I feel so un-smart when I speak with an electrician.

[CrankFate]

15 hours ago, islandbass said:

Now you tell me. I just installed a ceiling fan, lol. 

When I took the ugly, too big, ceiling fan, over my bed, that came with my house down, it weighed about 100 pounds. It was held up by a tiny little screw. I later saw it was recalled and it was advised to remove it for anyone who had one because it was a potentially fatal hazard. I couldn’t believe something that heavy could be rocking back and forth on a tiny crap metal screw on a crap metal ring mount.

[islandbass]

2 hours ago, CrankFate said:

When I took the ugly, too big, ceiling fan, over my bed, that came with my house down, it weighed about 100 pounds. It was held up by a tiny little screw. I later saw it was recalled and it was advised to remove it for anyone who had one because it was a potentially fatal hazard. I couldn’t believe something that heavy could be rocking back and forth on a tiny crap metal screw on a crap metal ring mount.

Yikes! They are heavy. The one I installed was heavy but not 100 lbs. I honestly don’t remember how I put it up by myself, lol. 

[.ghoti.]

I’m fine working with anything electrical, up to 480V. Above that; call somebody else. 

[schplurg]

I know a few electricians and believe me, you have no reason to feel un-smart around them.

[Skunkmaster-k]

2 hours ago, schplurg said:

I know a few electricians and believe me, you have no reason to feel un-smart around them.

Ouch

[Sam]

Water and electricity...you have to respect both as they can be uncontrollable and dangerous.

 

I hire professionals to take care of any water or electrical situations at my house.

[GreenPig]

If it's more than repairing the cow pasture electric fence or swapping out a battery, I'll let my brillant wife handle it. She's wired my boats, several trailers, shop, and our hot tub. Wiring looks like a bowl of spaghetti to me. I took & passed an pretty in depth electrical course to receive my A & P license. I was blessed to have an instructor that was eat up with the bass fishing bug like myself.