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    Wires sticking out after moving doorbell

    Hello. I am located in the Maryland, USA and have no real electrical experience. I just replaced my Nest video door bell with another non-subscription based brand. It went well, except that the original doorbell was tightly fit into a corner by the builder and I discovered that the new doorbell...
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    I have recessed lighting with only 2 wires, black and red, both hot

    Trying to figure out how to properly wire an MR16 LED fixture to light given that I only have 2 accessible wires and these are both hot when the switch is enabled (using voltage detector). No neutral is available here and it's part of a series -- 3 other existing lights function when the switch...
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    Connecting a convectair and wires seem off

    Good day. My daughter bought an older house and wanted to change a 240 volts baseboard heater with built-in thermostat with a convectair. We bought a Convectair without a thermostat for which I wanted to hook up a programmable wall thermostat. The new convectair instructions only say to hook...
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    9 wires to old wall outlet

    Hey there! I removed an old wall outlet. It had 9 wires connected to it. 3 sets of white, red and black wires. I want to install a new one. What outlet do I buy and how do I make the connections? The outlet is not controlled by a switch. Thanks Alain
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    dead wires for outside light

    Hello. We bought a 1966 house recently. 1 outside light at our side door was old/broken so I bought a replacement. Before removing the light I used a voltage tester so I’d know which breaker to shut off. That didn’t work. I unscrewed the fixture from the wall, and found the light wired and...
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    Query with 2 blue and brown wires

    Hi There I am a diy type of guy and I am changing a ceiling rose at the top of my stairs All others in house I have been fine with but this 1 is making me think twice and ask first, It currently has 2 brown and 2 blue wires plus and earth photo attached, And the light fitting has only 3...
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    UK Wiring up an immersion heater to a smart switch - what do I do with the earth wires?

    Having just replaced an immersion element with its life expired cable and switch, I'm thinking of replacing the switch (20A double pole) with a smart version so that I can control the hot water from my phone etc. Both the immersion heater and the current switch have earth terminals, however the...
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    Wall uplights - for some there's a pair of red & pair of black wires from wall, but the other has only 1 red & 1 black?

    They're all operated by the same single switch located elsewhere. The fittings that have pairs coming from the wall, each pair goes into a plastic joiner. Then single red & black out to the bulb holder. The fitting that has only single red & black from the wall, there's no joiner, just direct...
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    Which wires go where

    Hi, the zettler control unit (1st pic) is kaput so I have bought another unit, not zettler. There is nothing on the zettler unit to tell me which are live neutral, forward, reverse ect. Does any one know? I have removed the supply on the zettler.
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    How to connect: Yellow, Blue and Brown Wires?

    I AM TRYING TO CONNECT, XPELAIR VX100T EXTRACTOR FAN FOR THE TOILET.
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    UK Connecting wires of different diameter

    I have installed some lights to a wooden gazebo and the wire seems relatively thin ( the lights are 30 LED 0.6A each. I’m getting an infrared heater which I suspect will have a thicker cable. It would be easy to run a short cable to connect to the light cable to power the heater. Are there any...
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    Electrical wires exposed to rain/elements for a week

    We have been in the process of having old driveway lights replaced with led spike lights. The electrician has been away for nearly a week and have been waiting for him to install the spike lights as all that has been done is the removal of the old lights. As there are open wires in several...
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    Different sources for ground wires

    Is it acceptable to have ground wires from both a Main panel and a Sub-panel connected together in a double gang metal outlet box? I am asking this because the metal box contains an outlet from a sub-panel and a switch from the main panel.
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    Is it legal/safe for smart switch to come with 16 awg AL wires?

    Hi all, I'm a homeowner and purchased a TP-link HS200 smart switch. When I took it out, I noticed that it came with wires attached already, and but the wires are stranded aluminum instead of solid copper and has 16 AWG written on the plastic coating. Is this safe or allowed that it's not 14 AWG...
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    How can i make good 4 lots of wires to one electrical socket?

    Behind one of my electrical sockets I have 4 live wires, 4 neutral and 4 earths. Is it acceptable to plumb those in to 5 way WAGO connectors and then use a single cable to connect those in to the electrical socket?
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    UK Extractor Fan (red and black wires only)

    Hi, I'm updating our bathroom and I'm changing our extractor fan from a simple ceiling mounted one to a more powerful inline version (Blauberg) mounted in the loft. The fan only had 2 wires - a black and a red. It has an isolator switch outside the door in a twin switch plate shared with the...
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    Help identifying wires from antique fan

    Restoring an old westinghouse desk fan from 1919. There are three wires coming from the fan head (motor) labeled G, Y, and R. Can these be identified for me, ie positive, negative, ground? Thanks!
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    Asking for help wiring 120 VAC to an old vacuum cleaner motor. The 3 wire harness has wires that are red, yellow and blue.

    Asking for wisdom re wiring 120 VAC to an old vacuum cleaner motor. The 3 wire harness has wires that are red, yellow and blue.
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    Attempting GFCI with limited wires, need help

    So I have a light and a switch in my bathroom. The goal is to have a lightswitch/outlet/GFCI combo in the light switch box controlling the light with the outlet constantly having power regardless of switch position. I have 2 electrical boxes in the bathroom: One box with the light...
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    black wires connected from 2 different outlets

    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?

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