Q:I just bought a house, and the area where the dryer needs to go only has a two foot electrical wire coming out of the wall. It's an old house, and it's possible these people just hooked those wires directly to the dryer without using an outlet. Is that possible? Or do I need to install those wires into a three prong outlet for electrical supply to my dryer?Thanks!

Yes, you can hardwire a dryer or stove to that wire. They always used to be done that way and still could be unless code forbids it where you are. But it's really best to have an outlet instead, and new appliances come with plugs on them now. Makes it far easier if you ever need to disconnect the appliance for any reason because all you have to do is unplug instead of shutting off the power, disconnecting it all, and doing the reverse later, and gives you much more freedom to move them out to clean behind them. A dryer will take a four prong outlet because it has a 220 volt supply.

Q:Hi, I'm finishing part of my basement and will be running new wires and adding electrical outlets. I've some question about the electrical wiring code: I frame the wall with 2x4 with a few inches distance off the concrete wall. 1. When running wire from wall to ceiling joint, can I run the wire around the inner side of the top plate(between studs and concrete wall) instead of drilling hole on the top plate and running through the hole? I will staple the rest of the wire along the stud and joint too, 11/4 inch away to the rim.2. When drilling the hole in the stud for wiring, can I drill the hole closer to the concrete wall but the hole is less than 11/4 to the inner side of the stud? Is this against the code? I know I cann't nail from the inner side after framing:)3. It the 6 feet rule aplly also to basemnent as a recreation room, for all walls?4. Is wall switch-controlled lighting outlet means I have to install switch controlled receptacle or switch controlled light is enough? Thanks for your help!

I may not be right, but I'll take a stab at this one. Let's run it down by the numbers. 1) No, you may not run the Romex through that gap, you have to drill a hole. 2) It's accepted practice to put the hole a little on the deep side of the stud, but you still use hammer on steel wire protector covers before you hang your drywall. 3) The 6 foot rule applies to everything I've ever seen. 4) If you have an overhead light fixture, you don't need a switched outlet. Switched outlets are kinda funny, they are there to satisfy code for landlords and home owners that don't want to spend the money for an overhead light fixture. One note: no matter which way you go (switched outlet or ceiling mount fixture), if you have multiple exits (or entrances, depending upon how you look at it), each egress has to have a switch control. That rule can make for a lot of 3 way and even 4 way switches depending on the floor plan. Hope that helped!

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pure iron cannot be used since highly pure iron has low strength of 150 mega pascals.steel can be used in car bodies (plain steel is an alloy of iron and carbon). Steel with low Carbon content (ex: mild steel) is used and alloy steels can also be used. it has to be ductile and high fracture toughness. Good tensile strength is needed. For the copper to be used as electrical wires it has to be 99.7% pure. After copper is drawn to thin wires, it looser conductivity so it has to annealed to get back conductivity.

Q:Every chance my yellow headed parrot gets, he bites the electrical wires. He bites my laptop power cord, as well as any other power supply to anything. The wires sometimes become EXPOSED. Why does my parrot bite these electrical cords?

parrots are jsu curious animals that like exploring and using their mouths to do so. the best advice i can think to tel u is to get her focused on something else and when she continuous trying to bite them put her away in the cage for a little while so she knows what she did was wrong

Q:I want to connect 2 light fixtures to a switch that also has an outlet and connect them to a wall outlet.Light fixtures----Switch/Outlet---OutletJust have to light fixture in an animal tank, a light switch/outlet on the outside, and a cord that leads to another outlet farther away.Call me an electrical newb but I actually have no idea how specifcally to do it. I can easily do this if I know how to and can easily do it.

Understand this? Black of cord goes to gold(brass) screw on outlet White of cord goes to silver screw of outlet Green of cord goes to green screw on outlet This outlet will be hot always. Hope that is what you want. Go from one screw on switch to empty gold screw on outlet Other screw on switch goes Black wire to lights from empty silver screw on outlet goes white wire to lights A green wire goes to ground screw on switch and also to ground light fixture. You should have a doubke gang box for the switch and outlet.

Q:I have a wire heating up and wanting to burn that is going to the alternator (stator) . It is a black wire with a diode on it I think. I went to the john deere dealer and they first gave me a stator because they said that might be problem. It wasnt because i put new stator on and still same result. I took stator back.they checked old one and said it was good.rigged up some diode to put on it. I tried that and still wire wanting to burn up. I think maybe they give wrong diode? I have it figured out it can be only 2 things as all other wires have no shorts and this wire running from the stator is black, connects to a 4 prong plastic connector where it changes to red and goes to the solenoid, Is this wire suppose to be a hot wire where it connects to the plastic connector? I have photos of exactly what I am talking about if someone can help me I can send them the photos. It is in great detail taken with digital camera.

The Diode helps present day to pass in one course in simple terms. in the experience that your twine that the diode is connected too is burning up you have a bad diode. there is no longer sufficient present day to truly soften it down via fact the Milli-amps are so contrite that it takes likes 0.2 to furnish a trickle value to the battery. i could use an OHM Metere to examine this out to be greater gentle with your consequences and diagnosis. an on the spot short from the 12v resource could genuinely warmth it up and burn it out. i've got in no way see any twine soften in my history of doing mowers as a effect from a bad diode. there's a risk of a incorrect connection or a bad swap permitting present day to shuttle from one prong and that's uncommon, yet conceivable.

Q:I am experiencing a problem with electrical wiring. I was trying to change a lightswitch to a duplex lightswitch/outlet. I could only get the outlet to work, not the lightswitch part. So I deceided to switch back to my original lightswitch (that originally worked just fine) because I would have to wait for someone who knows more to help me with the duplex. Now the lightswitch doesn't work either. What could have happend to cause this and how do I fix this?

Did i get you right , that what you needed is a light switch and an extra outlet? the power line for a light switch, one passing thru the switch then connected to the light, while the other, live one is connected directly to your light or receptacles, when you switch the light the line that pass thru you switch is powered giving you a positive and negative power. to light your lamp. Now when you installed an additional outlet, you must connect the two negative and positive wire to your outlet. See to it that the line connected to your receptacles is not altered but connected to one terminal of your outlet say as the positive line,while the other line the negative line, connected to your outlet should extend thru your switch then from switch this line shall be connected to your receptacle to complete the connection. I presumed that you know how to connect the wire to your switch. This is only a single live wire, cut off into two, one connected to he upper terminal of your switch and the one one connected to lower terminal then this line is connected to the terminal of your receptacle to complete the cycle. Check that even if your light is off, your outlet must be energised if it is not, then review your connection The failure of your light switch might be due to loose connection or parts of it isn't working anymore that you need to change it to new one.

Q:I am trying to wire up a digital thermostat. It has two black wires coming from the back of it, top and bottom.The wires coming from the wall are two wires and each have one black and one white for a total of two white wires and two black wires. How do I wire this thermostat up?Do I wire both whites to the top thermostat wire and both blacks to the bottom?I already tried both blacks to the top and both whites to the bottom and blew the damn thermostat up lol.This is to control two baseboard electrical heaters.

1 black to top and one black to the bottom and all the whites together.

Q:Hi,I have 5 earth wires in a blue plastic electrical box. My understanding is that to be to code I have to twist the 5 wires together, put a wirenut on and then do individual pigtails to each of the three switches. I have the biggest wirenut I can find, a wiregard 18-8 AWG 19-006 #6 red .I can't get all the wires in there what is the other option? I can't be the only one needing to deal with this problem? This will be inspected.

Use more than one wire-nut and branch out to two or more other wire-nuts.

Q:I need to ground a wire to metal in my car. I just want to be sure that i can use electrical tape to hold the wire in place on the metal. I was told this would work but better be safe than sorry. Thanks in advance

Electrical tape is a joke for the most part. It'll get you by in a pinch, but as a long term solution not a chance. Go get a small pack of tek screws and secure the wire to the metal that way.