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  1. Electrical
    Hello all, Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Looking for some direction on wiring up a 4 gang (69cu) light switch box and what the best approach it make it clean would be. I was going to just add 4 pigtails to the line in for a total of 5, 14 awg per connector. Is it common to just use a red...
  2. Electrical
    Hello! My fiance and I are having our wedding at a venue that doesn't have access to power. In order to have lighting and some appliances, we have to bring power to the site. Neither of us are electricians, and we have no idea how much power we really need. The image below shows a rough map of...
  3. Electrical
    Alright, so I am currently working in Pasadena, CA. Need some understanding over this work for all those sparky's out there. Utility Services hit me with this stuff if writing and was hoping that someone would break it down and tell me in layman's terms. I plan on searching up what all this...
  4. Electrical
    I need a four way light switches that has a double switch. I had to move some switches to my kitchen island and there will be two switches total the guy doing the work for me says I have to do one of them as a 4 way but I was hoping I could do this with only one gang box to minimize the...
  5. Appliances
    The title basically covers it. My sister (a single mother of two) finally found a house and had movers move the house. They waited until they moved the chest freezer to unplug it, still full of food, and moved it to the new house, in the basement. They didn't tip the freezer but it was bumped...
  6. Appliances
    Hey there, last night my hob made an almighty bang while I was cooking and tripped the fuse. Now only the front two work, however the back two work if one in the front is on. I'm a little confused any help would be much appreciated, Thank you
  7. Electrical
    Hi all. Iam going to start my little project. Automatic watering system for my garden. I went to some garage sales and find this convinient connetors, i got them pretty cheaply. I attached some photos. But now i cant find any datasheet or document for this connector. Can someone tell me...
  8. Electrical
    Good afternoon, I want to assemble a panel of lights of different colors for the lighting of my living room :smile:. The only thing I know of electricity is that: there are different cables for different resistors for different voltages according to use. I have the idea of order of LED lights...
  9. HVAC
    I currently have a Carrier Infinity thermostat that does not work. I am trying to install a Honeywell RTH9580 Wi-Fi and cannot figure out what the A B C D wiring on the Carrier thermostat relate to so I can wire the Honeywell. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
  10. Electrical
    Hi, I was watchiig TV in my living room and all of a sudden the power went out. I checked the breaker but it wasn't tripped and I'm still getting 120V but no power at any of the outlets on the entire circuit. Also there are no gfi's as it is a 1970's mobile home.
  11. Electrical
    Hi all, many thanks in advance! I'm looking for some advice regarding a single generator that will run all the appliances/equipment within our van which total roughly 5000-6000w with the largest starting wattage being ~1400w. I've been looking at petrol run 10kw generators but it's all pretty...
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