Hello Everyone,
I am building a new home in Illinois and will be running 400 amp service from the street where the main ComEd electrical line is located to my house. Here is the problem, or at least what im worried about, the house is over 600' from the main ComEd line. My question is, what...
Hi all. DIY here. Electric Dryer (Kenmore Dryer - 796.61552.610) had been tripping the breaker sporadically over the past few months. Recently the dryer has stopped heating though it does still continues to spin and blow air.
Using a multimeter, I checked the double pole 30 amp breaker's...
I am trying to understand the amperage flow in my 200 amp main panel.
In theory, (example only), let's say you had a 200 main panel installed with (7) single pole 20 amp breakers on each hot leg.
So (14) single pole breakers total ...
For the sake of this example let's further assume you had...
Hi there. I am a DIYer and am located in Ontario, Canada.
I would like to put in a dedicated 20 amp circuit into my attached garage for my 15 amp table saw. The circuit will only have one tool on it at a time (the lights and existing outlets are on their own 15 amp circuits and will be left in...
8.5K shower unit is wired to plastic box consumer unit to 30 amp cartridge fuse with no RCD
It’s the original shower installed when the house was built around 1995
The shower is still fully working after all these years, never blowing the cartridge fuse before
Am I right to presume RCD wasn’t...
I’m installing a gfci outlet inline with the power that goes to my well pressure switch. The GFCI will be to power the heat tape on the well supply line. The power is a 20 amp breaker. I installed a 15 amp GFCI jumping from the power line to the line plates on the GFCI. I did this to separate...
For emergency use, when there's a power outage, the current situation (no pun intended) is that I'm running a hook up cable from the 16A socket on my genny, (see hook up cable - 25 m length) along the garden path, and through a small window into the house. This hook up cable goes to an...
Bought a range from Home Depot. They supplied a 40 amp cord. Electrician was going to use a 50 amp outlet.
Here is the oven and cord.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-30-in-5-3-cu-ft-Electric-Range-with-Self-Cleaning-Convection-Oven-and-Air-Fry-in-Stainless-Steel-JB735SPSS/314138205...
I'm a DIY'er helping a friend connect a 220v dryer to a 50 amp RV outlet.
The dryer has a Nema 10-30R plug and is in a shed about 4 feet from the 50 amp outlet.
I'm thinking about getting this cord to plug into the 50 amp outlet:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WM3NRT1
And connect that to...
I don't have much room around my current 200 amp panel and want to upgrade to 400 amp. I'd have an electrician do the work but I am just trying to educate myself a bit before talking to one.
There is not much room around the current panel/service entrance to put another panel. I have a 100 amp...
Is there an obvious reason why I can't just fit a plug onto my LED soffit downlights, fitted with a 5amp fuse and plug it into a socket rather than install a 5amp fsu? I'm fine with the plug being permanently plugged in as the socket gets no use anyhow. TIA
Hello All, Just looking for a bit of advice on the diagram I have laid out for adding a 100 amp subpanel coming from my 200 amp main. This will be going to an attached garage that requires about 45 feet of wire. The garage is drywalled, so I will be using conduit over the existing drywall, as I...
Hi, new member here with a question. I am adding a 100 amp subpanel to my 200 amp main panel. They are next to each other and recessed in wall. I have been getting different answers to my question "What size wire to I need to feed my 100 Amp Subpanel?". I would be using copper wire. Can...
Question, How much should someone be paying just for an AMP ATR-150SL LV Transformer with the dusk/dawn timer module? How much would/should labor add to that? Landscape contractor wants to replace FILs LV transformer with one as a replacement for his dead unit. Not familiar with the brand...
Current Situation:
I have three 20amp breakers with 12 AWG in the main panel.
Each wire ends in a 3x2.5” metal box along with one neutral wire.
There are two yellow wires, a black wire and a white wire.
One yellow wire is attached to a 240V outlet and the other is attached to an orange wire...
Can I please check my understanding on the following.
My ring is wired in 2.5mm T&E. It is on a 32 amp MCB and protected by an RCD.
I am now contemplating a spur from one of the ring circuits to provide power to an electric hob. The Hob is 2.5KW which I believe, equates to 11 amps. If this is...
Got some amateurish questions. Please excuse me but want to set this straight in my head.
Do amp ratings only matter when current is being drawn i.e. an appliance plugged in, light fitting, etc.
To expand, if I have a 50amp MCB with a 1mm T&E cable going into a 5amp junction box, would that...
2 fuse sockets on the same leg of the cartridge fuse are not working. The fuses (15 amp) do not blow - just don't have power. I have power coming from the pole and both cartridge fuses are good. The other 2 fuses on the other leg work fine. Stumped.
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