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21 questions linked to/from Is it ok to have mixed grounds and neutrals on bars in a breaker box?
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Why is the neutral tied to ground in my home's electrical panel? [duplicate]
What keeps the Electric from shorting to ground? On my electric panel the Neutral is tied to the ground. The ground is a bare copper wire run back to my water main.
a. Electricity chooses the path ...
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3 wire service to panel... neutral and ground wires on the same bar? [duplicate]
I'm getting two conflicting reports and was wondering if anyone can help me. I was told that on the distribution panel, grounded conductors (neutral) and ground wires need to be separated in the ...
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Why do you have to bond the neutral and the ground wire in the main panel? [duplicate]
Why do you have to bond the neutral and the ground wire in the main panel? Not in separat ？I don't know how that works
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Should I separate neutral and ground wires in the main breaker panel and why? [duplicate]
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Is it ok to have mixed grounds and neutrals on bars in a breaker box?
I've recently opened my breaker box to connect a new line. I found that all the wires that go into the ...
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How can I connect the wire that goes to the grounding rod to the grounding electrode system? [duplicate]
I'm trying to install an outdoor antenna at my parent's house and was wondering how to connect the wire that goes to the grounding rod to the grounding electrode system through the service panel when ...
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Where should I bond neutral to ground? [duplicate]
I have an old house that was remodeled with a bathroom addition added years ago. I have two breaker panels: the outside service entrance panel (A) and another panel in the garage (B). I found bonds ...
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Is it OK to borrow a ground wire from a different circuit?
I've got a circuit in the basement carrying a handful of outlets. This circuit has no ground wire. I want to add a couple of outlets and want them to be grounded. I may even want gfci outlets on ...
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Can ground shock me? It's bonded to neutral in my panel
I have no outdoor outlets. I want to install a GFCI outlet underneath my main service panel.
Inside the panel there is only one bar with both ground and neutral wires connected to it. If I connect ...
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Grounding requirements for main panel and subpanel
I recently had my main service professionally upgraded to 200A and had a 60A subpanel installed in my master suite to support future additions. All work passed city inspection, for whatever that's ...
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How should I address my bathroom's flickering lights and GFCI tripping mysteriously? (Schematic included.)
So I inherited a bit of a nightmare for wiring in my bathroom. I'll be calling in an electrician, but wanted to have an understanding of the problem first, as not to be ripped off, lead astray, etc.. ...
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Does it matter if I mix neutrals and grounds in the main panel?
Code question here. I do a lot of electrical and like to follow code exactly. I have done pretty much everything but hook up lines to main box. Taking a stab at it this time.
First I see that I ...
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Wiring up a subpanel in attached workshop
I need to wire up my attached workshop, which is about 50' from the main panel. I don't want to make a bunch of homeruns and would rather install a workshop-specific panel for this task. I will be ...
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Replacing old doorbell transformer - wiring
This morning I opened up my main breaker box to replace the old doorbell transformer. I thought this would be a straightforward job but didn't account for confusing wiring of the old transformer setup....
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Should my new service panel be bonded?
I am upgrading an obsolete Sylvania panel located inside the house. There's a main panel outside the garage with the main 150 amp breaker. I have a supplied bonding screw with the new panel. ...
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220v extension cord
I have a 220v tanning bed.
The bed has a 4ft cord ; need to extend another 10 feet to reach 220v dryer outlet .
The bed came with a homemade extension, but plug doesn't fit our outlet.
Homemade ...
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