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What's the safest way to improve upon an existing network cable running next to AC power in underground PVC conduit?
Fiber is the only code compliant solution. You are not allowed to put SELV wires (like network cables) in a power conduit, but because fiber is electrically non-conductive it is allowed.
Alternatives ...
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How should I connect a light fixture with UK wire colors to US wiring?
Wrong Colors
That indicates either designed for the UK or some other place outside US/Canada or cheap junk from a very large Asian country. Designed for UK is actually OK if designed and manufactured ...
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What's the safest way to improve upon an existing network cable running next to AC power in underground PVC conduit?
Before you start planning a pull through that old conduit you will need to check if it can still be pulled through, root intrusion might have clogged it.
There's a few more options you might not have ...
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What's the safest way to improve upon an existing network cable running next to AC power in underground PVC conduit?
Fiber is the obvious answer, both from future-proof perspective and the voltage isolation. It also protects the equipment from induced voltages from lightning strikes, which can be an issue in long ...
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What's the safest way to improve upon an existing network cable running next to AC power in underground PVC conduit?
Split the current Cat5e connection
100 Mbit Ethernet only uses 2 pairs out of the 4 available in the Cat5e cable.
You can get two independent 100 Mbit connections through the currently installed cable....
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What's the safest way to improve upon an existing network cable running next to AC power in underground PVC conduit?
Option 7, is powerline, or ethernet-over-power.
Personally I hate them and have a low success rate, though other people tell me my results are a-typical.
To improve the chance of success given you ...
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Seeking good method to locate short on buried AC power cable
I know this post is 7 years old, but maybe it will help someone else...
2/0AL has a resistance of around .16 ohm per 1000ft or .16 milliohm per foot. So take a milliohm reading between the wires that ...
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Is it ok to support a 10.1lb ceiling exhaust fan using a 2x4 on top of drywall rather than the provided metal brackets?
The metal bracket is to be used if fastening to a framing member (Joist or truss) is not possible.
The way your fan is mounted, ( assuming it indeed is attached to a truss) is preferred. You are fine.
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Updating Electric Service to a 100yr+ old house
Out of sequence
Unfortunately, your proposal, while not a violation of the NEC, will not pass inspection nonetheless. Why? Well, since we're dealing with metering here, the utility gets a say as well ...
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Is it ok to support a 10.1lb ceiling exhaust fan using a 2x4 on top of drywall rather than the provided metal brackets?
The only thing I would be worried about is it getting a vibration but other than that you should be ok.
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Sub Panel to a Shop
The first thing to do is to figure out the total power needs for your shop. This is officially called a Load Calculation. There is a complex way of doing this for an entire building. For a shop it may ...
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How should I connect a light fixture with UK wire colors to US wiring?
In European locales brown = hot and blue = neutral. It may very well be that the manufacturer makes this device for multiple markets, and didn't bother to 'internationalize' it for North American ...
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Can I replace a 3-way light switch with single-pole switch with motion sensor?
You have 3 switches. Two of those are 3-way and one is 4-way. The good news is that most likely you can put this in place of any of the three switches, because the Lutron Maestro Motion Sensor, or at ...
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Install 240v Mysa thermostat, but gangbox has 6 wires all colored the same
Based on the picture of the King thermostat above, the King is double pole, switching both L1 and L2 sides of the 240V split phase electric supply.
Based on the third picture showing one black wire ...
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GFCI Outlet Blew and Sparked
It looks like the screw on that GFCI made contact with a ground wire or the side of the junction box, if metal, and shorted out when you hit the test/reset button.
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No ground to connect to for light/fan switch
If your outlets are grounded, run a ground wire from one of them to your bathroom GFCI and the switch box you show, so you can at least ground those switches and your vanity light. Using a metal box ...
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Replacing outlet with six wires
You want to buy "LEVITON – Back and Slide Wire Outlet" from homedepot. This outlet lets you install 6 wires (3 hot, 3 netural)... no need for pigtail mess, just slide in wires and tight nut
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