Questions tagged [wiring]
The installation of wire and/or electrical devices, to allow the transmission of electricity from one point to another.
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Installing smart thermostat but can’t fish new wire
Forgive my lack of knowledge here. I bought my husband an Amazon smart thermostat awhile back so that it would go with all of our other Alexa smart home stuff. We hooked it up where the previous (...
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How should I connect a new light fixture with black, white, blue and green wires? [closed]
I have a halogen bathroom fixture with two halogen bulbs. I have one black wire and one white wire from the wall. A dimmer switch activates this fixture, and an overhead can light simultaneously. The ...
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False Smoke Alarm due to Interconnect/heat pump
In August, we had our gas furnace/electric ac replaced with a ducted heat pump in our condo built in 2009, and immediately started having false smoke alarms (they just alarm once, or they just chirp, ...
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Will three baseboard heaters overload my wiring or thermostat?
I purchased a residential property that has a garage/workspace constructed in 2000 with a building permit and it has a 100amp sub panel. The space has three 72" electric baseboard heaters (1500 ...
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Replacing wires in Room from the 1980's
I have a couple questions on my rewire / remodel I am doing.
I rewired a ceiling with LED potlights. I used 12/2 Romex. I just noticed for some reason the room is running on 20Amp breakers. Is ...
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DUAL Nest Power Connector wiring - separate heat/cool thermostats
My house has separate thermostats for heat and cool, each located in a different part of the house. It's a single-zone forced air system handling both heat and cool. The existing thermostat wiring ...
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How to replace single switch with two black wires?
This switch is connected to my dining room (there is only 1 switch for the dining room) and I would like to replace it with a Lutron Sunnata dimming switch:
The black wire connected to the "...
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How to replace two-way light switches with two black and two red wires?
I'm in the US/East Coast.
I'm trying to replace my two-way kitchen light switches but I don't understand the wiring.
At switch #1, there are 4 wires that connect to the switch. I get that I need to ...
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How do I supply power to a detached garage
I added a detached garage and all the breaker spaces in my main panel are taken. How should do I go about connecting it? Can it be connected to the two lugs that are in the actual meter box at the ...
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Fridgedaire glasstop stove [closed]
My Frigidaire glass-top stove indicator light sparked and melted from a kitchen fire. Is it still safe to use if it's unplugged and wrapped with electrical tape until new one is delivered?
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Troubleshooting wiring short
I noticed that some of the outlets in my outbuilding/shop were not working, and the breaker was tripped. Upon resetting, it tripped again immediately. I unplugged everything from all outlets, and it ...
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Outdoor calapsible led snowman [closed]
After a few minutes the lights go out except at the base where they will only flash. What would cause this
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Can you help me identify the travelers and load
Are the two wires connected to the brass screws travelers ?
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2 thermostats daisy chained on 12g wire
I currently Have one Honeywell programmable thermostat, two wire hooked up to two baseboard heaters that are 240 V. The thermostat controlling these two baseboard heaters equals 3500 W max now what I ...
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30V potential between ground and ground, 150V from hot to ground?
I've been having some flickering issues when I tried to install LED lights bulbs. This led me to do some testing, and I'm getting some concerning results. It's a 3-way switch with some fairly old ...
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Whole house humidifier not operating
I have a two part question focused to get my Aprilaire 560 humidifier operating.
First, I've deduced that the solenoid valve is not getting power. During furnace operation (carrier heat pump and gas ...
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How do I drill into a crawlspace?
Trying to route some HDMI and ethernet cables through the crawlspace.
There was an existing coaxial receptacle which I want to remove, so I removed that and expanded the hole. After everything is done ...
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Running power through a faceplate to code?
I have a new HVAC system in a closet where the blower plugs into a socket, which is how the old one was setup. Inspector says the plug is no good, it has to be wired in.
So, it's a 2 gang plastic box, ...
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Do I need a junction box for thermostat wire splices?
I have an oil fired heating system with 4 zones heated with baseboards. I recently noticed that one of the zones stopped working because its thermostat wire in the basement was frayed. I removed that ...
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Want to replace old-3way with occupancy sensor but stumped because switch is so old
I have this old 3-way switch and want to replace it with an occupancy sensor but all three screws seem to be hot and they are all dark color, not sure how to identify the true 'hot' wire.
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What size breaker do I need for my garage?
I want two two post lifts, one 80 gallon compressor, 15,000 watt heater and outlets for normal use and lights.
What size breaker box do I need and what gauge wire do I need if is 80 to 100 feet away ...
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How should I connect my ceiling fan/light in this box?
There was a ceiling fan which I removed. I usually would take a picture of the wiring before removal but the design of the fan made that difficult and only after I got the fan down did I see this mess....
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Is it dangerous to install a covered exterior outlet without a junction box?
I installed a GFCI outlet in an outdoor stucco wall without a box. The outlet is protected by a weather box
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Wiring color / gauge for pigtails at the junction box
Hi I need to bundle my neutral wires as well as ground wires with the addition of short pigtail/jumper wires
The 4-gang all run on the same circuit A17B as shown in my photo.
Questions for the short ...
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Running exposed wiring from outdoor light fixture to other lights/camera? Exposed nuts? safe/code?
After a neighborhood break in, a neighbor had someone come and do wiring so they could have camera, etc. I thought it was odd and might be unsafe, as well as non-code to have wires coming out of a ...
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How should I connect my new smart switch to three cables?
I have a smart light switch with a connecting wire for ground, neutral, light and switch (a green, white, and 2 black wires). It was previously connected to a smart switch and I'm just changing to a ...
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How do we deal with wire burning smell [closed]
While I watch TV in my living room , I do get some kind of wire burning smell , then it suddenly stops.
Initially I thought the smell is coming from Electrical Meter and fuse in Main distribution ...
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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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How to install Ecobee thermostat to central heat pump (two wires) [duplicate]
I am trying to install an Ecobee Enhanced thermostat to my central heat pump which I am told has 1 stage of heating, cooling, and aux heat and has an inverter which ramps up and down. However, the ...
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Did they switch the neutral wire on accident? (1970)
Replacing a ceiling fan in 1970 house on a slab - most power is run to the J box in the attic. But from my limited knowledge it looks like they switched the common and not the hot?
Q: Why would they ...
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Bathroom light/fan switch [closed]
I have 2 light switches in the bathroom. One Controls the vanity light. The other controls fan/light over shower. I went to replace the old switch that controlled fan/shower light. Well now both ...
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Why are red & black stranded wires connected to neutral?
I found an inaccessible box in the attic, so I opened it to disconnect the wires so I could move the box to an accessible location. Here's what I found in the box:
• Two normal sets of NM wire, black ...
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How do I wire a new 3-Way switch with the old existing wiring (2 black & 1 Red wire)?
I connected the 2 black wires with a pigtail and attached to one side and attached the red wire to the other side, lights did not work.
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How to transition between running along joists to running perpendicular
Referring to picture provided, what is the best way to transition my SER cable from running with the ceiling joists to running perpendicular? I can't drill through every joist due to all the existing ...
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Correct coloured wires for a switch live extractor fan
I’m replacing an extractor fan in my bathroom, like for like
Both old and new extractor fan are timer fans. I was expecting the terminals on the old fan to be labelled, but sadly they weren’t.
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Need help ID’ing cloth wires
I am replacing an old chandelier with an LED light fixture and found that it was connected to old cloth wires. See link below to a photo I took. I can’t identify which one is the hot and which one is ...
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Wiring a light switched fan to a remote only fan
I am replacing an older pull chain fan that is also controlled with two light switches, One controls the lights and the the other the fan. The new fan I have has no pull chains and has a remote module ...
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Installing Outdoor Porch Light-Wiring
I’m trying to install a new outdoor porch light and the wires are connected by some plastic sheath/tube. I cut it away to see if it was normal underneath to discover the wires are connected by some ...
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Was my inverter damaged during testing?
Can a Sun Gold, model LFPV10KW, solar inverter be damaged if one or both of these things are done:
the inverter's terminals are shorted together while attaching the 220amp battery to the inverter. ...
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How do I wire up the switch for my bathroom fan?
I purchased my first house back in February. Overall, it's been great, but we've found the people we bought it from did a little "creative" wiring we've been slowly fixing.
About a month ago,...
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Nick in 2-2-2-4 SER Aluminum cable
I finally was able to get my 2-2-2-4 SER cable into the LB conduit, then noticed this nick. I am running it in conduit only from the LB to the bottom of the subpanel, which is about 4 feet above the ...
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Ethernet tester says miswire
My new house is wired with CAT5 but hooked to telephone jacks in all the rooms. So I'm going around and wiring them up with RJ45 outlets.
I did 3 rooms so far and all is good with them. I just got to ...
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Mor-flo gas hot water heater pilot light goes out when running
I have an old More-Flo gas water heater. I replaced the thin copper line that goes bad. The control valve has 4 lines coming from the bottom of it: the main gas line, the pilot line, the thermocouple ...
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Replacing old dimmer with a new one
I bought a dimmer on Amazon. The ASIN number is B002DN2PGY. It has two black wires and one green. The old dimmer only has two wires, one black and one red. It is connected to two wires, one orange ...
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New Thermostat displaying inaccurate for outdoor temperature sensor
I installed a new Honeywell TH8321WF1001 thermostat to replace a Carrier programmable thermostat. This is a dual fuel Carrier system (heat pump with gas backup). The new HW stat is working fine ...
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What are the color codes for infinity switches on a Frigidaire range?
I have Frigidaire Electric Coil Drop-in Range (FED300ESB) and I am replacing one of the small infinity switches. I cannot find a color coded wiring gride for L1H1 etc. Does anyone know the colors for ...
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How should I remedy a ground wire in a switch box which was burnt by a short?
I was replacing a light switch with a dimmer on a 3way pole. Installed last night and it worked fine except a very low hum. I attempted to “fix” the hum by pulling it out today. I turned off the ...
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applying duct seal inside electrical pvc conduit
I am installing an ev car charger in my attached garage and running pvc conduit from my main panel in the basement through the wall into the garage. What is the recommendation for using duct seal ...
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Trying to wire new kitchen light
I live in the U.K. and I’m trying to wire a new light fixture in my ceiling. Coming out of the ceiling I have two red wires twisted together three black wires of which two are twisted together and ...
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Convert a 240V dryer outlet to go through the exterior wall to an AC Disconnect?
I'm a DIY-er. I have a house built in 1972 with an unused 3-prong dryer outlet (I'm on natural gas now) that's on a 30 amp breaker. I want to remove the outlet and instead run wire from the box ...
