Q:anything in particular to worry about? besides killing myself. I bought the plug w/ the 3 loose wires sticking out as well as the new hot water line and elbow to replace the current copper line. the middle one looks like the green (ground) but i can't tell which one is the black or white one, they all have metal tips. Also, do i have to have the little plastic tops to twist the wires together? or electrical tape sufficient?

If a 15 or 20 amp duplex receptacle is wired correctly, the neutral will be on the left(wide slot). hot on the right(narrow slot) equipment ground on the bottom. Your cord connections should match with thatBlack/hotwhite/neutralgreen

Q:Hi everyone.We moved in a new house (not an appartment). The basement is finished. I am not usually be down there yet, so I can say it is not in use. I turned the separately partial heater down to 50 F degrees. The basement has some problem, the electric down there seems not steady. When I turn the neon lights on, it keeps blinking for the first 30 seconds. When I touch the switchers, it shocks me a little bit.For addition, my house is like 1600 square feet, 2 bed rooms, 1.5 baths. I keep the central air heater (pretty new, 2009) at 78 F degrees, and the electric bill first month came at $288 saying I used 2606 kWh for 20 days. I doubt that my basement's electrical wiring set-up is broken somewhere, so the electric leaks or wastes somehow.Questions are: Is it the first bill $288 for my house size weird? How do I test if my electrical wire set-up is not wasting my money?Thanks everyone.

Check the fixture for correct polarity,the 'hot' wire goes to the black ballast wire. Also try high output neon fixtures which work better in lower temperatures

Q:A guy at Home Depot scared the beejeezus out of me today when showing me those little strain relief screws you are supposed to use at the service panel if you drop a new electric wire in. He said electrical wires can vibrate against the sharp metal, wear through the wire casing, and pose a fire hazard over time if you don't use the reliefs. I have only wired two new circuits into my house panel in the past few years, but I didn't pay close attention to it. I'm going to check it again as I'm doing some new wiring but is this true? I always thought wires inside the walls or panel were still and secure with or without the strain relief?

Yes they do vibrate at 60 cycles per second. This is the low pitched hum you hear around transformers. The movement is too small to be seen. Some people can feel it through the insulation.

Q:I now live in the old house, the circuit is often bad, the lights for a change and one, it is said that the aging of the circuit is not safe, but I immediately want to move a new house, do not intend to re-decoration here. But how long will the new house circuit aging? Aged to dig all the holes in the wall? That is it not white decoration? Question added: how many years is expected to need the whole line? Often heard that the circuit aging fire, I would like to prevent in the past ah! More

The first fiber without patch panels, really want to say that it is just a set of flange transfer equipment only, the flange is just a joint, the purpose is to facilitate maintenance, because the beam is equivalent to the trunk, and butterfly tail as a line of existence The possibility of disassemble, and therefore can not be welded with the trunk

Q:I have replaced phone chargers, computer parts,speakers, etc. Sprays don't help, I have tied up the wires, bagged them, put them out of her reach. I can't catch her doing it to spray her with water. I am getting angry, going broke and love my cat too much to get rid of her.

Get one of those cheap water guns and squirt the neck and tell them NO in firm but not to loud voice they should stop. P.S. make sure the gun is not to high in power spray bottles work well also.

Q:I had to extend some speaker wires, so i used a second speaker cord and wrapped it to the one out the speaker, but the exposed section doesnt look to safe, and it runs behind my bed so i`m a little unsure about it being uncovered. Can i use duct tape just to cover the open wires? or is electrical tape NEEDED? It is plugged into the wall, not battery powered.

ALWAYS use electrical tape where electricity is concerned, the clue is in the name. It was designed to work with a current, Duct tape will eventually catch fire etc.

Q:I installed a ceiling fan/light combo in my room. because of the location of the switches, the switch that controls the light is on one side of the room on circuit 1, and the switch that controls the fan is on the opposite side of the room on circuit 2. What is happening is that there is only 1 common (white) wire coming from the fan/light combo. My circuit breaker keeps tripping if the commons from circuit 1 and 2 are tied together on the one common from the fan/light. Is there a problem with my fan? Is there a problem with tying 2 commons together from 2 different circuits? Is it my fancy CB? (it's one of those new ones required in bedrooms can't remember the name right now). Thought about hooking up a normal CB tomorrow to see if that makes a difference. Any other suggestions?

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Q:Hello! I have two exact same porch lights. I was moving one lamp to test location #2 (the other light turned out to be bad, just wanted to make sure power was ok) and I thought I wrote down which wires from the wall (outside on condo patio) went into the wires on the lamp but now I see I have FOUR wires coming from the walland only three for the lamp.I seem to have two white wires, or at least I cannot see any color outside of the grey paint from when the building was painted. The third is black and the last is green and I can see the color of those wires and I am sure they were connected to the ground and the power. Now, finally my question.do those two white wired go together with the white wire from the lamp? Please email me if you need further explanation or a picture of the wiring, Thank you so much for your help! I thought I had my bases covered but I dropped the ball!!

The 2 white wires go together and connect to the white wire on the light fixture, the black to the black and the green to ground

Q:I need to know if tackling a electrical light project by myself is doable, I have a fundamental understanding of electronics (no electrical background though)

its actually alot easier than you might think. i have set up a couple of these before and i am only 19 if you have ever messed around with wires here and there it should be very easy i suggest following the instructions on your first time though or also try looking up on youtube or somthing like that they have to have ways to install sconces you will need a fish for the wires almost certainly also just invite a couple buddies over buy a case a beer and take a day to mess around with it, it might take longer then expected but it is fun and learning just dont get to drunk lol hope you are able to do it and have fun

Q:How the square of the cable and the current conversion

Control cable transmission is the signal, the current is relatively small (that is, the conductor cross-section is small), the voltage range is narrow (450/750 ~ 10KV), cable core number is more, from 2 core ~ 61 core, or even more Control cable also uses a variety of core structure, shielding and other measures to obtain a satisfactory electromagnetic compatibility