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The installation of wire and/or electrical devices, to allow the transmission of electricity from one point to another.

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How do I wire a remote fan switch and still be able to use wall switches?

Get a different remote and receiver If you want a remote and receiver that will play nicely with having light switches in the wall that work, you'll need to set what came with your fan aside and get s …
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I want to feed power to two outlets from one outlet. Is there a problem with code doing that?

The problem is the bathroom, not the branching The issue you have isn't the "branch" in the circuit (T-taps, if you will, are a normal part of building wiring), it's that you can't have bathroom receptacles …
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Am I supposed to pull part of the whole cable inside the box?

Where metal boxes or conduit bodies are installed with messenger-supported wiring, open wiring on insulators, or concealed knob-and-tube wiring, conductors shall enter through insulating bushings or, in … Where nonmetallic boxes and conduit bodies are used with messenger-supported wiring, open wiring on insulators, or concealed knob-and-tube wiring, the conductors shall enter the box through individual …
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I'm replacing a motion sensor light switch.There are two switches to contol this light. I sw...

That sensor doesn't support 3-ways, so you were correct to replace it The Topgreener TSOS5 doesn't support 3-way operation, only single-pole use (note the lack of a traveller wire/terminal on it), so …
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Can I use a junction box where a sub-panel feeder will exit my house?

Yes you can have a box, but it needs to be big enough, which requires a pull box There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a box, or a conduit body for that matter, between two sections of conduit …
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Is this sub panel to sub panel wiring correct?

First, are you sure that 30A is a sufficiently large breaker for your range circuit? Most electric cooking appliances (freestanding electric ranges, cooktop/oven combinations) require a 40A or a 50A c …
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Type T electrical box fill capacity

4 cubic inches isn't enough space for much of anything, so you're better off using a box here instead 4 cubic inches is only enough room for a splice between 2 14AWG wires, so you'll need to use somet …
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Can I use three 2-wire Romex runs to wire 5 switches?

That'd be a Code violation -- use THHNs in ENT instead Trying to split runs across cables like that is considered a NEC violation (300.3(B)/310.10(H)) due to stray magnetic fields leaking out from the …
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Smaller ground okay for 240v EV charger?

Yes, 6/2 NM will have a 10AWG ground and that's fine (for extensions, too) A 10AWG grounding wire suffices for all circuits up to 60A in ampacity, so that's the size of ground wire you'll find in a 6A …
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What to do with extra copper wire on light

That extra bare wire is a grounding wire, so attach it to the other grounding wires It's not unheard of for light fixtures to have two grounding wires, say one for the fixture itself and the other for …
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What size wire should I use when building a chandelier?

18 gauge wire is the smallest wire allowed by the NEC for wiring within a fixture or luminaire: 402.6 Minimum Size. Fixture wires shall not be smaller than 18 AWG. …
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Will it work to hook up switches only with white wires?

A spot check of wiring to verify that white is indeed neutral (simply measure voltage between the white and bare wires) would be in order, though, yes. …
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choices besides UF-B wet damp location not inside conduit

At the ends of the conduit, you'd put a box and transition to a cable wiring method there With individual wires in conduit, the conduit run needs to be complete between boxes. …
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Wiring from basement main panel to garage

instead of some sort of cable), you will need to run in conduit all the way from one panel to the other, unless you wish to have a box somewhere inside the house where you transition from the conduit wiring
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NEMA 6-50 plug to attach to electrical conduit

This is possible, but only if you ditch NEMA 6-50, and you'll need a written Code variance for it due to EVSE-specific requirements The use of a plug on the end of a flexible conduit whip is not unpr …
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