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Sorry... Traditional 1/2" conduit bender.

Hey all, Not new to electrical, but certainly fairly green as to bending conduit. I understand the concept of the box offset and an object offset, but what I don't understand is which one should I do first? I have a 9 inch obstacle to overcome that is on the same plane as the box (basically...

Thanks Terry, that helps!

Hey all. Renovating one of our Jack and Jill baths and replacing the 30+ year old shower valve with a Delta unit. All my local supply house had was the universal valve with stops. I know what the stops are for, but the directions don't say to install them before leak/pressure testing. I don't...

Hey All, I decided to do one box for the two 120V circuits and a separate box for the 240V outlets. Thanks for the info on the above though.

The gap has me only slightly concerned. If it were behind drywall...no issues, out in the open however, that is what is concerning me. If I don't really need to worry about it, then I'm good. So that is the question.

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I know what they are used for, my question is adding an extender to an already mounted box in an unfinished basement (vs. a finished wall) OK?

Hey all, Was wiring up some outlets in my unfinished basement in prep for rough inspection and for whatever reason I miscalculated the space needed in the box. So...since I've already mounted the boxes, run the conduit and wires, I went and added a metal box extender to essentially double the...

Does "different systems" mean literally different systems (i.e. two different panel sources) or does it mean different circuits from the same system? OR two different voltages from the same system (120/240)?? Just trying to make sure I don't do something not safe or something the inspector...

I was planning on marking with electrical tape and a sharpie, but that might be easier! Do you know if these will survive pulling through conduit?

Another question for y'all...Since there will be three circuits in the box, do I need a red wire to indicate a separate circuit for the 2nd 120V circuit? What about a red for the 240V circuit? Or can I simply use black, white, green as long as they are groups in each box as per 200.4 (B)?

Hey all, Reach4 helped my find some reasonably priced 3 gang electrical boxes. Can you help me double check the box fill? Three 20Amp independent circuits with a receptacle attached to each. By my calcs, that is 12 conductors (six in, six out), 1 set of ground wires, 6 fixtures (3 outlets *2...

I used #6 in my panel to shed, but was able to get black, red, white and green for that. I used #4 here but could only get black and green. The guy at the local electrical supply house said I could mark them, right he was. :)

GFCI required for unfinished basements for 120V service. Got that covered.

I think 200.6(B)(4) applies in my case. Since it's #4 wire. Besides, the total length including the two or so feet at each in that is in the electrical panel is 8 feet.

Why would that not be allowed? (and where does it say that in the code)? It's an identification, really no different than having a white wire.

Here's a pick of the subpanel. 60A breaker in main box feeding the subpanel right next to the main panel. Will run the 2-120v/20a GFCI circuits and 1-240v/20a circuit from subpanel.

Already have the subpanel in. It's a 60A subpanel that will be servicing the shop. Will that "shutoff" meet the NEC requirements?

All...sorry, I'm a goober. I was thinking because it's 240V I'd need larger wire. I don't. All of the circuits will be 20a, so 12 awg wire will be fine.