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How many amps in the pictured breaker?
This 220 volt circuit has two 30amp breakers. Does that make it an 60 amp circuit?
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Outlet and lights not working
Wanted to post this here to see if I could get any tips or things I’ve missed
I have a Lennar built home in 2019.
A few days ago my wife was using a hair dryer in mater bedroom and all of a sudden ...
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Why didn't flooded extension cord plug trip breaker?
I had an issue recently where my cat turned on a laundry tub faucet, flooding the basement with municipal water (due to the floor drain being clogged; 1930 house in the Toronto area).
There was a live ...
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Full Panel -- Want to add at least another 50A circuit
I've learned a lot of reading the questions/answers here, but I have one of my own.
I just purchased an EV and I'm looking to add a 50A circuit but my panel is full. I have 200A service and the panel (...
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What kind of clamps are used to attach a main panel's grounding wire to two grounding rods?
The grounding clamps I've seen online (see pic) don't seem suited to attaching a main panel's grounding wire to two grounding rods; the orientation of the part of the clamp that grips the wire does ...
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Install EV 48 amp charger with 1976 Cutler-Hammer breaker box
I am planning to use/replace the top right 60 amps (that has been setup for the welder in my garage that I never used) for the new EV charger. What I know so far:
The EV max output is 48 amps (...
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Why can't I find a 50A GE circuit breaker with GFCI?
I trying to run a 50A circuit to an outbuilding (sauna) from an existing outbuilding (detached garage). I know there are multiple approaches, but my current plan is to add a 50A GFCI breaker to the ...
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Single phase motor trips breaker after 3 seconds
I have a Harbor Freight dust collector (SKU 59726) - it's a 2HP 14A 110V single phase motor. It has been running for several years, and has not been abused (just well-used). However, it now trips ...
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Ground backstabbed into neutral with neutral on ground terminal on a series outlet?
1960s build, electrical redone with a 200 A Siemens panel (where each breaker is labeled with/serves two circuits) about 15ish years ago.
Replacing a receptacle, I came across this series outlet with ...
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Why does my waffle maker regularly trip AFCI?
Our house (built in 2017) has per code a large percentage of combination GFCI/AFCI breakers. We have a waffle maker that regularly trips the breaker just as its heating up cycle is about to complete. ...
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How can I determine the purpose of a breaker in my panel? [duplicate]
I bought a house a few months ago. I own a refrigeration business and am very skilled with electrical. I discovered several things the electrician did that are extremely bizarre.
While I was checking ...
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Lab inc. list circuit breaker [closed]
I need to replace a 15amp breaker. I am so new I think it's a single pole because there is only one switch.
But I can't find any with the hooks at the bottom. What can I use?
I read some stuff about ...
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Wiring grounds from two separate circuits
I am trying to build a rack that has two loads and each load will be powered from a separate circuit. Please see my diagram for reference. Grounding the two enclosure boxes is pretty straightforward.
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lights flicker in living room and kitchen, then power goes off for a few seconds
I live in a mobile home and recently changed the switches in living room 2 double gang boxes (they are weird enclosed ones with metal slats that pinch the wires).
One wire got loose, so the switch to ...
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Grounding question: Honda eu7000is generator connected through PG&E backup power transfer meter
Earlier this year PG&E installed a free backup power transfer meter at our California property (info sheet here). Using the cable supplied with the meter, it connects our Honda eu7000is inverter ...
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How can I make sure I have a ground wire connection for my range?
I recently replaced my electric range. While doing so I notice that the previous range had neutral and ground bridged, even though it had a 4-wire cord. I'm now a little bit insecure about what to do, ...
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Troubleshooting two breakers tripping at the same time
Seemingly randomly today two breakers in my panel tripped at the same time. Someone was vacuuming, so I initially assumed it was because of too much load, but A) the two circuits in question are ...
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No Grounding Screw When Installing Ring Floodlight [duplicate]
**`I’m installing a Ring Floodlight at an existing light fixture, but there is no grounding screw to attach the green grounding wire from the Ring onto.
Is my best option to attach the Ring grounding ...
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Breaker trips after a lot of rain and won’t reset for several days
The 20 amp breaker trips whenever we have much rain and will not reset for several days.
I’ve tried swapping it out and that solves the problem until the next big rain, then the same problem occurs.
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Stumped by electrical issue, exterior light wiring tripping breaker
Out of the blue, had a breaker trip and when I went to reset it, it kept tripping over and over. Mistakenly I replaced the breaker before anything else only to find out that wasn't the issue.
After ...
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Open space in breaker panel but metal bar that the breaker clips into is missing
I am in the middle of remodeling my basement. From the beginning I always assumed I had two open spaces in the breaker panel to add new circuits based on the fact that visually, you could clearly see ...
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How to connect ground from smart switch to the metal junction box
how do I connect the ground wires from my Kasa smart switches to the metal junction box? As shown in photos, the four screws at the back of the j box already have copper wires under. Can I just add a ...
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Can I leave covered gaps between breakers in a panel? [duplicate]
I am installing a 60 amp EV charger and have a some open slots in my electric panel for a 60 amp breaker. If I want to place the breaker at the bottom of the panel, is it ok to skip a few of the ...
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Electric water heater grounding wire not connected
While replacing an element in my electric water heater, I noticed this wire, which is attached to the shell of the water heater, is just sitting in the lower element area, without being attached to ...
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Is it ok to put condensate drain pump with fridge and no AFCI/GFCI?
In my current (pre-existing setup) the fridge is on a dedicated 20A circuit. But while it runs through the basement it has a dedicated outlet that is used by the condensate drain pump for the water ...
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What is forming at the bottom of my house fuse and what can I do about it?
I have a 1950s era house with knob and tube wiring and the round screw-in style fuses. One fuse in my house develops corrosion on the bottom of it (picture attached). It is this specific circuit that ...
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How do I connect the wire from my outside mobile home pole box to the wire on the little shed that I just moved to my property
How do I connect the wire I have extra laying around from my mobile home pole breaker box to the new shed I recently had moved next to the trailer. The wires are already ran throughout the shed with ...
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Help finding a really old Cutler Hammer breaker
I'm living in a roughly 70-year old house (built in the 50's) and the electric panel is original. We're going to upgrade it next year, but for now we don't have the cash.
We had to put a sump pump in ...
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How to free up space in this panel?
Wanting to make space for a hot tub circuit (50a - 2 pole). NEC 2023 in Colorado USA.
Thinking use 2 slim double poles to replace the AC disconnect 2 and the cook top and move the furnace circuit to ...
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Replace 20A Breaker with 30A Breaker?
I have a 220V circuit running from my panel in the basement to my garage. It was installed (not by me) with a 20A breaker. The circuit was installed to run only my table saw, which requires 220V, ...
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Can I use this 200A main breaker with AWG2 wire?
In Can I use a main breaker as an “occasional” disconnect switch? I asked whether I can put (back) my 200A breaker and use it as "occasional local disconnect" in my 200A sub panel that is ...
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Sketchy looking electrical outlet
I am updating older beige outlets to new white ones around my house. I saw this one has the grounding wire stabbed into the back and white wire not connected.
What the heck is going on here? Any ...
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What size wire, breaker, and panel do I need for my shed?
My shed is approximately 200ft from my main inside breaker panel in my house. Shed size is 20x20.
I want good lighting, approximately 8-10 120V plugs, and one 240V plug.
What size wire, size of inside ...
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Can the neutral wire be grounded at a manhole (before the service disconnect)?
Consider the following scenario. A 240/120-V split-phase overhead service. The service conductors from the pole-mounted utility-owned transformer come overhead with a guy wire. They enter a weather ...
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Does a lighting fixture without a ground wire need one? [duplicate]
I just bought a lighting fixture (a LED light) that has a power and a neutral line, but no ground. Is this typical for newer low power lighting, or is this lighting fixture just trash?
There are no ...
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Where should I attach the ground wire in a recessed light?
I have a recessed can light on the 1st floor with e26 light bulb (Below are pictures) and want to upgrade to LED. I have the LED with metal box and have a green grounded wire. I do not see a place to ...
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Proper grounding of old fuse panel now turned J-Box
I am working on my old house from the early 1900s. It has 100A service, a 6x15A FUSE panel that was turned into a sub panel powered by 2x 20A circuits from a small "newer" 100A breaker panel....
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Does an original service disconnect without neutral bonding violate code?
Single family home built in 1987. Question is regarding the as-built: Is it grandfathered and does not be updated?
There is no neutral-ground bond in the 100A breaker equipped main service disconnect ...
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Do I have to run the #4 bare copper ground wire continuous with out a break in the wire from the new 200amp outside meter/main panel combo to the 2 g
Continued from question, do I have to go from meter/main combo to the 2 ground rods ,then back inside connect to outside part of my copper water line,then back to the existing 100amp main breaker box, ...
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Is there a way to check if your breaker box is grounded?
I've got an old home, built in 1945. I assume the electrical box in the basement isn't that old. There's a ground to the main water line entry. There's also this other wire that looks like a ground ...
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Can I use a main breaker as an “occasional” disconnect switch?
I had a 100A service (MSP) with a 100A sub panel. I do not know the feeder size to the subpanel but it supports 100A but definitely not 200A.
Last year, the service (and MSP) got upgraded to 200A. The ...
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Connecting a smart switch ground wire to a metal junction box
I try to connect a smart switch with an integral ground wire.
There is no ground wire connected to my old switch.
Can I connect the integral ground wire to the small hole circled in red in my photo. ...
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New Sub Panel to new shop – Please check my math/plan
Wanted to run my plan by the experts to make sure I’m not screwing up.
I have an approximate 180’ run from my 200 Amp Eaton Main Panel, to a proposed 125 Amp sub-Panel in my new shop.
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Why Surge Protection Device (SDP) fails and how to deal with that [closed]
The power surge from the electrical line has taken out electrical appliances from many houses not sure if it's a power sub station fault or primary lightning strike on power pole.
But some of the ...
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Grounding for exterior cable/phone interface boxes
I have a cable and phone (currently unused) media boxes on the outside of the house to which the service is connected from the alley aerially. The picture does not show the conduit that goes between ...
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Replacing a 4-gang standard switches with smart Kasa switches
I am trying to replace a 4-gang standard switches with Kasa smart switches.
How do I connect all the neutral white wires from the switches to the white neutral bundles in the box?
There are too many ...
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Is my new electric/subpanel plan correct?
I currently have 100A service and I want to upgrade to 200A. At the same time, most of the wiring in my house is old and I don't trust it. Finally, the current main panel is in a bad place in the ...
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Can I use a 6AWG ground wire for a 100A feeder that has a section SER 1-1-1-3 and a section THHN?
I'm running a feeder to a 100A sub-panel. The total run is about 90 feet. 60 feet is in an attic, and I'm planning to use Aluminum SER 1-1-1-3, the other 30 feet is through a 1.5" PVC conduit on ...
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CH type breaker clip compatibility issue
My sub-panel is a type CH panel. I fried a 15A breaker and need to replace it.
I picked up a replacement Eaton CH type breaker. The clamps on the bus/load bar work perfectly, but the clips on the ...
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What is the smallest Awg stranded wire that can be used in a house on 20amp breaker?
Smallest stranded wire that can be used with 20 Amp breakers
