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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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Line end of this 4-way circuit?
Oh fun: I had to do this when I upgraded to a multi-location dimmer system!
It's not the third picture: that's a four-way switch.
If it's wired correctly, you just have to disconnect the black wire …
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How do I connect my new chandelier?
The core of your question is a standard wiring scenario: You have the hot coming through the load and the switch at the end. Your proposed wiring is correct. Diagrams are easy to find online, e.g.,
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How does the wiring in this light hookup?
Almost certainly was meant to be wired with hot to the two blacks, which run through the switch, and then the neutral to the two unbound whites.
But a several commenters said there are a number of co …
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What is this four-outlet ungrounded receptacle called?
I found this receptacle installed and connected in an old work box with a regular receptacle plate in a U.S. house built in the early 1950s. It accepts up to four ungrounded, unpolarized plugs!
Does …
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What should I do about a stubborn screw on the middle of a dryer cord connection?
The important thing about the electric cord is that all connections be tight, so if the screw will hold then using a washer to pack the gap so that the connector is pressed against the conductor would …
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Why does NEC require circuit breaker locks only on hard-wired appliance circuits?
The National Electric Code (NEC) Section 422.30 requires "permanently connected appliances" to have "lockable" disconnects, so that power can be reliably cut to the appliance when it is serviced. Her …
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Can I use a jumper from existing light switch to get power to 5 new lights?
Most likely you can pull power from an existing work box that has a switch, as long as you don't overload the circuit. This is a pretty common wiring task, but if you provide details or a photo of th …
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Seeking good method to locate short on buried AC power cable
Cheapest and easiest: Put a load (e.g., incandescent light bulb) on the short circuit (A to neutral). Then follow the cable with a non-contact AC current detector. The detector will stop beeping whe …
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How to install ceiling light where there previously was none?
You've pretty much got it. If you can twist wires with wire nuts and connect them to a switch you have the technical skills needed. The hardest part is usually pulling the wire from the wall into th …
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Can an induction range cause interference in nearby Cat6 cables?
Cat6 is twisted, and RG6 is shielded, to mitigate noise from electrical interference. …
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