Q:I dont understand it I am trying to get a 1ohm load on a 2ohm dvc speaker but cant figure out how to tell if the wire you connect in the postive terminal on the sub in a neg wire or positive how do you tell what the gray line is on this diagram positive or negetive and how to tell. thanks

the wire (s) should be either silver or Gold Or 1 solid color wire 1 wire with a stripe

Q:I'm trying to use a stereo wire instead of a mono wire for an output from a circuit I've built. The problem is, the gold wire has been cut too short, and I'd rather not strip it back any further since I don't have a lot of cord to work with. Since there are three wires (red, white, gold - ground) can I use either the red or the white as output, and the remaining color for ground, or do I have to use the gold cable for the ground and let the remaining wire dangle (taped)?Thanks

They're just wires - you can do what you want with them. You run the risk of forgetting that you've ignored the colour coding though!

Q:How do you attach light wires to boat trailer frame?

The colour code for trailers is as follows, white-ground, brown-running, yellow-left turn, green-right turn and blue would be for trailer brakes if your trailer has them or auxiliary. If your adapter (on the Dakota) is hooked up properly those are the wire colours that run from your vehicle into the trailer lights and the signal lights will also be the brake lights.

Q:what to do if i unhooked my starter without unhooking my battery and the hot and gound wire caught on fire

Be thankful that's all that happened. You could loose fingers doing the starter motor without disconnecting the power to it. Among many, many, other things.... Follow the advice posted from othes here..

Q:is it safe to use twist on wire connector to connect my new stereo or should i crimp instead?

I would suppose in this case there is a good better best way to do it. IMO I would never do twists on a stereo, at the very least, do butt connectors. Best way would be to solder each wire one by one and seal with heat shrink. That will give you a very clean look and you'll be proud of yourself :)

Q:What is the difference between carbon fiber and wire heating?

The biggest characteristic of carbon fiber heating is that the electromagnetic radiation is very small. It is smaller than the electromagnetic shielding of the wire, and is harmless to the human body

Q:How can I repair an enamel coated headphone wire? In other words, how can an enamel coated wire be reconnected; i.e. how is the enamel coating stripped off, and what can I use to recoat it so that it won't short?

Strip off the coating to expose bare metal where you would to slice (reconnect) new wires. Twist them or soldier them together. The wires will not short unless they come in contact with electricity-conducting materials, including human flesh. Hardware stores sells paint just for wires, but you don't have to go such extremes. Just put some tape it or cover it with any other non-conductive materials.

Q:can someone tell me what wire arcing is?

A very complex subject! Generally, the arc itself is a small area of plasma between to conductors at different potentials.. If the wires never touch, a high potential/voltage is required to get it started. Once initiated, the voltage across the arc becomes quite low (around 20V) even at high currents. There are many other interesting features like the arc impedance has an area of negative differential resistance. Arcs in house wiring are categorized into to camps. These are series arcs and paralell arcs. Series arcs are those that are in series with the load. They happen when a wire breaks and starts to separate. As the wire pulls apart the arc strikes and a plasma is initiated. These arcs are low in current (below the breaker's rating) and will not be detected by the circuit breaker. They can persist for a long time just sizzling away and can start fires. Parallel arcs are when the line and return wires have insulation failure and short together. They tend to have very high currents and quickly either blow themselves open or go to a 'bolted' fault (hard short circuit) and trip the breaker. They too can start fires in spectacular fashion. As I said, its very complex and I could go on for pages ... I worked on arc research for a number of years trying to devise ways of detecting arcs back at the circuit breaker box using current and voltage signatures. It should also be mentioned that arcs act very differently with AC voltage verses DC voltage. AC arcs tend to extinguish at the 60Hz crossovers (when the current is zero) and must be restruck each cycle. Because of arcs, and recent research, you will now find special circuit breakers on the shelf at your local hardware store that have extra capabilities related to detecting arcs. If there is a specific question that you have regarding arcs, post more details or send me an email.

Q:I have just started wire working to make bracelets. I have a few questions. 1, is there a place where I can buy thick wire (16 to 18 gauge) in bulk? The items I am making take about a yard of wire. Considering the only thing I could find was 16 (or slightly hire) gauge in 7 foot increments. For new wire workers, do you have any suggestions on cheap practice materials. Also for those things that don't turn out great, what do you guys do with them?

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Q:US electrical tech question from a non electrically minded fag. I have a dimmer controlling a light and a single light switch controlling a fan. There is one blue wire going to the dimmer and one blue wire going to the switch. There is one black wire going to a 2nd terminal on the switch, which is also connected to a 2nd wire leading to the 2nd terminal on the dimmer. Now tell me how to wire an outlet into this ******* mess.Inb4 op is a fag, inb4 op should post this somewhere else, inb4 turn the power on and touch the wires, inb4 op can't inb4

Buy a cheap 110 volt test light from Ace Hardware or Home Depot to identify whether the blue wires or the black wire supply electricity TO the switch and dimmer ( which is a switch as well). Once you have found out which one is hot all the time it is the supply, next you will need to get a wire from the switch location to where you want the new outlet to be. You will use a piece of 14/2 Romex cable containing 3 wires ( one black, one white, one bare). Install the wire in the new box, hooking the black wire to the gold screw, the white wire to the silver screw, and the bare wire to the green screw on the bottom of the outlet. At the switch location you have determined which wire is hot and the black wire is joined to that using a pair of pliers and a plastic wire nut, the white wire is joined in the same way to the white wires at the rear of the switch box, and the bare wire is joined in the same way to the bare wires at the rear of the box. You can now turn the electricity back on and your new outlet will be hot. If you are not up to the test, contact a local licensed electrician to have this easy job done for you. Expect to pay under $75 if you hire one.