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  • Ouch, what a mess. No ground wire, un-jacketed wires, wires running into a metal box holes without protection, not enough slack in the junction box. I’m guessing that is copper wire, but there is a small possibility it is aluminum which if so you need extra care with, which wouldn’t have been done in the day.

    Best it to pull new romex through that FMC (it looks like there is sufficient space to do this, but pictures can be deceiving) , all the way from where the wires start to where they go. The junction boxes should be removed completely.

    If you cannot do the above, the first box must be moved down. Both because it needs to attach to the FMC (with the proper connector) so the wire is protected and also to provide enough slack. When the house was built you probably were allowed to use the FMC as your ground, but that isn’t current code - I’m not sure if you can legally say it was a minor change and thus the old code applies, but even if you can you really should put in a proper ground wire.




  • What do you mean running out? Depending on the source they are able to make 1-3 tanks per days (old Soviet tanks in good shape are all gone, but they still can restore some of the bad ones and they are making brand new ones). However they still have a lot of tanks in use, just that if they lose one they can’t replace it, but can be used.

    Most other equipment they still have a lot of old soviet stocks that are in “change the oil and a few other minor things and go” condition. Depending on what equipment you are talking about though they are running to the end of that.





  • But it matters to the larger picture of voters who vote “for the lesser evil”. If you like ONE thing Trump stands for (if you don’t you don’t know everything he stands for) and decided that was enough to vote for him, then those others things can be important enough to vote for someone else. If you vote for Trump the person, or Trump the Republican: then it doesn’t matter. However there are still more than enough voters who vote for issues as to change the next election.


  • That is today. Even if true, the grid sees this demand and they are looking to meet it. So next year things will be different.

    Though a good salesman wants repeat sales and so if he things you will be unhappy he won’t sell it. Thus selling the cheaper thing now and hoping you come back in a few years when the grid is better is the right thing for him.

    Assuming of course that your grid is allowed to keep up. Vermont isn’t on the ocean, but it is close enough to get offshore wind from neighboring states. Trump seems to be shutting that down, and so the area should refuse to provide enough power since their best option isn’t allowed. (building coal would be allowed, but it is uneconomical) Write your congressman to make sure wind is unblocked. I don’t know how windy Vermont is, but in state wind is likely an option if allowed. Likewise there is some solar potential though it isn’t a great location.

    I’m lucky enough to live in a location where all my power comes from Wind.