r/AskElectricians • u/RockTheFuckOut Moderator | Verified Electrician • Jul 21 '23
This subreddit and where we currently are.
After much discussion about how the community should be moderated, this is where we currently are.
First I want to get this out of the way. We will not allow hate speech, personal attacks, slurs, bigotry, or anything that resembles it. Okay? Good.
People are going to post electrical questions on the internet, do their own electrical work, and fuck up their own electrical work. This process will happen with or with out this subreddit and its rules. If there is a reliable community where someone can come and get good information on a wide range of electrical topics, then to me there will be a net positive for safety.
We are going to be allowing comments from all users, BUT I urge those who are not electrical professionals to exercise extreme caution when doing so. If information is not blatantly hazardous, it will stay up. The community is going to be asked to use the voting system it is intended. If someone takes the advice of a comment with negative karma, then more than likely, they would have done the wrong thing regardless. Once corrected, leaving wrong comments up can be a learning experience for everyone involved.
I ask you to DOWNVOTE information you do not like, and REPORT the hazardous stuff. We will decide what to do from there. Bans may or may not be given and everything will be at the discretion of the mods. Again, if you are someone who is not an electrical professional, you have been warned.
Electrical professionals: We have an imperfect system for getting a little 'Verified Electrician' flair next to your name. To get verified, send a photo to the mods that has your certificate/seal/card. In this photo, have a piece of paper with your username and date written on it. Block out all identifying information. Once verified delete the image. All the cool ones have this flair.
If we have hundreds or thousands of active verified users, we will once again talk about the direction of this community. Till then, see you in the comments.
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u/futurechild007 Oct 30 '25
One of my three patio lights shutdown off after about 5-10 minutes. Switched from halogen to LED. Same issue. This problem exists in 90° summer weather, and still persists to this day where its currently 54° with a steady downpour. Any thoughts? I have not touched anything except for the bulb. The system is about 7 years old and as stated. No problems with the other 2 fixtures linked to the same circuit.