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Wiring for garage heater
I'm installing a 240V, 7500-watt (corrected) garage heater. The heater will be on its own circuit. I have a few questions:
Can I use 2-wire with ground cable when the heater doesn't need a neutral, ...
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Replacing outlets in USA home - question about 3 hot/3 neutral and 2 hot + 1 red w/ 2 neutral
I am replacing outlets in one of the bedrooms of a house in the north eastern USA.
The replacement outlets are Lutron Claro 15A types with 2 bass screws, 2 silver screws, and a single green ground ...
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Is an outlet with a switched neutral dangerous?
I have a switch that control the outlet at my home. The outlet is located on the ceiling of a room. The switch opens/closes the neutral line (not hot).
How dangerous is this for a house? I plan to ...
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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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All 4 outlets on the same circuit shows Open Neutral
I am facing open neutral issue but I am not an electrician therefore hoping if someone might be able to help out here. I figured it is most likely an wiring issue.
so I have 4 outlets that on the same ...
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Dishwasher and disposal wiring on seperate circuits to one yoke and common neutral
Greetings from unincorporated Texas. Home was built in 2000. We’ve been in it for five years.
This little adventure started with a push on RO supply line coming loose one night and soaking everything ...
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Why is a ground wire wrapped around the bare portion of a neutral wire at this outlet?
Why is a ground wire of this outlet wrapped around the bare portion of a neutral wire at this outlet? This ground wire is a pigtail that is joined with the two other ground wires in the box.
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Changing single electrical switch to dual switch-outlet: How to connect neutral wire?
I want to change my single switch to a dual switch-outlet. The instructions seem simple enough, but the current wiring doesn't match anything I've found in home wiring books.
There are three wires ...
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When installing a smart switch, can I pigtail off of the neutral from the existent outlet in the same box on the same circuit?
I have a box with a double receptacle and a switch where the switch powers an exterior outlet on the other side of the wall. In the photos below, the orange is the switched hot for that outlet. All ...
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Still reading open neutral after restoring power to lights and outlets
We recently plugged a space heater into an outlet in our son’s bedroom and only ran it at night. At some point, all of the lights and outlets in the room except one outlet on the opposite wall stopped ...
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Neutral wires are burning hot, saw an ember
Removed the outlet and the three connected neutral wires were insanely hot. Have an extension cord running a heater, could it be the draw or do I just need a new outlet?
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Open Neutral in Circuit - Need Help Troubleshooting
I recently lost power to about five outlets on an eight outlet circuit in the kitchen. For what it is worth, there is a GFCI on the first outlet and the last outlet. The last outlet (GFCI) is ...
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How do I know if this switch box has a neutral wire?
This outlet is two rocker switches. Left controls my bathroom light (4), right controls my bathroom fan (3). I am trying to install a timer switch so the fan is only on for ~30 min at a time.
The ...
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120v on black and white wires
I have been troubleshooting this for some time now. Any help would be great!
A friend of mine's wife plugged in a hair dryer and lost power about 2 minutes into it. A few hours later the power was ...
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Can ground attached to neutral fool a receptacle tester?
I'm using a basic outlet tester like the one from picture below. Let's say someone wired the ground to the neutral in some outlet, to provide a fake ground. What would the tester report? Would it be "...
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Electrical Outlet not working - Open Neutral
There are two outlets in our downstairs bathroom, one on each side of the sink. The one on the right side hasn't worked since we moved in. So, I decided to buy a tester and check it out. It said "Open ...
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Neutral wire is tied to my electric metal box, why is it so?
I have this old Depard switch box in my patio.
Originally, I wanted to 'add' a receptacle in my old Despard switch 'array' stack. Now I am puzzled and afraid of doing that because I found out that ...
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How to wire programmable switch to only a single set of white-black-ground wires
I have a switched outlet that I want to control using a programmable switch. I have done this before with other lights around the house but they all have 2 sets of wires: one from the source and one ...
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Making a switched plug hot all the time
My house was built in the 70s so most of my outlets are on a switch in which the bottom is always hot and the tops are controlled by the switch.
I'm installing recessed lighting and I'm going to use ...
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Odd Problem Testing Series Outlets
I recently purchased a new outlet tester and was randomly going around the house happy that all outlets were showing GREEN (correct).
Then I came to one of the outlets in my kitchen.
I have three ...
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How to determine which neutral to which power?
I have 20 Amp power run to part of my house. The conduit that carries it runs down one of the walls of my garage. I've cut the conduit, inserted a metal junction box, and intend on putting in a ...
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verify if the Ground cable is connected to Neutral cable
I want to verify if electricity outlet is grounded. For this I did a test using a bulb connecting it to Phase and Neutral and it lit (to verify if bulb works). Then connected with Phase and Ground and ...
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Neutral shows only continuity to hot with breaker on
I have a GFCI receptacle that as far as I can tell is the first one from the panel (because nothing else is off in the house when the breaker is off). I have to replace the old outlet.
When the ...
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Ground to neutral bus/connector on receptacle
I'm replacing an old/aged receptacle. Incoming hot wired to hot on receptacle. Neutral had been previously connected but snipped off and wire is loose in box (copper end more or less insulated). ...
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120V measured between different outlet grounds
I'm experiencing some electrical issues with the apartment I'm subletting. While connecting up a projector/speaker setup using outlets from different sides of the room, we discovered (through means of ...
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Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to the neutral?
I was replacing some outlets in my house with tamper-resistant ones, and came across one where the white and ground were wired together, as seen in this picture. Why? Is that okay or appropriate ...
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