Tony Sounds like a very workable plan for new installations. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Thurman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:39 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] identifying black and white wires etc.
>I have someone tell me which wire is which on a new roll of romex then I > strip the end of the black and tye a knot in the red on both ends of the > roll. > > As I install the wires I use a continuity check and mark both ends of the > wire as I cut it so I'm ready to go with the rest of the roll and can > install fixtures later. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of R & S Enterprises > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] identifying black and white wires etc. > > Hello folks, > I was listening to the handy show and Phil mentioned there was no way for > a > blind person to tell which wire was the hot one. or rather what color a > wire > was Well one can put the talking multi meter to use. Please note a > audial > continuity tester and or a 110 volt buzzer can also be used. > First if you are replacing an outlet examine it closely. If it is the > three > wire with a equipment ground it is a matter of replacing one wire at a > time. > Put the equipment hole down. A bare or green wire will be attached to > that > terminal so remove it from the bad outlet and put on the new one in the > same > spot. The narrow slot on the right will be the black and the left wider > slot is the white wire.location. > If you are doing a single pole switch with only two wires it really does > not > make a different. Note I am not counting the equipment grounding wire > sometimes fastened to the metal yoke of the switch. > Now if the out let is gone and only three wires are left.in the box > proceed > as follows. > If one is totally bare without insulation that is the equipment grounding > wire. It is fastened to the grounding bar in the panel box. Check > continuity between it and each of the other ones . The one that shows > continuity is the white, which is also hooked to the metal of the panel > box > as the equipment grounding wire is. There fore we read continuity.. The > one that doesn't show continuity is the black. This is assuming number > one > the power is off and two nothing is plugged into the circuit and is turned > on. Your tester can backfeed in that case. > Using a voltage tester and alligator clips if you are a total turn power > off. Hook one lead to the bare wire using a jumper wire with alligator > clips. Hook the other jumper assembly and lead to one of the other wires. > Turn power. Click the talk switch on the meter and see what it reads. > 120 > volts means you are hooked between the hot wire and the equipment > grounding > wire. No reading means you hooked to the white wire. > What to do when there are only two wires with no equipment ground, bare > wire. Basicallly the same thing I had to do many times when I was > sighted. > You have to bring in a equipment ground. If you have metal water pipes > you > can hook to them or the metal panel box if it is closer again with jumper > wires. For extended lengths a extension cord can be used. A straight > screwdriver inserted into the female cord end allows you to make > connection > with out tearing the cord apart. Again a jumper wire hooked to the > screwdriver allows you to have a solid connection. Don't try to hold > wires > together with your hands use the clips and jumper wires, they are more apt > to stay together that way. > So now with a known grounding point measure for voltage to each wire to > determine the hot or black one. > I have also used this method to straighten out incorrectly wired three way > switches when there was no equipment ground in the switch box. In this > case > you need to understand the basic theory of the circuit to be able to trace > through the wiring, but it can be done. The talking multi meter is great > although a 110 volt buzzer could be used. > Ron > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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