Questions tagged [wiring]
The installation of wire and/or electrical devices, to allow the transmission of electricity from one point to another.
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Can I downsize wire sizes using Polaris Taps?
I need to run 100amp feeders from my main panel to a sub panel for my mobile home that’s about 235 Feet away.
I used the South Wire Voltage drop Calculator and it says Minimum Size wire I can use is 3/...
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Power from a switch to a receptacle [closed]
I've tapped power where there's a dimmer switch. It's for my fireplace blower. But when the blower engages the light that the dimmer operates comes on and won't turn off until the fireplace blower ...
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Why are my LED bulbs flickering? [duplicate]
We’re experiencing random flickering of the lights in our household. All the fixtures contain the same LED bulbs. Is it possible that as these wear out and start to flicker that this could feed back ...
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Should line and load wires be connected in my light switch?
I am replacing a light switch in my kitchen that has failed. When I removed the switch, I found that the switch was intended for “permanently installed incandescent fixtures only”. This switch ...
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do I need to wire my 10 kilowatt what do I need to wire my 10 kilowatt generator motor to my house only [closed]
to run my house with my 10 kilowatt generator motor only how do I wire it
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Why are my new lights flickering?
I had three light fixtures connected to a Set of three way dimmable switches. They had halogen bulbs. I replaced one to see if I’d like it. The new light fixture has a LED bulb.
So one LED and two ...
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Replacing old smoke detectors - yellow interconnect is connected to a white wire
Replacing smoke detectors in our home and found that on the old Firex G-18 detectors that were connected, the yellow interconnect wire was hooked up to a separate white wire coming out of the ...
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How do I fix a porch light that was knocked off the wall? [closed]
The wind knocked over our umbrella table and the umbrella hit the back porch light/motion detector which is attached to our home and now the bulbs are just hanging and the wires are exposed how do I ...
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How do I remove the wires from this connector?
Is it possible to remove the wires and reuse this connector? How are they held in place? Or do I need to get a whole new connector?
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Nest Thermostat wiring issue — not heating
We just moved in and tried to replace a Honeywell Thermostat with the Nest Learning Thermostat Gen 3.
Looks like the heat function is only blowing cool air, so we think we wired things incorrectly, ...
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3-way circuit with single pole switches
on there are multiple lights in my building's stair case controlled by two single pole motion sensor switches, one at the bottom and one at the top of the stairs. This is how the previous owner or ...
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Generator Inlet Box Setup
I am thinking of connecting a 30 amp generator inlet box to my house. I have a 200 amp electrical panel outside by meter that only has main breaker and central heating and cooling unit connected. I ...
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Replacing light/vent/heat combo with light/vent combo in bathroom wiring is weird
We’ve unhooked the heater portion of the fixture at the fixture. We now need to convert the switch from three down to two. The wiring is from the 80’s and strange. Any help appreciated. Will attach ...
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Power drop when Microwave/dehumidifier turns on
Recently I have been beginning to notice that whenever my microwave (800 watts) turns on, my lights dim quickly and voltage drops down from 124v to 120.2 volts. (I tested it on a different circuit ...
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Multiple PIRs with Multiple Switches on Electrical Circuit
I have a pathway through the garden to get to my gate which i want ot illuminate with 3 floodlights. Its not certain that PIR sensors alone will work so I want to be able to override them by switching ...
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