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08-13-2009, 09:49 PM
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4 amps on the gec with the meter pulled
MY helper never encountered this before ,He who has the the best grounding system gets the neinhbors neutral current . Notice the nice ground clamp  .
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08-13-2009, 09:53 PM
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Which is older..... the service or that meter?
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08-13-2009, 09:59 PM
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Definetly the service, bought the meter about 20 yrs ago .service is about 1965.
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08-13-2009, 10:19 PM
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Hey man ....1951 called and it wants its amp meter back... thank you thank you.... your a beautifull crowd....Im here all week....
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08-13-2009, 10:22 PM
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Hey man ....1951 called and it wants its amp meter back... thank you thank you.... your a beautifull crowd....Im here all week.... |
....And don't forget the Saturday afternoon matinee!
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08-13-2009, 10:27 PM
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How old are you guys?
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08-13-2009, 10:28 PM
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That's what I call the crunchy BX. And that stuff is in especially atrocious shape. You've got a real doozie there. 
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08-13-2009, 10:33 PM
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How old are you guys?
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I don't claim to have been around when dirt was created, but I wired the factory God made it in.
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08-13-2009, 10:33 PM
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That's what I call the crunchy BX. And that stuff is in especially atrocious shape. You've got a real doozie there. |
Ever see it without a bonding strap get red hot and not blow the fuse or have a painter come up to you and say the paint dried up in a line to a switch box from the floor.
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08-13-2009, 10:33 PM
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amprobe still makes a meter like that, they work really well for ssr readings. some of them fire so fast it nice to have a needle to see instead of digital.
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08-13-2009, 10:47 PM
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amprobe still makes a meter like that, they work really well for ssr readings. some of them fire so fast it nice to have a needle to see instead of digital.
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Yeah the last #dosent fluctuate either ,but there not linear.
I carry that one in my bag for quick checks on feeders and gecs, because its 400 amp the new ones in the truck with the circut tracer and sure test.
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09-02-2009, 09:37 PM
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who's calling who old! When I took my test we still had candles in the code book
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09-02-2009, 10:06 PM
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who's calling who old! When I took my test we still had candles in the code book |
Maybee gas/ electric combo lites, I DOBUT CANDLES .
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09-03-2009, 12:09 PM
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You're grounding the transformer on the street.
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09-03-2009, 08:40 PM
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I am nice, feel old 
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09-06-2009, 05:14 PM
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This is why I never energize a service change until all the grounding and bonding is done.
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09-06-2009, 08:33 PM
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This is why I never energize a service change until all the grounding and bonding is done.
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Mag, is your new avatar a real picture of you? You look like that guy from the tv show King of Queens Must be hard to get up through the attic chute
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09-06-2009, 09:59 PM
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Mag, is your new avatar a real picture of you? You look like that guy from the tv show King of Queens Must be hard to get up through the attic chute |
Gee thanks!
Yes that's really me in the soon to be old Giants Stadium drunkenly headed up to section 339 row 27 for another round of disappointing football.
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09-07-2009, 04:00 AM
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Mag, is your new avatar a real picture of you? You look like that guy from the tv show King of Queens Must be hard to get up through the attic chute |
It can't be much easier for you with that nose . Sorry couldn't resist 
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09-07-2009, 01:43 PM
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I was thinking Prince Charles
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