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How can I hide power cords for an entertainment system behind drywall?
If you want to hide all the wires, PSUs and accessories from view in both the TV location and the dining room behind, and assuming the dining room wall is finished, you will have to build a cabinet to ...
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Is it safe to use the neutral wire as a ground
The ground is just for safety, it is not to be used as part of the circuit, so a big no.
Should get the same voltage between neutral and ground to hot, ~120 volts.
If you are only getting 92v on ...
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How can I hide power cords for an entertainment system behind drywall?
Problem is that I know I'm not allowed to run a 120v cord through a wall
Correct. All you do is install a bog-standard receptacle directly behind the TV so it is hidden by the TV, and you use ...
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Is it safe to use the neutral wire as a ground
NO
It is NEVER okay to use neutral as ground, or vice versa. They serve two completely different functions.
The purpose of neutral is to carry current back to the source. It carries current, and can ...
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Is it safe to use the neutral wire as a ground
I get it. You look in your electrical panel and see neutrals and grounds landed on the same bar and you think "that's wasteful". It's not - there's a lot going on there actually.
No, ...
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1 of 4 lights damaged on a ceiling fan
In many light fixtures it is possible to replace the bulb socket with an equivalent new socket. These sockets are available, as in this non-endorsed example from a web-search:
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Running outlets in or on a garage fire protection wall
It's likely you're overreacting.
First, find out if your current situation is a fire hazard, a question that's probably best answered by your local building inspector. She/he will know your local ...
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Can I use recessed downlight with GU24 base socket using adapter?
The GU24 socket is designed to stop people from installing inefficient incandescent bulbs in place of efficient CFLs or LED bulbs. Of course this means that finding a high quality adapter from GU24 to ...
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Can I use recessed downlight with GU24 base socket using adapter?
The risk is that the adapter is almost certainly not UL or ETL listed. As a result you have no guarantee that it is designed and built properly to handle 120V at even 9W. If it is built properly then ...
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How can I hide power cords for an entertainment system behind drywall?
What I would do is get some white plumbing (schedule 40/80) PVC pipe and make a passthrough hole from the finished side to the unfinished side of the wall. On the unfinished side you can hire an ...
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What are the requirements for fire doors in homes?
@Owain links to the actual regulations, so please adhere to them and not to me.
We had our loft converted a couple of years ago, and had to change all internal doors to bedrooms, the lounge, dining ...
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