Stupid question possibly

So I’m the one that posted the FPE panel thread some days ago, haha. Anyways it’s going to be replaced with a Leviton panel, I’m pretty sure ( will have to double check) that we have a couple circuits in the house that have a shared neutral. My question is, would the theoretically correct way to do this be to use a double pole breaker in lieu of 2 single poles? Cause I see the Leviton panels neutrals seem to be wired on a per breaker basis for the neutrals. Although they would all be connected to the same neutral bus regardless?

I’m just trying to get my breaker count correct for the moment.

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u/Pinfred — 1 day ago

Take a moment to admire this before it gets replaced.

House built in 1975, getting replaced in September, got a master electrician client at work that’s gonna do it for $1000, I said how can I say no to that. Became very apparent that this shit had to go when I was replacing a baseboard heater downstairs and my dumbass didn’t use my NCVT to check if I had the right breaker, took the wire nuts off and was pulling the 10/2 out of the baseboard and let’s just say I could have welded with it, cause the one hot sure as hell welded itself to the baseboard before i gave it a good yank, separated the two hots I ended up just shutting all the baseboard circuits off and narrowed it down to circuit 36/37 but still that should have definitely tripped the breaker…. Also it’s #10 on a double 20a breaker with nothing else on it. Wonder why they used #10… not that it’s against code, but #12 would have been more than enough lol I traced the whole wire through the basement to confirm this, doesn’t hook up to anything else.

I always chuckle a little bit when I look at this panel cause absolutely none of the breakers line up… 😂

u/Pinfred — 3 days ago

Have they been rotating the trains on Steelforce?

I swear not too long ago it was Red/Black train on the tracks with blue no where in sight, when we went on Sunday it was Blue/Black I’m assuming they keep one rotating for maintenance purposes?

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u/Pinfred — 9 days ago

Emporia Level 2 Pro Hardwired tripping 60A QO breaker

Hey All,

So got this Charger installed, the wire run from the panel is 10' 6/3 MC with a surface mounted JB in the garage, The whip from the charger and MC are connected with Polaris connectors, they're torqued down good, problem is it tripped the 60 QO breaker after about an hour of charging, the charging wire was warm to the touch, not hot, as well as the main run from the panel, they face of the breaker did feel quite warm though, but I was kind of expecting that since it's a continuous 48 amp draw. it's a brand new breaker and it is not GFCI.

Any ideas?

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u/Pinfred — 12 days ago

Help me understand tier 2 open access…

So I got a colonoscopy/endoscopy back in April of this year, they billed my insurance 26k, insurance made adjustments and paid an amount, overall around 10k, they are balance billing me 14.5k, I checked the doctor that did the procedure and he shows as tier 2 open access. I spoke with the provider and they said that I am out of network etc, spoke to my insurance and the lady said while that’s technically true, they paid the provider the fair amount based on what others charge in the area, put my patient responsibility as $0 on the EOB, and assured me I have no responsibility to pay this, but the provider is fighting back pretty hard, not sure where to go from here.

If anyone can explain this that would be appreciated…

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u/Pinfred — 28 days ago

Family doctor referred me to a neurologist

So I’m gonna make this as short as I can, 30M 5’11 215lb been going on for years, but recently got quite a bit worse, already had multiple ekg’s that say my heart is doing its thing correctly, so they’ve ruled out any kind of heart disease, I’ve had lower abdomen ultrasounds for other issues like nausea but that has not been an issue since i took antibiotics for an ear infection I had a little while ago, blood tests, urinalysis etc, all came back fine, anyways I go numb pretty easily, the biggest outlier is I will frequently wake up with my hand and or any other part of my body somewhat numb, once it was my right leg, the other my left arm, to the point that I couldn’t even move it and it was limp for about a minute or two after getting out of bed, and on 3 different occasions the back of my head/neck. There’s one other symptom that accompanies this more recently since it’s been worse, which is neck popping/cracking, specifically more when I turn my head to my right. ALSO elevated blood pressure in the last 7-8 months. Talking like 130’s over mid to higher 80’s.

Another pointer, right now as I’m writing this, if I stretch my right arm out, my hand gets a bit tingly.

Does anyone have the slightest idea what may be causing this so I can get an idea of expectations going into this appointment?

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u/Pinfred — 2 months ago

Going through my health insurances legal for my recent colonoscopy

So I reached my max out of pocket prior to this procedure with my insurance, but everything they claim as ineligible charges got charged to me, think the total was like 31k and insurance paid around 17k between all the codes, the provider I’m with labeled everything I had to pay prior to reaching this as deductible or co insurance, now they just changed the wording to not covered. Is this a miscommunication between the insurance and provider or are they trying to do something shady, not naming names as i stated this is currently being taken care of by attorneys

Im just trying to understand this whole thing…

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u/Pinfred — 2 months ago

Sodastream fountain syrup bottle pumps

Anyone know where to find additional pumps to purchase, I can’t find these damn things anywhere, lol.

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u/Pinfred — 2 months ago

Blocked left ear

So I went to convinient care cause my left ear has had a fullness or blocked feeling for almost 4 hours, I had mentioned to the doctor that I went to my Family doctor months ago cause I have trouble clearing pressure out of my right ear with elevation change, sometimes it takes 4-5 minutes of constantly fiddling my jaw etc to get rid of it, at the time she said I had fluid buildup in my left ear and told me to take an allergy med like Zyrtec, so I did, didn’t help at all with the right ear though. So anyways she looks into both my ears and says they’re both a little red and prescribed me antibiotics, my question is, is it possible that this was the problem all along? Wouldn’t it have gotten worse to the point of pain etc?

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u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/sleep

Lately, I’ve had really bad circulation issues mostly when I’m sleeping

First off, 30(M)So I’ve noticed over the past 2 ish years I’ve been having almost constant circulation problems while sleeping. As far as I can recall, it started with my right arm, I would frequently sleep with my arm under my pillow, one morning around July of 2025, I woke up and my whole right arm was completely asleep, I thought something bad happened cause I could not feel it at all and it was limp, fast forward about 2 months ago it’s been getting worse, now it seems like whichever side I’m sleeping on, my arm/hand is numb when I wake up, this past Saturday, something a little more weird happened, the back of my head, left arm and a bit of my leg felt numb when I woke up. I have very rare instances where I wake up and nothing is numb.

I’ve been seeing a family doctor for mild nausea since this past October, they put me on omeprazole which seems to have helped a bit, but I’m starting to think all this crap is connected, the daytime fatigue, nausea, etc. I’ve tried different pillows etc, but unsure of where to go from here, I’ve had neck x rays, upper and lower and there’s no signs of anything being wrong, they’ve done ultrasounds of my abdomen and around my heart (arteries) I believe, I’ve done PT for neck and shoulders with nothing really being solved, I’m desperate for answers at this point and unsure of where to go from here???

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u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
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CarPlay, Spotify showing wrong song playing

Anyone else have this issue? When I’m in the [] mode where it shows maps, destination and Spotify it shows the right song playing, but if I go on the Spotify screen exclusively it always shows the song that played before, even if I jump to the next one it will show the previous song on the screen with the one after it playing, must be a bug? But I don’t know if it’s phone related or Car related.

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u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
▲ 46 r/Habs

Getting pumped up before going into work!

Go Habs Go! Let’s get it done!!

u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/mazda3

Is it cooked?

Asking a question for my dad, he bought my 2014 Mazda 3 back in June of last year, if I recall correctly it had around 160k miles on it, he said recently a P015 and P017 code threw and said the car sounds like a diesel below 1200 rpm but is fine above. I’m reading where it could be the sensors, Timing chain stretch/ or something else that I hope it is not 😣. Anyone else have this happen ?

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u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/mazda3

Is it cooked?

Asking a question for my dad, he bought my 2014 Mazda 3 back in June of last year, if I recall correctly it had around 160k miles on it, he said recently a P015 and P017 code threw and said the car sounds like a diesel below 1200 rpm but is fine above. I’m reading where it could be the sensors, Timing chain stretch/ or something else that I hope it is not 😣. Anyone else have this happen ?

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u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/CX50

2.5 NA oil quantity

I’m assuming the CX50 like the older CX5’s experience the whole 4.8 quarts = half way between Low and Full on dipstick phenomenon?

Do you guys add more to get to the fill line or do you just leave it? My brothers CX-5 will consistently throw the low oil light right before he gets to his 5k oil change.

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u/Pinfred — 3 months ago
▲ 118 r/CX50

Absolutely love this car so far, I was originally looking at a 25’ CX-5 Premium last year, but after they got the new 26’ models and I saw the interior I was like, yeah no. Then I saw the CX-50 in Cypress Green and I just kept coming back to it. Some say I’m brave for going with the white interior but I love it, just need to take extra care 😅 decided to for go the turbo cause as much as it’s nice, turbos don’t last forever, and with gas price uncertainty you just never know. The non turbo does what I need it to anyways, just a smaller zoom-zoom 😂

u/Pinfred — 4 months ago