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  1. Electrical
    Right out of the gate...sigh. bought a new vacuum today. Was so excited to suck up all my dog hair, I didn't pay attention to the part about don't pull the cord out past the red mark. (There's a red mark?!) After I sucked up enough hair to make a beagle-extremely satisfying, I went to put the...
  2. Electrical
    I need to replace a cord that connects a 2-light 48-inch fluorescent lighting fixture to the outlet. I don't know much about this except that I should know what the amps are in the lighting fixture, but there is no label on the fixture to read. The fixture has a three-prong plug, and the...
  3. Electrical
    I just installed a Tracklife 50ft Extension Cord Reel that I mounted to the garage ceiling. Plugged in my 10 in table saw, turned it on. Bam. It ran for 1 second, then shut off. I've used this table saw for years in the garage with other extension cords in other garage outlets, no issues...
  4. Appliances
    My new Bosch dishwasher came with a too-short power cord that had a built-in junction box. They offer a much longer cord but it has no junction box and that cord doesn't have my model # in its models-supported description even though the dishwasher-connecting end clearly matches to my model. I'm...
  5. Electrical
    Hi all, I wanted to brighten up my relatively dim bathroom and thought to put up a vanity light bar. That particular vanity bar is meant to be hard-wired, but I don't have the tools, knowledge, or permission (I'm a renter) to do that. So I thought it would be easier to buy a lamp cord with a...
  6. Electrical
    Hello, thank you for letting me join this forum. I have two questions and appreciate all the help that anyone offers. First the background: Was asked to troubleshoot a dryer and discovered the wiring was 12-2 on 30A breakers, so disconnected the wires. Now the owner is asking me to upgrade the...
  7. Electrical
    I purchased a new GE drop-in countertop cooktop and it came with a 3 wire cord, (black, red and bare). The connection it would go to is 4 wire, (black, white, red and bare). Is it possible to connect to this? The stove wire came with a warning label saying to ONLY CONNECT TO A 3 WIRE...
  8. Electrical
    I need a converter cable, but I cannot find the one I need. The cord I have (see attached image) obviously won't fit into the standard wall outlet. WHAT TYPE OF CABLE DO I HAVE AND WHERE CAN I FIND A CONVERTER CORD FOR IT?? The cord is for a pump on my well system; the water in my...
  9. Electrical
    So I'm trying to convert the original three wire cord to a 4 wire. The problem I'm running into is, in the original cord, there is a white, black and green wire, and that's it. the new cords has black, white, green, and red. i don't know what I'm supposed to do with the red cord. There are only...
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