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  1. Water Heater BX Quiz

    Started by John Kogel, 02-03-2010 10:26 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    18 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 96
    • Views: 12,756
    Roger Frazee
    02-11-2010, 10:17 PM Go to last post

  2. jumper bar

    Started by wes owens, 02-08-2010 05:45 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 4,386
    Jerry Peck
    02-10-2010, 06:03 PM Go to last post

  3. switches over stairs

    Started by chris mcintyre, 02-09-2010 07:09 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 5,013
    Jerry Peck
    02-10-2010, 05:59 PM Go to last post

  4. Need the name of these breakers

    Started by Marc M, 02-03-2010 11:42 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,019
    Ron Bibler
    02-06-2010, 09:40 PM Go to last post

  5. Recessed lighting wiring

    Started by matt larson, 02-04-2010 09:05 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 5,949
    bob smit
    02-06-2010, 10:35 AM Go to last post

  6. What is This?

    Started by A.D. Miller, 02-05-2010 02:57 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 1,868
    A.D. Miller
    02-06-2010, 07:25 AM Go to last post

  7. I thought grounds and neutrals had to be separate

    Started by Marc M, 01-31-2010 07:58 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,646
    Marc M
    02-05-2010, 09:14 PM Go to last post

  8. Breaker Oversize ?

    Started by Mark Tran, 02-03-2010 01:12 AM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 3,084
    Jerry Peck
    02-05-2010, 06:23 PM Go to last post

  9. Question Anyone know anything about phone wiring?

    Started by Paul Kondzich, 02-03-2010 12:35 PM
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 2,343
    Corn Walker
    02-04-2010, 04:25 PM Go to last post

  10. Question Opposite of messy workmanship

    Started by Gary Burnett, 01-29-2010 04:01 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,282
    Speedy Petey
    02-03-2010, 09:00 PM Go to last post

  11. switch leg ?

    Started by Rick Cantrell, 02-01-2010 08:42 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 14,776
    chris mcintyre
    02-03-2010, 07:57 PM Go to last post

  12. 120/208v 3-Phase 400-Amp FPE Stab-Lok Panel

    Started by Bruce Breedlove, 02-03-2010 01:44 AM
    10 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 5,376
    Bruce Breedlove
    02-03-2010, 07:28 PM Go to last post

  13. Concrete E Electrode

    Started by bob smit, 01-28-2010 01:55 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,193
    bob smit
    02-03-2010, 11:35 AM Go to last post

  14. Question IRC applicable to Mobile Homes

    Started by Mike Birenbaum, 01-29-2010 09:36 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 4,272
    erika krieger
    02-01-2010, 02:17 AM Go to last post

  15. What is wrong with this goose neck connection?

    Started by John Marczak, 01-30-2010 01:01 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,840
    Stacey Van Houtan
    01-30-2010, 02:49 PM Go to last post

  16. Messy Workmanship In Panel

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-27-2010 08:58 AM
    8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 3,647
    Bill Barnes
    01-29-2010, 01:55 PM Go to last post

  17. Electrical panel & Gas Water Heater

    Started by Norm Peery, 01-27-2010 12:42 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,925
    Norm Peery
    01-29-2010, 08:12 AM Go to last post

  18. "trimmed" Entrance Cable

    Started by Jon Errickson, 01-19-2010 01:01 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,234
    Rob Key
    01-29-2010, 06:46 AM Go to last post

  19. Question Double panel box

    Started by Chuck Miller, 01-22-2010 03:33 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 11,343
    Robert Mattison
    01-28-2010, 07:34 AM Go to last post

  20. Need code

    Started by Richard Roshak, 01-26-2010 10:32 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,546
    bob smit
    01-26-2010, 04:40 PM Go to last post

  21. Hot box ?

    Started by Hunter Hoffman, 01-25-2010 05:49 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,254
    Hunter Hoffman
    01-25-2010, 05:03 PM Go to last post

  22. wire size

    Started by daniel nantell, 11-22-2009 03:16 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 90
    • Views: 9,120
    bob smit
    01-22-2010, 07:59 PM Go to last post

  23. Push Crapit

    Started by bob smit, 01-21-2010 01:12 PM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 3,515
    bob smit
    01-22-2010, 07:08 PM Go to last post

  24. Black copper wiring

    Started by Robert Sole, 11-22-2009 03:32 PM
    8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 13,106
    Ray Babcock
    01-22-2010, 01:25 PM Go to last post

  25. Unhappy GFCI on a Gas range

    Started by Anthony Alderman, 01-13-2010 04:06 PM
    • Replies: 62
    • Views: 21,924
    bob smit
    01-21-2010, 06:49 PM Go to last post

  26. Service panel ground

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-19-2010 06:19 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 3,591
    Roger Frazee
    01-20-2010, 09:44 PM Go to last post

  27. Check out this beauty:)

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-18-2010 05:11 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,285
    Corn Walker
    01-19-2010, 01:11 PM Go to last post

  28. Vent Bonding

    Started by A.D. Miller, 01-18-2010 10:35 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,939
    A.D. Miller
    01-19-2010, 05:59 AM Go to last post

  29. Universal Motors on AFCI circuits

    Started by Neil Hunter, 01-15-2010 09:11 AM
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 6,643
    Fred Warner
    01-19-2010, 04:15 AM Go to last post

  30. Romex behind dish washer

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-12-2010 08:22 AM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 7,504
    John Steinke
    01-18-2010, 07:13 PM Go to last post

  31. Double tap and breaker question

    Started by Marc M, 07-28-2009 06:07 PM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 56
    • Views: 12,358
    Gunnar Alquist
    01-15-2010, 07:38 PM Go to last post

  32. UFER ground in a new slab?

    Started by Jeff Pedigo, 01-09-2010 02:10 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 37
    • Views: 25,931
    Stacey Van Houtan
    01-15-2010, 01:28 PM Go to last post

  33. Re; testing Arch Fault circuit Interrupters

    Started by daniel nantell, 01-13-2010 07:03 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 1,830
    ken horak
    01-14-2010, 02:57 PM Go to last post

  34. Double Tap

    Started by Tom Rees, 01-11-2010 11:06 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,714
    John Kogel
    01-12-2010, 08:25 PM Go to last post

  35. Double tap question

    Started by Jon Errickson, 01-07-2010 04:44 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 4,752
    Jerry Peck
    01-12-2010, 06:26 PM Go to last post

  36. sheathing niked

    Started by Rob Omstead, 01-07-2010 05:43 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,201
    Rob Omstead
    01-12-2010, 01:33 AM Go to last post

  37. Smaller Could Be Better

    Started by A.D. Miller, 01-07-2010 12:43 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,239
    A.D. Miller
    01-07-2010, 01:18 PM Go to last post

  38. Low voltage cables in disconnect box

    Started by Jeff Eastman, 11-06-2007 06:47 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,650
    John Kogel
    01-05-2010, 04:15 PM Go to last post

  39. Red face GFCI issue corrected, but has complaint

    Started by Stephen DeCosta, 12-25-2009 08:46 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 8,891
    Stephen DeCosta
    01-02-2010, 06:42 PM Go to last post

  40. Dock and Amps

    Started by Steve Myers, 12-25-2009 07:49 AM
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,394
    Roger Frazee
    12-30-2009, 10:47 AM Go to last post

  41. Emergency Generator Installation

    Started by Tom Anderson, 12-24-2009 07:59 AM
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 4,032
    Darrell Cummins
    12-29-2009, 06:48 PM Go to last post

  42. Grounding wire

    Started by William Slade, 12-22-2009 02:55 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,597
    John Steinke
    12-22-2009, 08:48 PM Go to last post

  43. Horizontally Installed Service Panel

    Started by David Tontarski, 12-16-2009 07:22 AM
    • Replies: 55
    • Views: 11,002
    H.G. Watson, Sr.
    12-22-2009, 12:51 PM Go to last post

  44. surface-mounted lamp cordextension wiring

    Started by biglebowski, 12-20-2009 10:43 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 1,970
    John Kogel
    12-21-2009, 08:45 PM Go to last post

  45. Copper and AL Service Cable In Same Panel

    Started by Nick Ostrowski, 12-11-2009 08:52 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 65
    • Views: 5,312
    Jim Port
    12-20-2009, 04:15 PM Go to last post

  46. Red face Furnace exhaust

    Started by Lisa Kucken, 12-17-2009 01:42 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 7,062
    Jerry Peck
    12-20-2009, 12:51 PM Go to last post

  47. Dishwasher breaker at panel

    Started by George Krause, 12-18-2009 04:24 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 5,869
    Jerry Peck
    12-20-2009, 12:47 PM Go to last post

  48. Service wire connections

    Started by Ken Amelin, 12-18-2009 04:07 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,600
    ken horak
    12-19-2009, 08:50 AM Go to last post

  49. ground wire butt splice

    Started by Markus Keller, 12-10-2009 06:46 PM
    • Replies: 49
    • Views: 13,651
    Roger Frazee
    12-17-2009, 06:10 PM Go to last post

  50. toggle switch used as water heater disconnect

    Started by Jerome W. Young, 12-15-2009 05:48 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 9,629
    Jerome W. Young
    12-17-2009, 04:22 PM Go to last post

  51. old fuse panel

    Started by John Arnold, 12-15-2009 12:53 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,876
    John Arnold
    12-16-2009, 03:52 AM Go to last post

  52. 120v 30amp

    Started by John Dirks Jr, 12-15-2009 08:24 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,522
    John Kogel
    12-15-2009, 10:36 PM Go to last post

  53. Solder Dipped Copper

    Started by Donn Lindorfer, 12-15-2009 08:43 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 3,073
    Ken Rowe
    12-15-2009, 10:07 PM Go to last post

  54. Upside down breakers

    Started by Gary Mohel, 12-15-2009 04:13 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,916
    Ken Rowe
    12-15-2009, 08:24 PM Go to last post

  55. Grounding of main distribution panel?

    Started by Donn Lindorfer, 12-14-2009 08:07 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 4,529
    Ken Rowe
    12-15-2009, 03:17 PM Go to last post

  56. The builder stated I don't know what I'm talking about.

    Started by Dan Harris, 12-01-2009 03:13 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 3,188
    Tim Spanos
    12-08-2009, 07:21 AM Go to last post

  57. Cord through ceiling

    Started by Vern Heiler, 12-06-2009 09:31 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,357
    Vern Heiler
    12-07-2009, 07:02 PM Go to last post

  58. Forwarding question from client...

    Started by Ross Neag, 12-02-2009 09:45 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 2,931
    H.G. Watson, Sr.
    12-07-2009, 10:02 AM Go to last post

  59. Light fixtures in showers

    Started by Richard Roshak, 12-05-2009 01:47 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 8,099
    A.D. Miller
    12-07-2009, 07:11 AM Go to last post

  60. wiring methods

    Started by John Dirks Jr, 12-04-2009 07:08 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,849
    Fred Warner
    12-05-2009, 04:44 AM Go to last post

  61. Service Drop Question!

    Started by Michael Chambers, 11-28-2009 11:41 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 5,093
    Fred Warner
    12-04-2009, 07:35 AM Go to last post

  62. GFCI question

    Started by Ken Carr, 11-30-2009 02:57 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,145
    ken horak
    12-01-2009, 02:46 PM Go to last post

  63. Permanent?

    Started by Jim Port, 11-30-2009 08:34 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,346
    Bill Kriegh
    11-30-2009, 03:48 PM Go to last post

  64. 1994 Home, with solid strand aluminium

    Started by mathew stouffer, 11-24-2009 07:00 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 2,533
    ken horak
    11-30-2009, 03:43 PM Go to last post

  65. Grounding a Satellite System

    Started by MrMajik, 10-31-2009 07:05 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 4,762
    Fred Warner
    11-30-2009, 09:14 AM Go to last post

  66. Distribution panel

    Started by Ryan Stouffer, 11-25-2009 07:54 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,814
    Cobra Cook
    11-30-2009, 06:53 AM Go to last post

  67. Tamper Resistant Receptacles

    Started by ken horak, 11-17-2009 07:07 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 14,175
    Michael Chambers
    11-26-2009, 05:36 PM Go to last post

  68. One GFCI by sink, one not?

    Started by Dave Hill, 07-24-2007 09:54 PM
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 5,190
    Jerry Peck
    11-24-2009, 07:31 PM Go to last post

  69. Copper or aluminium Wire

    Started by mathew stouffer, 11-20-2009 03:02 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 4,026
    John Kogel
    11-24-2009, 03:55 PM Go to last post

  70. Bedroom plugs and lights on the same AFCI breaker

    Started by Daniel Leung, 11-21-2009 01:40 AM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 11,026
    Joe Laurieri
    11-22-2009, 08:04 AM Go to last post

  71. gfci switch

    Started by Daniel John, 11-21-2009 09:01 AM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,274
    ken horak
    11-22-2009, 05:26 AM Go to last post

  72. Mfg Home electrical panel

    Started by Len Couey, 11-18-2009 04:30 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,998
    Fred Warner
    11-21-2009, 08:17 AM Go to last post

  73. Wink AFCI breaker new 2006

    Started by Robert Mattison, 11-15-2009 02:22 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,778
    Cobra Cook
    11-21-2009, 07:16 AM Go to last post

  74. neutral at a/c disconnect

    Started by Eric Shuman, 11-18-2009 08:07 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,650
    John Steinke
    11-20-2009, 06:07 AM Go to last post

  75. Service Conduit With Expansion Fitting

    Started by mathew stouffer, 11-16-2009 09:36 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 2,598
    John Steinke
    11-20-2009, 06:01 AM Go to last post

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