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Hi All, Our current hardwired electric stove is connected to a 40 amp circuit and breaker. Our new dual fuel stove is rated at 30 amps. An electrical box and receptacle need to be installed to allow the connection from the stove’s power cord. From many of the posts that I have read, I think all...

Hi Everyone, Probably a simple question, I'm looking to add some outside lights and receptacles - I have a junction box with 15amp 14/2 BX that I was planning to splice into. My preferred result is to have a switch control the lights, but have the receptacles constantly hot. The switch is...

Background: had the garage fridge go out on me. It was tripping the GFCI on the wall. To make sure the fridge was the issue and not the old GFCI receptacle, I plugged it in to a ceiling outlet and it was definitely the fridge, quickly unplugging. Garage is on a single 15A breaker in the...

Hello, Could I add a receptacle on the right side of the patio door, feeding it from the top of the flood light box?

Hi, I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me figure out an issue that I have. I was replacing the lights (installing ceiling fans) in my master bedroom over multiple days and after I had completed 3 of the 4 lights everything was working perfectly in the room (unknown if one outlet was...

I'm looking for a receptacle with the following criteria but I'm not sure whether it exists. I'd be grateful if someone would help me find one (I actually want five). I'm in the US. Duplex Preferably Commercial Spec Decora Light Almond And here's the seemingly hard part: Able to be wired from...

My contractor left me with this junction box hanging out of the wall in my kitchen. Presumably he intended for it to go in the upper cabinetry, but it is big, ugly, the armored cables are hard to maneuver and is currently placed to sit within the most useful lower shelf of the upper cabinets. 1)...

Hello, Does anyone know a way to convert a recessed outdoor receptacle with a GFCI to a surface mount box that you could then tap off and carry power to another location or an additional outdoor receptacle? I looked at the hardware store and didn't see anything that looked right. Anyone know...

I'm wiring my kitchen reno and for the counter receptacles I put in two 20 amp circuits on either side of my stove. I roughed it in using two 2 gang boxes in hopes that I could then have a pair of receptacles on each 20 amp circuit (nicer for having multiple appliances). This passed the rough...

Hey guys, Is it possible to install sconce over existing receptacle (power outlet) ? I'm building a new house and builder doesn't provide pre-wiring for sconce or even any pre-wiring with blank plate. They do give me option to have outlets wherever I want it. So I was thinking of having the put...

When testing voltage at the receptacle with a load the neutral to ground is 0. Is this correct? Thanks!

Hello, Relative newbie to electrical work but do have a little experience. I'm trying to wire a new ceiling light in a room where one did not exist previously. The current room configuration has three receptacles. The receptacle nearest the switch is the one where the switch controls the...

Hi all, I've begun electrical work in a house I'm inheriting that was built in 1900. I'm running into a few issues. Like most homes in our area, the entire second and third floors, and half of the ground floor is all on one breaker. This is what I'm assuming to be the original wiring of the...

I have a receptacle that is connected to a switch. It also has a 14/2 wire going to another receptacle in the next room. I just installed a ceiling light to be controlled by the switch. I'm able to turn the ceiling light off and on, the problem is, when i turn the light switch to off there is no...

So originally, a switch in the bedroom was controlling a receptacle, only the bottom half (i did replace the receptacle because the connect between the brass screws was broken). The receptacle had two sets of wires coming in, one to the switch and one from a power source. It has a red wire on...

Hello, I am trying to rewire our bedroom so that a switch that currently turns on/off a receptacle will instead control a ceiling fan and leave the receptacle always hot. Receptacle: Has 3 cables coming into the box. The outlet has a 1 hot wire and 2 neutrals attached to it. In the box...

Hello, I am trying to rewire our bedroom so that a wall switch that turns on/off a receptacle will instead control a ceiling light and leave the receptacle always hot. Receptacle: Has 2 cables coming into the box. The black wire of cable one is connected to the outlet. The white of cable...

A receptacle, recently installed, working for months, suddenly started occasionally cutting off power to the plugged-in devices, first for a little bit at a time, then permanently. Sounds simple, right? It's one of three receptacles in the box. Each is fed independently from a pigtail. The...

New on the DIY forum, but have seen lots of great useful info. I have just installed a circuit with 3 duplex receptacles (3rd one split) with switch to control the bottom of the 3rd switch. I am using a simple circuit tester that plugs into each receptacle - it is a clear tester with orange...

After spending Thanksgiving in the dark, well not really dark but "off the grid", I want to officially wire my generator. This is the second time in 3 years that we've been hit hard with snow in NH taking power out for 3+ days. I have been using the generator for a few years now, but it is...