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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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Can I replace breakers to connect a generator to my panel?
You must use a "generator interlock" which assures the utility breaker must be off before the generator breaker can be turned on. This is mandatory, it's not skippable.
The particular "generator inte …
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GFCI in box with two hots?
LoadRight pulls from the GFCI 's "LOAD" terminals.
There, I added the bold for you.
LoadLeft ( the one that keeps tripping) pulls neutral from the GFCI 's "LOAD" terminal, but is twist tied to the …
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Updating Electric Service to a 100yr+ old house
Also remember if there are any "house"/commons-space electrical loads, they will either need to a) have a separate meter, or b) solar/battery (let me come back to that). …
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Portable battery power stations for critical loads without backfeeding the grid
These cheap portable power stations are in a different class than grid-forming battery inverters such as the Tesla PowerWall. And these are different from generators and UPS.
As you know, a generato …
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6/3 nm-b short run outside to spa box in conduit
NM cable is no good for any length outside - when the paper wadding gets wet, it wicks down the wire and the water rots out the insulation. We know that's real, because it trips GFCIs.
AHJs (inspecto …
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What happens when PVC solvent cement drop into THHN wire insulation?
It will damage the wire. But regardless,
You are building the conduit incorrectly
There are some corners where I need to insert the wires then put PVC cement to connect the pipes
That's not allowed …
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Installing a 240V outlet on Aluminum Wiring for an Electric Oven in Old House
Cross off the NEMA 10-50. You cannot use it here since ground IS available.
I do not see you mentioning a torque screwdriver. This is absolutely critical to the makeup of high power connections (in …
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Grounding a single receptacle
Sewer line: NO. Pipes are not wires and you'll destroy the pipe with galvanic corrosion (caused by the current). Also, any maintenance to that pipe will certainly be done in plastic so that severs t …
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Does cycling a main electrical breaker result in a power surge?
This can result in a considerable mechanical and electrical kick, comparable to connecting two generators out of sync. … The electrical kick would be impressive as well.
So yeah, the breaker isn't making a spike, but other loads in the house very well could. …
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Can I downsize wire sizes using Polaris Taps?
Edit: All wires discussed here are aluminum. Nevermind my previous typos.
This is you not using the calculator properly. Most novices make the same mistake.
First, DO NOT use an amp value of "breake …
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Tesla wall charger instructions seems to conflict with wire fill maximums. How to do this in...
No neutral
First, EVSEs are incapable of using neutral. They are not chargers at all, they simply pass power through, and look at the J1772 or NACS connector! There is no pin for neutral.
The neutral …
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breaker compatibility ITE with GE Load Center
GE panels need THQL breakers.
In some cases they accept THQP breakers - the panel labeling will say if they do. There will also be funny crossbars welded to every bus stab where a THQP fits.
Rarely, y …
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Multiple PIRs with Multiple Switches on Electrical Circuit
Yeah, that looks fine. You have to watch your cable routing to make sure you don't have imbalance current in any cable. I.e. currents must be equal/opposite in any given cable and a clamp ammeter aro …
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How should I install a GFCI outlet when the current outlet has two hot wires and one neutral?
If you read the GFCI instructions, it will describe a way to put 2 wires under any screw. This is informally called "screw-and-clamp". Tighten Very Hard.
The above is the answer to your question. Th …
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Should a 10/2 cable for a clothes dryer be upgraded to 10/3 during a renovation?
Dryers are entirely 120V machines except for the heating element (for parts commonality with gas dryers). The neutral wire handles real live no-kidding working current - 100% of the dryer's draw on " …