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Well, we are finally getting an emergency 7500W portable genny for power outages. My plan is to keep it in a small shed I'll build for it in the far corner of our back yard, to minimize the noise when I need to pull it out and run it. It will need a run of 100' of cable each time I use it to...

So a client wants a 30 amp receptacle for his camper trailer (I'm guessing a 25' to 30' fifth wheel trailer). He'd like that circuit run off of his house panel. I could have sworn that I had read a BCSA bulletin (or some other official source of information) saying that running such a circuit...

I have recently moved into a newly renovated apartment and the air conditioner was not working. After testing the receptacle with a multimeter it is 240V and there is no ground installed, and the unit is 115V. After discovering this I tested some other receptacles and about half don't have a...

I'm adding a GFCI receptacle on the outside of a house in Canada. This one will be right by the panel in the basement so it will have its own dedicated circuit. I was going to drill a hole in the footing from the outside, run my cable and then Hilti the weatherproof box onto the footing over...

So a friend asked me to install some electric outlets. Just the receptacles. I took out the old receptacles and replaced them. 3 of 5 worked. The other 2 receptacles did not. The non working ones are on the same wall but in different rooms. (Side by side) I'm also not sure if they even worked...

I am currently working through Tom Henry's "Calculations..." book for the 2014 NEC. At least a couple of place it uses a factor of 4.5 va / sq. ft. for lighting and receptacle circuits (non-continuous). I cannot find this in the code. Does anyone know where is this "4.5 va" term is in the NEC...

Hi there all, I recently did a kitchen reno and like a noob I made sure to put a counter receptacle in the middle of and behind the range. Its a flat electrical range (over the range microwave there as well). So because it's one of the new flat ranges, the receptacle is just sitting there in...

I need to wire a 'remote' motor control station - a box with up and down buttons. I will use 14/4 SJOW cable (1 bonding conductor and 3 for control). The control voltage is 240V. What kind of plug and receptacle should I use to wire it into motor control box (it has to be unpluggable)?

Could someone take a look at my drawings and see if there are any mistakes. Im not sure about a few and would like to get a secondary input thanks. drawing is the link as I cant add pictures. http://postimg.org/image/qphxmswun/

I'm looking to replace the receptacles throughout my house (1950s vintage), and I was going to go with commercial grade (to get a step above the residential grades that loosen up after a few years). My local distributor is selling hospital grade receptacles for a few more cents than the...

I found a regular receptacle that has 65VAC on Hot to Ground and 56VAC on Neutral to Ground. On my plug-in tester, it just indicate an open Ground fault. Can anyone shed some lights on this topic as to what could be the problem here?:help: