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New home construction, 200 amp service, I am installing the meter socket and connecting the grounding lug with 4 AWG cable to two 8' grounding rods placed 10' apart. The new 200 amp circuit panel is...

If using an electrical wire gauge, is the gauge placed on only the copper or does it include the insulation to determine which gauge the wire is?

Is it crucial that the black ceiling go to the white switch? Can it go to the black switch, and have the white with black tape go to the black on the motor?

There is an overhead ceiling fan with no wall switch, it is turned on and off by pulling the chains. When running a wall switch, I ran romex cable from the wall to the fan, connected the black hot at...

I have an outlet with an open neutral, as determined by a plug in tester, so the outlet does not work. If I ran a separate neutral wire to another a separate group of neutral wires connected with a...

I used a plug in tester, using a radio and the test button, it tripped correctly. Thank you.

Hi, I was told by a home inspector that in old house with knob and tube wiring, you can install a GFCI outlet without the ground, and it should trip. I did this and when I tested it, the power did...

Thanks Don, the sheath has it marked as 8.

Hello:
Is there any problem with using a larger gauge wire, say 8, for an electric water heater on a dual pole 30amp breaker? That wire is already run and I didn't want to run a new one.
Thanks.

Thanks Don, but what does that mean, parallel conductors of less than #1/0 AWG?

Does the length of wire in a house cause any power degradation? For example, I need to run 3 lines of 8 gauge wire, I can run them from the service panel, up to the attic and back down to the heater,...

Large loads in the house are the AC, cooktop and dryer. No load calculation was done, I will have that done. The manufacturer did recommend 200A service in the house for the unit.

Natural gas is not available in my area of Florida. Thanks for your help. Any other questions I can answer?

I am installing a tankless hot water heater and I have two options, 2 - 60amp dual pole breakers or 3 - 40 amp dual pole breakers. I have 200 amp service into the house. Is there any advantage for...

I am looking to install a Sycom whole house surge protector in my circuit breaker box, does the dual pole 20 amp breaker need to be in the top position in the circuit breaker box?

I have some plumbing projects and am wondering if anyone has used Sharkbite or Gatorbite connections? Is one better than the other and do they last long with no leaking? Any connection they should...

Thanks for the information, the CPVC will be attached to the tank through a dielectric fitting. Anything else I need to worry about?

Working on replacing my hot water heater which is connected using CPVC. How long does CPVC glue take to cure before turning on the water? Is a primer needed for potable water connections? And what...