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  1. V

    My outlet is on two circuits at once...

    I have an ancient home with knob and tube wiring, and a breaker box from the 70s. It's all a mess, with circuits powering random things on opposite ends of the house. The breaker box has breakers with multiple wires spliced or coming out of the stud and all the neutral studs are overloaded with...
  2. M

    Are the 15A/20A wall outlet insides different at all?

    Hello, people. I'm a DIY guy, not a pro electrician. We know of 110 VAC wall outlets: 15 amp and 20 amp. Are the inside parts for a 20A any physically tougher / thicker / more robust than the insides of a 15A? Or, are they all the same, the only difference being that T-shape leg on the 20A...
  3. P

    Relocating refrigerator outlet

    Hi Everyone, Just wondering if it is illegal to move fridge power outlet from behind the fridge to the side, of course by an electrician. My fridge is quite huge and having power outlet behind is going to take up a lot of space, hence wanted to move to the side. Your advice is crucial. I can...
  4. M

    Remove outlet within a GFCI circuit

    I apologize for the repeat. I lost the responses. I need to remove an outlet in a gfci circuit to remove a cabinet. I need to know what to do with the wires. Thanks!
  5. Z

    Outlet Power Mystery

    We have a washer and tumble dryer - each plugged into their own socket (UK standard). Both have been functioning fine for 7 years. Yesterday I discover that the tumble dryer has stopped mid dry - the lights are off - no power. No breakers have been tripped. Plugging the tumble dryer into the...
  6. A

    wall outlet with USB charge

    Hi, Purchased a wall outlet that has charging ports for usb. Issue now is the place where I want to put this new outlet also had an off/on control with a wall switch so three wires going now in the outlet box. New outlet only has two wires and a ground. I really do not need this location for...
  7. C

    Can somebody help me with changing an outlet?

    I painted a bathroom and must’ve gotten paint inside an outlet because it’s not working. Went to the fuse box cut it off and changed out the outlet for a new one as I was doing that white wire and black wire touched and sparked. Went back to the fuse box. Everything was fine and change outlet...
  8. M

    IP66 outlet sockets in garden area

    Hi everyone, I am an industrial Electrical Engineer and I need some help of which is the best method of connecting IP66 outlet sockets in the garden area. The power will be taken from a Ring socket inside house using an FCU 13A. The FCU can be outside or inside. If outside, it will be IP66. As...
  9. E

    60 Amp fuse Disconnect for a 50amp outlet

    Hi, can a 60a AC disconnect fuse box with 2 class K busman 50amp fuse work as a disconnect near the outlet ? Or would it need to be an actual breaker box, like an outdoor SPA GFCI breaker box? The AC box says compatible with class H fuses. Class k and h are the same size.
  10. C

    Install a 3-way toggle switch and outlet at top of the staircase...

    Hello everyone... There are a total of 4 cables entering the junction box at the top of the staircase. Two 12/2 cables are coming in through the top of the box. One 12/2 cable is coming through the bottom of the box, with a 12/3 cable coming through beside it. The three 12/2 cables have...
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    Connect new recessed lighting to outlet or a switch

    Hi, I installed 6 recessed lights in my living room. I’m now up to the wiring part of the project. There is an outlet in the room that is half-hot. The switch just outside the room controls the bottom part of the outlet. The switch has 2 red wires and 1 black. The black is always hot and located...
  12. S

    6 20 outlet question

    20 Amp outlet (240v) appears to be connected to 30 amp breaker. Is this safe? Was hoping to use the outlet for an EV Charger. I am new to the house. thanks
  13. N

    Switch controls outlet???

    DYI guy here with some basic knowledge of electrical craft. I am helping a buddy in his remodeled bathroom. His GFCI outlet was powered off vanity light and every time you shut off the light, the power of receptacle goes off. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is I moved outlet on other...
  14. J

    Plugging 20 amp a/c into 50 amp outlet

    Mobile home outdoor power supply is a pedestal that power to the mobile home plugs in much like an RV. The main power supply into the mobile home plugs into a 50 amp outlet to the breaker box inside the trailer. The central a/c unit was an add on that was installed before I bought the trailer...
  15. E

    Why is overloading an outlet bad?

    This is probably an easy question for an electrician but I was just curious about the theory. (I'm trying to figure out how things work!) I read that you can't plug too many things into one outlet. For example, you shouldn't plug in two power strips to the same outlet and then plug 10 things...
  16. J

    Outlet wiring question

    A simple outlet, 110v a single (2) outlets on the left side of the box, a spst switch on the right, with a single cover, covering them both. The switch on the right controls an overhead light, and is unaffected since it's wired by itself. It merely shares the same box. The outlet on the left...
  17. finsends

    Sparks out of outlets during thunderstorm - Wiring mistake?

    Hello, I live in Costa Rica, which adopted the US electrical code. On a regular basis, during thunderstorms, I have parks coming out of the outlets and damaged devices, but no breaker ever flipped. I asked an electrician here and he told me everything is fine. I looked into the wiring and found...
  18. J

    Plug/Fused Switch Outlet

    Folks, Is there any hard or fast rule on what should be on a plug/fused outlet. I am aware portable equipment - plug 😂. I recently did a PAT and everything is on plug. Likely everything max of 13A. This includes the shutter motors which are fixed outside (plug inside of course). I don't see or...
  19. F

    GFCI Outlet Issue - Porch

    My daughter asked me to replace a standard outlet on her porch with a GFCI outlet. We installed it correctly but were not able to get it to work. It turns out that there are already three GFCI bathroom outlets downstream of this location, so essentially we had a single GFCI outlet in series...
  20. LewisM

    2 Gang Flex Outlet Plate

    Is there such thing as a 2 Gang flex outlet plate, changing an existing heating system to a nest so no need for the programmer however it is by the boiler in the kitchen, they’ve cut in a 2 gang back box then screws through it anyway m, will need to use the flex to the boiler however the kitchen...
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