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How much electricity does one person consume in a day?Popularity: 26
How many 20A outlets can you get from 220W?
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If your air conditioner is 120V but the outlet is 240V can you convert from 240V to 120V and how?
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If you are rewiring an old farm and there are several circuits running 240V on a 12-2 or 10-2 wire using the ground as a neutral for what applications is this ok?
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What causes an overhead lightbulb to dim when a small dry vac is plugged into a wall outlet in the same room and turned on?
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How should you hook up a 30A switch?
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How do you rewire a 120V circuit to 240V for an oven?
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What gauge electrical wire is required to upgrade your electircal service to 200A if your incoming service is underground?
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Can you connect four 1500-watt space heaters to 120V?
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How do you wire a four-prong 240V plug into a three-prong 240V appliance?
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If you have a 2 pole circuit breaker box and cannot get your 240V electric dryer to work should you place 30A on both sides of the box if you purchased a 30A receptacle that reads 125v250v?
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How do you convert a 120V receptacle to a 240V receptacle for an air conditioner that uses 240V?
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Can you take a 240V circuit and run it into another box running 4 120V breakers off it?
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Where can you find a diagram showing how to wire a 3-way light switch?
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How do you wire a 3-way dimmer switch that has two red wires and one black and one green?
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How do you reset an outside 240V AC condenser breaker box with a black plastic T handle marked ON OFF?
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How far from the ground do you have to be when you are running electrical wire in the walls of an unfinished basement?
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Can neutral wires be put on the ground bus if the neutral and ground bus are bonded?
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Why would you hear an electrical hum at the breaker when turning on three-way dimmers with 6-8 recessed lights each?
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When one has a 240V line and checks the voltage across the individual lines why does one read 114V and the other 90V?
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Is it possible to hook up a 240V dryer to a 120V outlet via some sort of power converter?
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What is involved in installing a new 240V breaker in the main breaker box so you can add a 240V receptacle?
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Is a 120V 10000 BTU air conditioner cheaper to operate than a 240V 10000 BTU?
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Can you convert a garage light socket to accept a three prong shop light plug in?
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If you just got an old hot tub and need to run 2 240V lines to it can you run one from the box and split outside or should you run both from the box?
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What is double throw?
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Can you change electricity from 120V to 240V in your kitchen so that you could use a new electric oven instead of an old gas oven?
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What are the dangers and risks of being an electrician?
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Would a steam generator be better supplied by a 120V supply or 240V?
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How many plug-in outlets can you wire to a 15A breaker?
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If you're replacing an old electric stove that has a 3-prong outlet to a new electric stove that only has wires could you convert the new stove to fit in the outlet?
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Could a bad circuit breaker light switch or plug outlet cause the bedroom light to flicker when turned on?
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How do you add a 240V outlet for a second clothes dryer?
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How do you wire a 3-wire 240V 15A pump motor to a gfci receptacle or gfci breaker?
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How do you read the codes on the cap of a miniature fuse eg T315AH?
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How do you measure voltage directly from the wall outlet?
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Can a 3-prong 240V outlet be converted to a 4-prong 240V outlet?
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If you need 220v 3-phase power how many wires are required coming in from the transformer or power pole and what are the voltages or potential purposes of each wire load 110v load 220v neutral ground?
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Can a starting capacitor lower a fridge starting draw from 2400 watts to 800 or less without damaging the motor and how can the size of capacitor needed be determined?
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How do remote electricity meters work?
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What happens if you plug a 120V appliance into a 240V outlet?
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Does a double-pole 30A breaker pull 15A per leg and if so why can't 14 gauge be used since 14 is rated for 15A?
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Is it possible to run a 240V washer-dryer combo without wiring for another wall outlet?
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What is info on a 120V through its double 20A breaker and 10-2 plus a seperate bare ground inside plastic flex conduit to a three-prong 240V outlet box?
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How do you install a 120v 240v dryer in a 110v 220v home?
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In Germany if you have a 4-prong outlet blue-green-yellow-black-gray and a 5-prong cable from the oven with an extra black cable why would the oven stop working when connected if the plates still work?
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What voltage are electrical lines coming into a house?
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How many power strips can be plugged into a household outlet?
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How do you run a 240V line for a dryer?
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When installing a new 15A GFCI circuit for a whirpool bath what size ground in addition to 12-2 wire is required?
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Plugging an electric heater into a GFI outlet caused the lights and other outlets to go out but didn't trip the circuit breaker why?
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If you put a 240V 40W bulb with A19 base into a 120V fixture will the lumination be 40W or 20W because the current is one-half?
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Who invented the first pipette?
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What is the difference between alternating current and direct current?
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When the outside fan on a central air unit doesn't come on will the compressor still kick on?
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If there are a series of outlets on one breaker is it possible for one bad plug to cause loss of service without popping the breaker?
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What is the advantage of using electricity?
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How do you convert from AC to DC power?
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When changing the circuit breaker box to a bigger box with more breakers and splitting up circuits will this stop the lights from dimming?
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If your light fixture has a brown and blue and yellow-green wire and you think the yellow-green wire is the ground which of the brown and blue is neutral and power?
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Does a table fan use more electricity when it is selected to higher speeds?
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Can the surge from a refrigerator cycling on and off damage the circuitry of a gas furnace aqua stat or other electronic equipment?
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Can you use 12-2 wire to wire 9 lights that are 240V on a 30A breaker?
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If your generator has a 4-prong 240V 30A receptacle 8500W peak and your stick welder has a 3-prong 240V plug how do you make this work?
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If your circuit breaker popped and will not go back what should you do?
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What gauge of wire from the panel to the outlet would a 240V 52A rated welder require?
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When using 10-3 w ground what color is used for each connection in a 4 pronged plug?
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What is the typical number of amps per circuit and what is the typical number of volts that enter your home and what is the typical number of volts for each circuit and what is a gfi?
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What is the history of electrical outlet changes?
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How do you unhook a hot tub that was connected to an outside electrical outlet?
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