Dave Donovan

DIY Electrics 
Serenity now, Insanity later

Dave was an electrician at the University of Pennsylvania for 15 full years before a serious injury to his back forced him to resign well before he had hoped. Landing solidly on his feet, Dave began his dream career of being a writer. Along the way, he tried his hand at a few "real" jobs, but he found the steady pay and great benefits to be a little boring. "You never know what it's like to be alive until you have no health insurance and a frozen steak slams onto your toe. Yeah, that's living!"

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by OldRiverRat on 07/04/08 : On point 4, the last thing I said was (not realizing comment size limit) was that I REPLACE the old and obsolete sockets whenever I find them. ...
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by OldRiverRat on 07/04/08 : One thing about porcelain replacement sockets (I myself having almost all the lighting in my unfinished basement being of that type) is that there are multiple types. Mainly, there are: 1. Sockets without pull chains which would be found on a switched circuit. 2. Sockets with pull chains on switched or non-switched circuits. (I have one string of light sockets going back to my camping gear corner, and every other socket has a pull chain, so that I can control the amount of light (and cost thereof) as needed.) 3. You can also find porcelain sockets which have 125v three prong electrical outlets. I like those in areas without lots of wall plugs, and much prefer them to the plastic socket extensions which have plug-ins built in. Just feel that porcelain is safer than plastic. 4. Sometimes the old porcelain sockets do not work with grounded wiring systems or are just really old. I ...
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This is something I've always wanted to try in my house! Unfortunately, I'm too nervous that I may discover something I'd rather not know about. But thanks for writing the article in case I ever get up the nerve!
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Good article, Murray! Hey, you could probably do another for college students heading off to school. Dave
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Dave Donovan's Interests

Profession: Freelance Copywriter

Hobbies & Interests: Writing, reading, learning to play guitar, listening to music and watching really bad horror movies.

Favorite Books: Boy's Life by Robert McCammon Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry Anything by Brian Keene or R.A. Salvatore

Favorite Movies & TV Shows: TV - Jericho, Heroes, Ghost Hunters, Survivorman Movies - Subspecies, Dog Soldiers, TLOTR trilogy and many other mostly horror related films

Education: AWAI Copywriting

Favorite Music: Calabrese, Shadow Reichenstein, Zombina & The Skeletones, The Creepshow, The Vincent Black Shadow, Nim Vind, The Ghastly Ones and other things that go bump in the night.

I Am an Expert In: Copywriting, electricity, eating and generally looking busy.

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