Questions tagged [electrical]
Distribution and use of electricity throughout the home. Electrical standards vary greatly worldwide, so you need to provide your location in your question or profile to ensure you get answers that are relevant to you. Posting photographs of wiring junctions or drawing a wiring diagram and posting it is also highly recommended.
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Neutral Wire is used to carry power to light switch - is this legal?
Forgive me for my crappy drawing :) to make a long story short I just moved into a home and I am taking a look at one of the lighting jobs. I noticed the light switch had no power feeding it and the "...
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Confirming correct wiring on replacement AC contactor
I need to replace my AC unit's contactor (stuck open so have to flip breaker to turn it off).
My understanding is that key variables are number of poles, amperage, and control voltage. Replacement ...
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Mounting an outdoor box, but there's an existing recessed box
How would I mount this? I want to install an external box so I can run conduit, and we had an outlet here that was covered.
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Adding circuits to service disconnect panel
Is it code-compliant and safe to add 2 single pole breakers for 15A GFCI and 30A RV hook up circuits to this service disconnect panel? I opened the panel and pulled wires in expecting separate ground ...
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Breaker trips with fan installation. What am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to power up my ceiling fan, but for unknown reasons, it keeps tripping the breaker. I had it connected the same way in the other room, and it was working perfectly.
The fan is composed of ...
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Should I plan for potential current capacity demands when sizing a circuit?
I have a 15 amp circuit that, once upon a time, ran 8 overhead lights. Each was a single socket that accommodated a 60-100 watt incandescent bulb. That would be 800 watts, or 7 amps total if all ...
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Why is this outlet required to be installed on at least 10 meters of wire?
I am looking at a 20amp wall socket from Leviton (5380).
It has surge protection at the socket. I noticed in the description that it says "Do not install this device if there is not at least 10 ...
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Adding a breaker to an outside disconnect
I live in a double wide mobile home, and I have a service pole with a disconnect and electric meter. There is a double 30 amp breaker in it with room to put another double breaker or two single ...
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On demand water heater causing electrical issues
I have an EcoSmart ECO 11 Tankless Water heater that is causing various electrical issues when running. Here are some of those issues:
Loud buzzing sound from the main breaker panel. The is NOT ...
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How to relocate an outlet forward into a new wall?
I have a built in entertainment center in my bedroom. It’s recessed in a 2 foot deep alcove. The top half is a shelf and place for an old CRT TV, and the bottom half is cabinet doors. There was a ...
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Is it safe to use the ground as a neutral when other grounds are available?
I moved into a new house and was working on making a three way switch work properly when I came across some creative wiring. The traveling wire between the switches was only two wires, and the ground ...
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Can I safely ground a light fixture if the ceiling box has two hot and one neutral wire (no ground wire)
Checking for dupes, I saw this question, but the situation appears different as my box is metal, among other things.
I'm fairly new to electrical projects, so bear with me. I recently installed a new ...
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Does electrical wire need to run though floor joists or can it run above the side of foundation?
I’m looking to install a new electrical outlet in the basement and I know it needs to be in conduit coming down the wall but my basement has a large gap above the foundation where it appears other ...
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Is it OK to run electrical under floor joists in basement? [duplicate]
I've moved into a house with existing wiring in the basement and some wires are run under the floor joists which I believe is against code?
Is this allowed in this situation because of the HVAC ducts ...
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Rusted screws in outdoor outlet box
Summarize the problem
I need help removing rusted screws from an outdoor outlet box. A few notes:
The outlet box was used for an outdoor light that I removed
I turned off the breaker
I have access to ...
