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  1. Electrical
    Hello, I am new to this forum as well as a new homeowner. Recently I went to change out an old exterior floodlight that was already there when I bought the house at which I planned to replace it with a new LED floodlight. I turned the power off, removed the fixture from the outside wall of my...
  2. Electrical
    Hi, I just moved into an older condo. I need to replace a previously-removed, definitely working bathroom fan. There's a wall switch in the bathroom associated with this fan. At the ceiling, I've a conduit with 3 solid-core wires coming out of it -- one white (neutral?) and two green. That's...
  3. Electrical
    I'm renovating an old house I just bought and came across several electrical outlets where the ground was jumpered to neutral with a small piece of wire and I'm concerned. I'm not a professional electrician but I have a lot of experience and I know that the only place ground and neutral should...
  4. General DIY Discussions
    Is this electrical panel grounded? I have attached pics from a home inspection.
  5. Electrical
    Hi! I bought a new light fixture and I noticed that The box in the ceiling has the ground wire coming out (in white in the photo, I will have to clean it). However, the light fixture doesn’t have any connection for the ground (see photos). The box in the ceiling is made of plastic, while the...
  6. Electrical
    Hello all, I am installing a 400 amp meter base combo.I have seen plenty of example of 400 amp meter bases with separate 200 amp disconnects. These separate disconnects typically have a grounding bare and a hole punch to bring the grounding wire out through eco suit down to the grounding rods...
  7. Electrical
    Hello everyone...thanks for the help in advance. I have installed a 100A Square D QO Sub Panel (plug on neutrual) in the upstairs for our home to serve the upstairs. I have run 2-2-2-4 AL wire from the main panel to the sub panel. I am aware that neutrals and grounds within a sub panel are...
  8. Electrical
    I have disconnected all of the grounds from the breaker box in my mobile home but when I use my multimeter and touch a black wire while it is hot and then touch metal on my trailer there is a voltage of 116. Almost like the mobile home is grounded from something. Is this normal?
  9. Electrical
    I'm new to household electrical and this forum, but know a little bit about electronics. I have a detached garage and I ran (3) #6AWG copper wires from the main panel in house out to garage subpanel. Being that they are piped, and buried with a few 90 degree turns, I cannot add additional wires...
  10. Electrical
    Hey everyone (1st time poster), I need some help with my electric. I have old wiring that isn’t knob & tube but is prior to ground wire being in the wiring (I think?). I’ve attached a pic of the wire but I think it is ungrounded 14 gauge copper. For sure not aluminum or anything else. I have...
  11. Electrical
    I have a 3 wire stove and the ground wire is attached from the copper screw in the chassis to the white wire neutral terminal. This ground wire is bare with no insulation. Is this OK in a 3 wire grounding configuration? If the uninsulated grounding wire touches anything I am concerned that...
  12. Electrical
    I'm replacing a light switch with a dimmer. The ground wires in the box run through the box leaving no end exposed to attach ground from dimmer. Do I need to remove the box to get at the ground or are the wires grounded already?
  13. Electrical
    so i just bought an old house. there are many old, ugly 2-prong outlets scattered throughout the house as well as some newer (and potentially ungrounded) 3-prongs. the kitchen and bathrooms have been updated to GFCI. essentially what i want to do is replace the old 2-prongs with new 2-prong OR...
  14. Electrical
    I have a 1978 manufactured home that has 3/4wires running. From meter to 100A disconnect breaker below the meter From there the 3/4wires run in plastic conduit to the junction box at the ground From there the are spliced 4 AWG to 6AWG FOR HOTS and 4AWG TO 4 AWG for neutral and run underground...
  15. Electrical
    Earlier today I replaced my doorbell transformer with a new 16 V 30 in preparation to install video doorbells. The old transformer was connected outside the main panel, and only had 2 wires. One to hot, and the other to the neutral/ground bus (the bus has both neutral and ground wires...
  16. Electrical
    Hi, I am a DIYer, have some electrical experience from flipping houses, and would like to think I am pretty good at picking things up. But I do have a question, or really a clarification that I need if I am thinking right on this project. We are adding a Nest Hello doorbell and the current...
  17. Electrical
    So I am going to be switching out some outlets in my home. It’s my first time doing this specific project but I have done extensive research and watched lots of YouTube videos so I know prior to changing the outlet I need to... Turn off the breaker Double check the outlet and wires with...
  18. Electrical
    I'm about to install a 100 amp subpanel directly next to a main panel to be used as a generator panel during power outages. I'll connect the two with probably a foot of 2" conduit and run the 100A feeders along with the dedicated circuits through that into the sub. I plan to splice extensions...
  19. Electrical
    Hi there, I had a new question come up regarding a project mentioned in a previous post. I'm looking to install a generator setup at my in-law's. The goal is to power the main house panel and also the panel on the rental cottage on the property. The two houses are on two separate services...
  20. Electrical
    My home has a 200 amp Square D Homeline panel that has bonded neutral connecting to a ground rod outside. The panel is the main service entry. This panel also has a 30amp 2 pole standard trip breaker that connects to a 30 amp twist lock inlet on the building exterior. This breaker is...
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