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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 use a 20 amp and a 15 amp breaker on one 12-3 wire split into 2 circuits with a common...
I believe that it would be against the NEC to have these two seperate circuits with a shared neutral and not have them on a double pole breaker (or at the very least a handle tie between a 15A and a 2 …
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Why is my electric circuit breaker tripping?
Even an experienced DIY'er with electrical knowledge would probably contact an electrician at this point. …
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Can I use the tabs to chain 15A outlets on a 20A circuit?
Yes it is sufficient.
A 15A receptacle is designed such that an appliance with a 20A plug should not be able to plug into it. This means that at most under normal operating conditions of a 15A applia …
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Two switches in same box, on different circuits
Is it acceptable by US NEC standards to have two switches in a double wall box that operate on entirely different circuits in a late 50's house?
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How can I find an open neutral?
As others have mentioned, you need to test continuity of every neutral line from the box to the end of the circuit, and then once you have ruled a bad line out, then you should start checking the outl …
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What is a 'grounded neutral' and how bad is it?
This is a safety feature that should cause your breaker to trip if an electrical fault inside of an appliance causes the metal body of the appliance to become energized. … purchased has only a two prong plug, then it is essentially assured to not be an electrocution hazard in the case of an electrical fault, or it is not capable of having such a fault. …
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There's a bunch of unshielded copper wire in a light switch - what is it and what does it do?
In the event of an electrical fault, the equipment ground will prevent you from becoming shocked and injured by coming in contact with bare metal in the box or on the metal casing of the switches or other … receptacles (if there was an electrical fault). …
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Ground Wire Installation
To meet current NEC codes you cannot have neutral and ground share the same grounding rod. Ground requires its own separate rod from each panel and sub-panel installed in the house.
The depth of the …
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AFCI breaker tripped when there was no power to wire
I was wiring a ceiling fan in my new home, and I am not used to working with some of the newer electrical devices. …
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Why does my computer have a ground fault only when a peripheral is attached?
You most likely have poor grounding to or from the breaker box in your home.
The first thing I would do is get myself one of these nifty devices. I generally dislike the cheap tester lights as they …
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How can I figure out why my light won't turn on?
It doesn't sound like you can yet definitively conclude that the neutral line is bad, however an easy way to verify a bad neutral connections would be to test continuity between neutral and ground at …
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How can I get a wire that is outside a wall to be inside a wall
You will need to remove that portion of the drywall, which shouldn't be that big of a deal anyway because you will need to do drywall repair for the two holes as it is.
Turn off power to that circui …
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How can I run a coaxial cable into an existing single gang electrical outlet?
If you are set on this then what I would do would be to remove the outlet, wire nut the existing electrical wires and wrap the nuts well in electrical tape for safety. … I highly recommend getting a quad insulated high quality coax cable as being this close to the electromagnetic field of electrical wiring in the same box will probably have a significant effect on the …
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How can I verify that the protective earth/ground is separate from the neutral wire in an el...
The neutral and ground wires should conduct the same voltage potential from the phase in a proper installation. Also in a proper installation the neutral and ground should show continuity on a multim …
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Why does my GFCI receptacle trip when I connect the load wires?
In addition to Shirlock Homes excellent answer, you should also check down stream of the circuit load if there exist any GFCI outlets ahead of this. I have a GFCI outlet on the Load of another GFCI o …
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