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FAQ

I am running a new 15 amp breaker to 2 new outlets. I wired the first outlet black to brass, white to silver and bare copper to the green screw in the metal box. I then took a new length of wire and connected to my first outlet bottom screws the same way white to silver black to brass an bare copper to the other green screw in the box. then ran the wire to the second outlet and connected it the same way as the other. when i hook up the breaker and restore power the breaker trips. i don't know what i have done wrong Someone please help

The ground wire should be attached to the actual ground screw on the outlet as well, so you should be coming into box one wired just as you have it with white to silver screw and black to the brass colored screw. The ground should enter the box, wrap around the ground screw in the box, and then attach to the ground screw on the outlet itself. If you are going to the next box, all your connections are the same in there as you mentioned, except the ground needs to be continued into box 2 the same way, from the ground screw in box one ( under the screw in the box) to the screw in box 2, and then to the ground screw on the outlet. My guess is that somewhere in your wiring you have a hot connector too near or touching a ground and that is where your problem is. It could be a staple that is too tight and has pierced the outer casing of the Romex and connects the hot conductor with the ground wire INSIDE the romex outer casing. Check any staples from the box all the way through to box one and then to box two. Use a pair of pliers to loosen all staples a little ( the wire should be able to slightly slide under the casing without catching. I am assuming that in the panel you have hooked the black wire to the breaker screw, the white wire and bare wire to their buss bars inside the panel. One of these will find the short that is causing your breaker to trip.

I have an under-cabinet 13W T5 fluorescent light fixture that is direct wire. I am adding a simple power cord to it. It has a ground wire, and the box says the fixture may employ a grounded-type receptacle and must be grounded to avoid electrical shocks and to ensure reliable lamp startingSo what do I do with the grounding wire? I can't imagine a simple fixture like this--where millions are sold with a power cord--can be that complicated or dangerous?

The grounding wire should attach to the metal frame of the fixture. There is a grounding stud or screw on the frame. The cord should be a three wire cord restrained to the frame of the light. The plug of the cord will have two blades on it one of which is larger than the other. The larger one should be attached to the white wire of the light. This is the neutral. The smaller blade should be attached to the black wire in the unit. This is the power or hot side of the outlet and plug. Wire it just like this and you will not have any starting issues.Hope this helps.

What is the maximum current through the eight square copper wires

Yellow / green color line specifically for the protection of the ground! Other lines of color are not required.

I pulled, A RUNNING 1974 454 HEI from a 1974!I want to start it on my engine stand so I can get a compression check.Please FILL in the blank or change whatever is wrong, w/this outline,Run a hot wire from the battery to the starter and a ground to the block. DONE! Then run a second wire from the power on your cap to the battery. (I take this to mean the Bat + term. on the cap) Then use a wire from the s on the starter to the hot on the starter (THIS IS WHERE I HAVE MY START TRIGGER WIRED IN.) and it will crank over and fire up.I have 12 vdc at the BAT+ but still no spark, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG.??????????THANKS FOR THE HELP.The coil in the cap is good and I have gas.

The GM HEI is the simplest ignition to wire ever made.All it takes is 12 volts at the bat terminal at the cap and an engine ground.Having that connected right,there is something else wrong.Either an internal problem in the cap with the pickup/amplifier or coil.Both are not very likely.At the risk of sounding stupid,are you sure the distributor shaft is turning?

I tried to replace an old outlet with a new one today and I accidently put the white wire into the slot for the black wire and vice versa. I used one of those quickwire outlets. When I turned the power back on, smoke started coming out of the outlet and now all the outlets in my room and in the nest room don't work. What exactly happened and what do I do now?

Don't panic.First thing you do, is correct your mistake with the outlet that you replaced. Once you have that done, check your breaker,, or fuse. I doubt that the mistake would have damaged the other outletsprobably just popped the breaker, or burned the fuse.that's what they're there for. Just reset the breaker or change the fuse, and your problem should be solved.

I have two lights that are wired into one light switch. I would like advice on what would be the easiest way to separate them and put the second light onto it's own switch.

This maybe quick and easy. After you turn off the power, remove the switch and: Look at the wires on the switch and see if the following situation exist. One wire all by itself. One wire that splices to 2 other wires (a total of 3 under a wire nut) If so, the 2 wires that are spliced together MAY be individual switch legs to each light. One way to find out is to use a meter (with the power on and the switch off) and test it. No meter? Remove one wire from the splice (put the wire nut back on) and restore power. If one light works and one doesn't, you are in luck. If neither light works, stop put it all back together. You can't do it from here. But if the single wire was the hot: Get a stack switch a.k.a. combination switch. Look carefully at the sides of the new switch. On one side there is a small piece of metal between the 2 screws. That is the hot connection. Take the single wire off the old switch and put it there. On the other side the 2 screws are totally separate from each other. This is where the other 2 wires will go. One on each screw of course. Hope you got lucky.

I know what the hot wire and ground wire are but why do you need a neutral wire? The hot wire is black and the ground is green right? So neutral is white? My bigger question though is why do you need a neutral wire--what is its purpose? Thank you!

The neutral is to carry all the return current from the hot wire, while the ground is only for safety. In the US, the National Electrical Code (National Fire Protection Agency document 70) is the law of the land and it requires the neutral to be grounded at the service entrance and nowhere else. There are also electrical reasons to do it that way - if you connected the return side of everything in the house to ground instead of to return wires that returned all the way to the service entrance, the finite resistance of the ground would cause lights to dim whenever you turned anything in the house on.

About a week ago, all the overhead lights in my apartment would not turn on. My landlord called her brother over and they replaced a faulty wire in my bedroom ceiling. Then the stove wouldn't workan electrician came and said they bumped the breaker out of place when they were fixing the other thing, and that's why the stove wouldn't go on. He put the breaker back into place and the stove works. I think the landlord should check the wiring to make sure everything is ok, but she keeps fixing just the problemsShe never had anyone come to look at all the wiring in the house. With what happened in the bedroom, is this an idication of a bigger problem?

quite possibly could be a bigger problem. i highly recommend getting renters' insurance if you do not already have a policy. then, if something were to really go wrong you won't lose everything. with that said, she should follow up on your request to have the wiring checked. although i have known some shady landlords who have handled situations similarly, only for me to find out they knew the problem was much deeper all along. that may be the case in your situation, she may know that she needs to drop alot in repairs, and simply doesn't want that extra expense right now. the laws vary from state to state, but you do have rights! call the better business in your city, they will know the local laws. i hope i was helpful!