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How is it determined where a circuits first receptacle is,for GFCI protection to all other receptacles downstream on that circuit? If this helps... 9 of the 13 receptacles have a single 2 wire cable going into the box,the other 4 receptacles have 2 , 2 wire cables going into the box. And is...

I would like to install a motion light. It is 750 watts total (each of the three lights 250 watts) In the place i want to install the fixture, has existing 14/2 that goes to a 15 amp breaker. At the big box store they tell me 14/2 will work ok with a 15 amp breaker( very leary of there advice in...

I want to put a washer/dryer in a kitchen which will require moving the hot water heater,and running a longer 10/2 protected with FMC from the breaker panel to the hot water heater. Behind the washer just under the metal counter top is a nice rececessed area @ 3"x @ 2" deep that runs along the...

It comes in 10' sections and uses a PVC coupler to add to the length needed. Of course it is rated for potable and drinking water as confimed via the company and labeled on each pipe. I have heard good and bad things about coupling pipe underground.. Do they make a fitting to go from PVC to pex...

My hose bib outside in the back reads @ 70-75 psi when the bib is turned on full with nothing on.When i turn on a sink on ,or flush the 1.6 gallon toilet the pressure drops to 20 psi, and it takes nearly 2 minutes for the tank to fill back up to water level. I thought right away it's due to the...

This thick heavy gauge bare copper wire runs from the inside of my breaker panel down through the inside of a framed wall perhaps into the earth.....(some nearby work with sheet rock allowed me to see this in wall) I do not see or feel or for that matter either does a digital picture of this...

I went to go drain my hot water heater... Craftmaster,30 gal. , double element. Turned off the breaker to HWH, turned off the water supply, opened up the hot water side on a faucet, hooked a short hose to drain valve on HWH and opened valve. Spurts of water came out of the hose at first, then...

Are there any problems with making a 10/2 cable longer than it has to be,for future plans that will require the moving of an appliance? In this case @ 3 or 4 feet longer ,so when that appliance is moved it's just a matter hooking wires and a few wire nuts!

After cutting the flexible conduit to length then putting the wire to be used in it - Is there not something they make that protects the wire from that raw cut edge of the conduit..? (a protective plastic type bushing insert,a grommet,maybe a fitting that has a protective type insert etc..) The...

As per a previous thread i started re: re wireing Actually it should be grounding a un grounded house short of a complete re wire... Anyway what i mean by confusion is this..I have talked to several qualified,licensed,experienced etc. electricians. 1. Some, say all receptacles in the...

Tomorrow i will start getting estimates for a re wire of this house that was built in the late 50's.Just wanted to get some prior knowledge and heads up from here prior to those estimates.. The wire for everything electrical in this house right now is copper that has a black and neutral wire...