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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Is there a breaker handle lockoff that fits eaton/bryant double pole GFCIs?
I want to replace my existing BR240 wall oven double pole breaker with a new Eaton double pole GFCI.
The existing lockoff for the BR240 is the standard Eaton BRLWCS lockoff for BR breakers and it does ...
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Installed new ceiling lighting fixture - now other lights in circuit not working
Moved into an old house from 1950s, in Austria. The wiring is fairly old, I assume. In the upstairs master bedroom I replaced the ceiling light fixture today. There are three wires, one blue and two ...
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Cabling problems to consider at 30m
I have just had a workshop built on the side of the house and will be setting the electrics up.
The question I have is based on the distance I have going from my mains inlet (via a Henley block) and ...
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How can I connect my thick wires into an ikea wire connector
I have thick wires that can not be twisted into one hole of the wire connector, so can I split the wire into two section and feed them into the connector?
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Circuit breaker trips when I flip the switch on for an outlet [closed]
The circuit breaker that we have in our kitchen trips as soon as I flip on one specific switch.
Interesting part is that this switch is only for a socket outlet itself (for the oven I believe) - and ...
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Add c wire to furnace for smart thermostat
I have an older furnace and am looking to add a c wire for a smart thermostat. Currently behind my thermostat I have red/black wire, however, there are 3 additional wires that are not connected.
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Would there be a problem installing 20A outlets/receptacles on a 15A circuit?
I am upgrading some 15A outlets on a 15A circuit. Can I install 20A outlets instead of 15A outlets? If not, why not?
Will a 20A outlet on a 15A circuit pass a home inspection? Or, is it not allowed?
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Why doesn't my ceiling fan work after moving it to a 30A circuit? [closed]
I moved an indoor ceiling fan operating on a 15 amp circuit outdoor to a 30 amp circuit. While the lights work well, the fan lost power. Seems like it's working on half the power. I checked the ...
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I'm replacing a dimmer switch with a regular switch, but the only configuration that works involves wires from my another switch. What's going on?
EDIT: Per the excellent answer below,this was (to my surprise) a three way switch. Thankfully I had a few extra three ways lying around! In addition, the other switch on the three way was wired ...
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Oven suddenly tripping circuit breaker...bad oven or bad breaker?
We have a double Thermador oven in our house. We've owned the house for around two years, and the oven has worked fine up until the last few weeks. Now, using either of the ovens trips the circuit ...
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Is my LED lighting circuit load calculation correct? [duplicate]
Am I way off in my estimations that my total load will be significantly lower than the safe amount for my setup? I have a hard time understanding how parallel lines affects load calculation and what I ...
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How many lighting circuits are needed in the LED era?
This is in a two story, ~1000square foot per floor building. With the advent of affordable, decent (IMHO) LED fixtures (finally!) the entire lighting load for the structure looks to be 500W - 1000W at ...
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A 220v Circuit breaker that controls either AC or an inlet switch box
I have a kill switch by my AC (40 Amps circuit breaker). I want this to be a selector to run AC or an inlet switch when there is no power (40 amp circuit) so I can plug in my generator to power the ...
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Is it possible to run 3 independent switch/ light combos in series?
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I'm running a 15 AMP, 14-3 wire to power three rooms' lights in a single area of my home. This is all new work. In terms of total estimated load, it will ...
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Can I Use Square D 60A Non-Fused A/C Disconnect with #14 NM Cable?
I am installing a 15A mini split, and the disconnect I'm using is a 60A non-fused Square D QO200TR. It provides no overcurrent protection and is pretty much just an on/off switch. It's protected ...
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