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What causes lights to dim or go out completely in a new home?Popularity: 39
How can you tell if the electric service is 120V or 240V?
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How can you run a separate telephone line to the upstairs in an older home if it does not already have one?
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Can a 200A 240V house panel be fed by number 2 conductors from a service entrance meter panel with 200A main breaker?
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Why would a wall outlet give a dim indication on a tester of hot-neutral reversed when everything appears to be wired correctly in the outlets?
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Is a 50-20 duplex main circuit breaker adequate for a three bedroom house with 13 outlets?
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How do you wire a 240V switch so that you can run an electric heater in the up position and a table saw in the down position?
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How does a doorbell work?
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Are there any code restrictions or safety considerations when placing a 240V outlet?
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How can you install 240V for a hut spa from a fuse box?
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Why would your TV and air conditioner keep tripping the breaker?
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How do you convert a recessed light fixture to a regular light fixture?
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What do you have to do to plug a 30A dryer into a 50A outlet?
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How do you wire a three-wire oven outlet if you have two black wires and one ground?
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How many recessed lights can you hook up to a 15amp breaker and how do you connect the power from one recessed light to another?
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If a home has 100A service and the main's fused at 100A each can the total of the circuit breakers inside the service panel exceed 100A?
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Can two 12-3 Romex cables be used to wire an electrical range which normally use a 8-3 Romex?
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Can you take a 120V winecooler to Europe and use it with an 240V outlet and an adapter?
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What happens if the same 120V source is supplied to both hot terminals of a 240V appliance?
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Can you use number 12 wire to run lights?
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If you have a 100A 2 phase panel and 2 groups of equipment 70A each can you connect one group to first phase and the other to second?
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Can you replace a 480-240V 3-phase motor with a single phase motor as a temporary replacement or will it burn it out?
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Can you use a 100 watt bulb in a bathroom fixture designed for a 60 watt bulb?
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If a phone needs a 7v 900ma charger can you use a 9v 400ma if the voltage and polarity are the same?
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If you buy a fridge-freezer combo and dishwasher from the UK can you use them in the US on 120V?
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In building a new home is it better to have 100A or 200A service?
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If you replaced a bedroom light with a dimmer and now the adjacent bathroom appears to have no electricity what might be the problem?
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How high does an electrical outlet box have to be from the floor?
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What gauge wire is required for a 100A sub panel off of a 200A main service?
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Does a double pole breaker double amps?
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How do you connect a 240V electric cooktop with four wires to the 240V service from the electric panel which is 3 wires?
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How would you wire a generator 120V 240V 4 prong twist-lock outlet to a 3 wire 1 hp 240V well pump?
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What process is involved for installing a 240V line in a house that needs to run about 35 feet for baseboard heating.?
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If you just installed a 600W dimmer and at the max level you are only getting about half of the full intensity of light how can you fix this?
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How many light fixtures can you run off of one 15A breaker when including a ceiling fan with no light?
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If the service panel you have 100A service can you install a 100A circuit breaker in the original panel to feed another 100A add-on panel?
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What are the comparative advantages and disadvantages of electric and solar water heaters?
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What is the correct way to figure out the location of outlets in a room?
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Why would a fan blow out after running backwards and the lights flicker when they are the only thing on?
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What is the law on a residence with blinking lights?
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What is the height maximum for a conduit from the top meter socket to the service head when you're installing a meter pole?
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Does a washer or a dryer cost more to operate?
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Why would you use 2 point starters instead of 3 point starters for a motor?
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Why are amps important in electrical power units?
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What are the benefits of electricity to a household?
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Outlet not working in Kitchen or Bathroom or Garage or Outdoors?
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How do you attach a 3-wire green white black 240V electric heater to a 4-prong red black white green plug to plug into an electric range 240V outlet?
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Do both the breakers and the outlets need to be GFI if you are running two 15 amp GFI circuits?
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Why are some single outlets run off two separate breakers?
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Can you connect German kitchen appliances that run at 240V to a US stove outlet which is also 240V?
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Can you use 15A plug receptacles on a 20A circuit?
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Is it safe to run a 120V outlet for a microwave from a 240V electric range outlet?
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Can you reduce amperage by using thicker wire or will this only avoid energy loss overheating and melting?
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If a main has two 100A circuits does that mean it is 200A service?
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What causes the lights in a 4 year old home to dim and brighten for no apparent reason?
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What would cause the lights in a room to start making a faint buzzing sound that starts and stops continuously?
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How do you connect a table saw to a 240 Volt circuit if it is wired with number 6 wire which is too large to make a connection to a receptacle?
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What may be the problem if the steel braided flexible hose to your dishwasher sparked and flipped a breaker when it touched a copper pipe?
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Can you install a 240v outlet for a stick welder near your panel if it has slots available for a circuit breaker?
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How do you get a lightbulb?
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How do you install a 50A sub panel to a 100A box?
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How do you change over so you can plug a 120V rv plug into a 240V single-phase twist-lock receptacle?
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Are there any major concerns about squirrels and new wiring occupying the same area in an attic?
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Can you convert nm8 2 wire to nm8 3 wire?
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Is there a way to change a 120V circuit to power a 240V European espresso machine?
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Does a circuit breaker need to be replaced if it will not go back to the on position after it trips and is switched to off?
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Is there any way to get a 3-phase motored 15hp 120 gal compressor to work on any kind of residential hookup?
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What would happen if a 240V breaker was on and someone attempted to turn on the clothes dryer?
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Why does only a portion of a home's electricity go out and the rest stay on at regular intervals?
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How do you change from 120V to 240V wiring on a stackable washer and dryer?
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