage outlet and plug... it really was sizzling.

Another time a dryer on long dry time tripped breaker so I replaced and all was ok for a few weeks and then tripping.

It was a head scratcher so I crawled under house and traced wire and found a taped splice on the side of a floor joist... evidently the dryer location was moved several feet...

What's with million dollar homes and spliced 240 Romex sans j-box and wire nuts...

 

[grsthegreat]

Holy cow…..What crazy rules. Would drive me nutz

 

[ultrarunner]

Yep... it always starts small and once established continues to expand...

Out for a walk this evening and noticed a thirty something couple loading a U-Haul and we have exchanged conversation before...

They decided they did not want to be here 10 years from now or grow old here and that was that.

Already bought in AZ...

Seems to be 1 or 2 each month leaving the state and mostly 30 something couples with good jobs chucking it...

Last week it was CO and last month ID.

I would never jump in today but when I started managing property my rental agreement was one page with a second page inventory and condition sheet...

Now it is 30 pages to include all the mandatory disclosures and such.

 

[alexebdra453]

It's got an ice maker in the bottom drawer freezer instead of the drawer which I know is prone to breaking. Lower energy cost than most other large fridges I've seen. Good reviews. But I want to know what I can expect a couple of years down the line small rugs. how to add canon printer to iPhone

We'd appreciate any advice at all!!!

 

[Torvy]

Yep... it always starts small and once established continues to expand...

Out for a walk this evening and noticed a thirty something couple loading a U-Haul and we have exchanged conversation before...

They decided they did not want to be here 10 years from now or grow old here and that was that.

Already bought in AZ...

Seems to be 1 or 2 each month leaving the state and mostly 30 something couples with good jobs chucking it...

Last week it was CO and last month ID.

I would never jump in today but when I started managing property my rental agreement was one page with a sexing page inventory and condition sheet...

Now it is 30 pages!

Sorry about the headaches. Sounds like a future rental agreement will have to specifically prohibit major appliances outside, or maybe even anything not provided by you. I couldn't deal with being a landlord in most places, 100% could not there. All of my siblings were born in that area, but other than one family of cousins in Fremont, no family has been in California since the 70s.

 

[Diggin It]

I went #12 to every outlet, but I went 14 for lights. But it’s all in steel flex, metal boxes. No romex.

One of the first things I did in the 1940s house when I bought it in '98 was pull out all the old cloth covered Romex, some of which was quite brittle down to the conductors. Ran 12/2 for outlets and 14/2 for overhead lights and switches. I suppose I could have pulled MX into the old holes but new Romex pulled easier. Wherever I could, I used the old as a pull wire for the new, but there were a lot of places that wasn't possible. Thankfully, they didn't use Romex staples inside any of the walls, only in exposed areas.

Used a mix of metal and plastic boxes since most everything was 'old work' with no access to studs to nail new ones on or remove old ones.