I am wiring 2 outlets in the ceiling to control 2 plug-in florescent shop lights in my garage. The 3 ways are at each side of the garage at the 2 entry doors. The way I have it wired right now, both lights come on at either switch but turn off if either is unplugged. I would like both outlets...
I am moving an outlet in my bathroom. The original outlet is where we would like to put a vanity mirror. These outlets are located above the vanity. The faucet is about 6 inches to the right of these photos.
The cable comes from above and is not long enough to reach the new preferred outlet...
I am building an outdoor kitchen and have run a subpanel to the kitchen. I have an arc-fault 20 amp breaker with 4 GFCI WR outlets wired in parallel around the kitchen. They are caulked appropriately, with weather rated covers, etc. but for some reason, every time I try to test the outlet - they...
Hi there,
Four outlets in my bathroom and part of the house have no power. No lights in the bathroom as well. I dont have GFCI outlets. I tested all breakers with the volt meter and they all show 120volt. I opened the 4 outlets but dont see any broken wire. Any advice for me? My next step...
I replaced 2 side by side rocker switches with 2 smart switches, one controls the kitchen lights and one controls the chandelier. There were 2 separate black wires coming from each wiring box that were twisted together. No tape or cap. Why would they be connected? And is this safe?
Hello, thanks for taking the time to check out my post.
I recently bought a home. The living room had vaulted ceilings, but no overhead lighting. Instead, it had 6 outlets running off of a 4-way switch. I installed LED recessed lighting in the vaulted ceilings and fished a wire down the wall...
Dealing with a noodle scratcher.
Trying to figure out what has caused multiple GFCI outlets on separate circuits to trip at the same time.
Over the last two Wednesdays in the morning something has happened which caused multiple GFCI outlets throughout the house to trip at the same time...
I'm repurposing an agricultural building as a research workshop, where sometimes reasonably accurate air temperature control will be needed.
I want to keep it simple, flexible, and cheap.
Rather that fit modern and expensive wall-mounted heaters, which have a plethora of complicated...
I have romex 14/3 running in my shop on a 15 amp breaker. The back wall of my shop has outlets on the left and the right with the power feed in the center of the wall coming into a junction box. Can I use the black wire for the left side of the outlets and the red for the right side and both...
Hello,
I’m buying a house that was built in 1940, but was recently renovated. I got an inspection done. The first floor outlets are grounded, but the 2nd floor and attic bedroom outlets all show open ground. The sellers put in GFCI outlets in the bedrooms upstairs. I’m wondering if this is safe...
A friend of mine has a detached garage (200 feet from the house/service panel) with a newer Square D 100 amp Homeline sub panel that was never hooked up. Running to the sub panel from the service panel are only (3) 6 gauge aluminum (Erskine I think they call it) direct burial wires. I think...
Hello, new poster here, hopefully I’m doing it right. I have several outlets in my kitchen that aren’t working. They all have the same symptoms. I have the proper 125 volts From the hot wire to ground, but I’m only getting 109 volts from the hot wire to neutral. They are on the same circuit as...
I have a very small circuit in my house. Probably 8 outlets 6 lights. The breaker for this circuit has a direct short somewhere. It didn't start this way. At first it would stay energized for a couple of minutes then trip. The more I reset it the shorter it would last. Now it trips immediately...
I have tenants that have 3 fairly new small a/c units all the same and when any of them are turned on my tester reads hot & neutral reversed. The 15 amp circuit that feeds these units has no ground wire. Is this normal or could these a/c units be wired wrong from the factory?
Hi everyone
I'm busy rewiring a restaurant and the customer has asked for USB outlets at each table. I think it's a terrible idea - I'd be happy for my phone to go flat when eating out - but that's not the point! The type he has asked for are just USB outlets and not the ones combined with 13...
Hello everyone!
We bought a new construction home in 2018. About a week ago, our cleaning service had an incident where our outlet sparked when they tried to use their vacuum cleaner. The maids said that it happened when they plugged the vacuum cleaner into two different outlets and the sparks...
So after turning on a shop vac, the lights and outlets in the room went out. No breaker or gfci have been tripped. I also am not 100% sure what breaker this string of outlets is even on. I cant trace it without making holes in the walls. Asnyone have any ideas or had a similar problem?
Hey,
Just got a new dishwasher and I went to plug it into it’s outlet and it’s doesn’t turn on. So I tested the outlet with the garbage disposal and it worked just fine. Tested a few other times and they all worked. I tried the dishwasher on different outlets and it worked on all of them.
How...
My partners ex husband installed a trunking strip in the office of the house. There are x4 double sockets x1 single socket and multiple data connections. This is all ran off 1 outlet from and existing double socket. The plug is rated at 10A. Just curious what legal requirements are for this. She...
Power went out three times. Once in Master bedroom and twice in the living room. Breaker not tripping and the reset on the outlet will not fix it. It's a total of 4 outlets
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc
Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.