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Several lightbulbs in my home supplied by one circuit breaker dim over time and go out in about a year. Right now, the ceiling light in my living room won't turn on at all. It will turn on, go dim for 1-10 seconds, and then shut off completely. There are a host of other...
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I converted my gas water heater to electric. I have a two pole pushmatic breaker of 20 amps. I am wanting to connect this to a 40 gallon 4500 watt water heater.
I currently have a 12/2 wire connected, and get 240 volts when read with a multimeter. I wanted to get input before I...
Is there such a thing as a double breaker that has a separate DC and AC line passing through it?
I need a 12v (25 amp) line and a 240v (15 amp) line that if one is tripped the flow on both lines will stop.
I’m using it for a 240v (15 amp) marine air conditioner that requires a 12v (25 amp) water...
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I have a power outlet that has no power coming to it.
The breakers all appear to be untripped (I turned them off & on again to make sure).
The outlet in question is in the bathroom and it is not a resettable GFI plug, but I notice it is in a circuit (2 whites and 2 blacks)
There is a...
I was trying to replace an outlet, but when I went to restore power it tripped the breaker and cut power to my entire unit. Any idea what's going on here?
Last year we purchased a home that was built in the late 1990s It has one outbuilding, sort of a barn/shed about 160 feet from the house (and probably closer to 280' from the utility connection on the far side of the home), which has a breaker box in it supplying three 20A circuits (lights on...
So I have a outlet protected by a gfci breaker, and if you use the plug test the gfci doesn't trigger . I replaced the gfci breaker and the outlet still fails the test. The outlet seems to work otherwise.
When i plug in the tester it shows all green, though during the gfci test it shows hot...
I have above mentioned breaker which does not have any markings to show which is the neutral pathway, I wish to fit it directly above a 3 phase 4 way surge protector which has its neutral on the right hand side and so would ideally want to connect the neutral above it on the right hand side of...
I have a 20 amp gfci pool pump breaker that trips only when the pump is off during the night. Pool pump runs fine all day. I turn pump off manually at night by using the manual switch on a Intermatic pool timer. Watch it for 5 minutes and note that breaker remains in on position. Go out in...
Weekend sparker here, I have a sqd 2 pole 50amp GFCI breaker it was mounted out side in a service box, have not had a problem till now 3yrs old, it trips instantly when rest, with the breaker out of the box, I check resistance across the load side of the breaker from either load 1 to neutral or...
Replace of 45amp Fuse with 50amp CB on 10mm2 cable?
Is this okay because of the 0.9 derating of fuse to overloads and because 10mm2 can handle 50Amp current. Installation in air equivalent double brick unit?
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So, I would like to know how I can choose the correct circuit breaker value when doing a new installation.
My example is: I have 16 rooms. Each room has its own electrical board (main breaker is a 220v, 32A, a lighting cb and one for socket outlets) I want to add a LV switchboard or a...
I have a AFCI Siemens Breaker 15, the window is currently clear but when i hit the test button the window turns yellow, is this normal ?
The AFCI Siemen breakers above it are on but the window is yellow, and when i hit the switch they stay yellow.
Could one be a GFI and AFCI breaker and the...
I am not an electrician, but have one that is not very familiar wit generators. The planer is a 5 hp 20” grizzly planer with magnetic switch and overload protection ( grizzly told me the starting amps are about 60amps) The generator is a duromax 12000 watt generator with a breaker that trips at...
I want to verify if the breaker size is correct for the service going into my detached garage. I have 6 AWG cable going from my main panel in my house to a detached garage. The cable length is close to 100 feet from the main panel to the sub panel in the garage and a 60 amp 240V breaker from the...
Hi I have a 1 bedroom appartment from 1954.
I opened my breaker box to find out what the extra double 20 amp was used for and I realized that it's disconnected.
15 amp goes for the lighting and the plug 120V outlets of the appartment.
20 amp the whole kitchen
double 20 amp is the hot water
40...
I installed outdoor lighting and outlets. I finished this past year. I passed my inspection on April 2022. I was so pleased, BUT now the circuit the outlets are on has a problem... the circuit keeps tripping. Question 1: I was wondering if there's a way to test the circuit breaker itself? Then...
This appears in our Building & Pest report: "Safety switch installed, old fuse wire fuses still in use, recommend replace with circuit breakers."
The home was built in the 1980s. Are old fuse wires dangerous? How dangerous are they? What are the risks of replacing with circuit breakers? Are...
Hello. I had a good monitor AORUS FI27Q. Two weeks ago when i was sleeping monitor was on. When i woke up all electricity went down. After switching 2 small breakers power back . Pc works fine. But monitor was not turned back. I sended to rma. Here is shop RMA message:
Shop:"They changed some...
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