My car stereo display went blank, and it's not the first time. Is my car striking my car stereos blind? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 1 answers

How can I use the speakers in my TV as the "center" speaker on my receiver? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 11 answers

Have I fried my car stereo? Exposed wires crossed, and then no more music... [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2007 - 8 answers

I've pulled an RF modulator out of an old VCR, but I don't know what some of the pins are for on the unit. Help me wire it up to modulate a composite video signal. [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2007 - 12 answers

One residential electrical junction box with wires coming into it from two different circuit breakers, is this to code or completely whack? [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2007 - 8 answers

How can I wire a bunch of push lights together and run them off of regular power? [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2006 - 11 answers

Why would the lightbulbs burn out much more frequently in one room of my house? [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2006 - 9 answers

yesterday i was wiring up a room(mains ring and sockets) for a friend. It turns out i did it wrong by thinking blue was live and brown neutral, but anything plugged into the sockets works fine.Is it safe to leave it like this? I can distinctly remember being taught in school bLue=Live browN=Neutral I'm 24 and from n.ireland, does anybody else remember being taught this or did i just make it up? [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2005 - 16 answers

Is there a safe, easy way to ground a household outlet? [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2005 - 11 answers

My wife and I recently rented a house in the Phinney Ridge area of Seattle. When renting I saw that all of the outlets were 3 prong outlets and that there was a breaker box and not a fuse box, so I assumed it was all wired correctly. Now that we've moved in, I've found that 6 of the 10 outlets are coming up as "open ground" when using a grounding tester. [more inside]
posted on Jul 4, 2005 - 13 answers

Can wiring (Romex - 12/2) be run through (perpendicular to) a cold air return? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2005 - 5 answers

My house still has some knob and tube wiring. I am concerned, in particular, with the ceiling light fixture in my home office where I just installed a new light. Neither wire was marked as hot or neutral, and my voltmeter read the same thing no matter which way I touched the wires. So I figured I had a fifty-fifty chance of getting it right. Will anything bad happen if I got the lamp wires connected to the wrong source wires? How can I tell which wire is which in the future?
posted on Mar 12, 2005 - 12 answers