Electrical

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Open ground hot neutral reverse.

I’m adding a basement bathroom. For electric, I ran wire to a nearby j-box. When I powered everything up, my tester sho...
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posted by Cbhenders
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Transfer switch & furnaces

I'm installing a transfer switch (Reliance Controls 310A). The generator I'll be using (Honda eu2000i) only produces 12...
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posted by SteveK
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ADU electrical question

Hi there, my first post here, I installed this in 2015 which is a 150 amp GE powermark gold 8 circuit 4 space meter/loa...
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posted by Abrham Shadbah
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Circuit breaker

I am switching my light switch in my kitchen when I turn off the breaker all the power goes off expect for one light th...
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posted by Howie
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Ungrounded outlets

Many of the electrical outlets in my house are not grounded and are wired to old 2-condutor cable. Is it worth the effo...
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posted by Mel
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Missing 120 volt leg

Missing one 120 volt leg of 240 volt system due to wire disconnect at transformer due to wind storm. Problem is now fix...
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posted by norwood
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Rcd

My RCD trips when I switch on my 240v cement mixer. The same mixer works fine when plugged into a socket in my neighbou...
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posted by Steve Pearse
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Wonky chandelier arms

Came home yesterday to gong the electrician had fitted my 3 New light fittings ... everyone of them bent in some way He...
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posted by ky
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Generator load balancing/measurmwnt

Hi! I've seen many guys ask this question on many different forms. The Actual answer they ask never seems to be answere...
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posted by Anonymous
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economy 7 heater

We have lived in our flat for 10 years which has economy 7 storage heaters and a hot water heater which all charge over...
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posted by Ladylupo
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Baseboard heaters

I am looking into installing 5 1000 watt baseboard heaters on the second floor of my house. Would it be ok to run one f...
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posted by Anonymous
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