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How can you tell if the outside walls have been insulated properly? On interior walls you can obviously see the insulation
It is difficult to verify or determine how much insulation is in the outside walls after they are enclosed. Sometimes if you remove an outlet cover on an outside you may be able to see if insulation is present. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Auto, cavity, cover, Draft, heat loss, holes in the wall, insulation, interior walls, location, loss, outlet, Scans
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Last Christmas I had problems with my outside lights causing the breaker on the outlet to go off. Sometimes when I would push the reset button it would just go off again. Is there any way to keep this from happening?
The outlet you are describing is called a GFCI or Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter. The sole purpose of this outlet is to keep you from being electrocuted. If it is tripping either there is a shot in the lights, they … Continue reading
Last year we had a lot of problems with our outdoor Christmas lights going off. The outlet with the little test and re-set button keeps turning off. How can we prevent this from happening?
The outlets outside are called GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter), which the only purpose is to keep you from getting electrocuted. Sometimes when it rains or the weather is damp and you have strings of lights plugged in it detects … Continue reading
