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  1. 60 years with no main breaker

    Started by John Kogel, 09-20-2009 07:31 PM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
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    A.D. Miller
    02-13-2010, 06:45 AM Go to last post

  2. Is this bonding the sub?

    Started by JB Thompson, 12-23-2009 04:35 PM
    7 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 34
    • Views: 3,757
    Roger Frazee
    02-11-2010, 11:20 PM Go to last post

  3. Water Heater BX Quiz

    Started by John Kogel, 02-03-2010 10:26 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    18 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 96
    • Views: 12,928
    Roger Frazee
    02-11-2010, 10:17 PM Go to last post

  4. jumper bar

    Started by wes owens, 02-08-2010 05:45 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 4,456
    Jerry Peck
    02-10-2010, 06:03 PM Go to last post

  5. switches over stairs

    Started by chris mcintyre, 02-09-2010 07:09 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 5,164
    Jerry Peck
    02-10-2010, 05:59 PM Go to last post

  6. Need the name of these breakers

    Started by Marc M, 02-03-2010 11:42 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,069
    Ron Bibler
    02-06-2010, 09:40 PM Go to last post

  7. Recessed lighting wiring

    Started by matt larson, 02-04-2010 09:05 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 6,046
    bob smit
    02-06-2010, 10:35 AM Go to last post

  8. What is This?

    Started by A.D. Miller, 02-05-2010 02:57 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 1,934
    A.D. Miller
    02-06-2010, 07:25 AM Go to last post

  9. 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: 2,687
    Marc M
    02-05-2010, 09:14 PM Go to last post

  10. Breaker Oversize ?

    Started by Mark Tran, 02-03-2010 01:12 AM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 3,162
    Jerry Peck
    02-05-2010, 06:23 PM Go to last post

  11. Question Anyone know anything about phone wiring?

    Started by Paul Kondzich, 02-03-2010 12:35 PM
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 2,386
    Corn Walker
    02-04-2010, 04:25 PM Go to last post

  12. Question Opposite of messy workmanship

    Started by Gary Burnett, 01-29-2010 04:01 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,328
    Speedy Petey
    02-03-2010, 09:00 PM Go to last post

  13. switch leg ?

    Started by Rick Cantrell, 02-01-2010 08:42 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 14,979
    chris mcintyre
    02-03-2010, 07:57 PM Go to last post

  14. 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: 5,443
    Bruce Breedlove
    02-03-2010, 07:28 PM Go to last post

  15. Concrete E Electrode

    Started by bob smit, 01-28-2010 01:55 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,226
    bob smit
    02-03-2010, 11:35 AM Go to last post

  16. Question IRC applicable to Mobile Homes

    Started by Mike Birenbaum, 01-29-2010 09:36 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 4,326
    erika krieger
    02-01-2010, 02:17 AM Go to last post

  17. What is wrong with this goose neck connection?

    Started by John Marczak, 01-30-2010 01:01 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,876
    Stacey Van Houtan
    01-30-2010, 02:49 PM Go to last post

  18. Messy Workmanship In Panel

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-27-2010 08:58 AM
    8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 3,711
    Bill Barnes
    01-29-2010, 01:55 PM Go to last post

  19. Electrical panel & Gas Water Heater

    Started by Norm Peery, 01-27-2010 12:42 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,990
    Norm Peery
    01-29-2010, 08:12 AM Go to last post

  20. "trimmed" Entrance Cable

    Started by Jon Errickson, 01-19-2010 01:01 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,286
    Rob Key
    01-29-2010, 06:46 AM Go to last post

  21. Question Double panel box

    Started by Chuck Miller, 01-22-2010 03:33 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 11,446
    Robert Mattison
    01-28-2010, 07:34 AM Go to last post

  22. Need code

    Started by Richard Roshak, 01-26-2010 10:32 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,567
    bob smit
    01-26-2010, 04:40 PM Go to last post

  23. Hot box ?

    Started by Hunter Hoffman, 01-25-2010 05:49 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,308
    Hunter Hoffman
    01-25-2010, 05:03 PM Go to last post

  24. wire size

    Started by daniel nantell, 11-22-2009 03:16 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 90
    • Views: 9,191
    bob smit
    01-22-2010, 07:59 PM Go to last post

  25. Push Crapit

    Started by bob smit, 01-21-2010 01:12 PM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 3,541
    bob smit
    01-22-2010, 07:08 PM Go to last post

  26. Black copper wiring

    Started by Robert Sole, 11-22-2009 03:32 PM
    8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 13,249
    Ray Babcock
    01-22-2010, 01:25 PM Go to last post

  27. Unhappy GFCI on a Gas range

    Started by Anthony Alderman, 01-13-2010 04:06 PM
    • Replies: 62
    • Views: 22,384
    bob smit
    01-21-2010, 06:49 PM Go to last post

  28. Service panel ground

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-19-2010 06:19 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 3,635
    Roger Frazee
    01-20-2010, 09:44 PM Go to last post

  29. Check out this beauty:)

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-18-2010 05:11 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,298
    Corn Walker
    01-19-2010, 01:11 PM Go to last post

  30. Vent Bonding

    Started by A.D. Miller, 01-18-2010 10:35 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,983
    A.D. Miller
    01-19-2010, 05:59 AM Go to last post

  31. Universal Motors on AFCI circuits

    Started by Neil Hunter, 01-15-2010 09:11 AM
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 6,750
    Fred Warner
    01-19-2010, 04:15 AM Go to last post

  32. Romex behind dish washer

    Started by mathew stouffer, 01-12-2010 08:22 AM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 7,623
    John Steinke
    01-18-2010, 07:13 PM Go to last post

  33. Double tap and breaker question

    Started by Marc M, 07-28-2009 05:07 PM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 56
    • Views: 12,537
    Gunnar Alquist
    01-15-2010, 07:38 PM Go to last post

  34. UFER ground in a new slab?

    Started by Jeff Pedigo, 01-09-2010 02:10 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 37
    • Views: 26,231
    Stacey Van Houtan
    01-15-2010, 01:28 PM Go to last post

  35. Re; testing Arch Fault circuit Interrupters

    Started by daniel nantell, 01-13-2010 07:03 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 1,870
    ken horak
    01-14-2010, 02:57 PM Go to last post

  36. Double Tap

    Started by Tom Rees, 01-11-2010 11:06 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,752
    John Kogel
    01-12-2010, 08:25 PM Go to last post

  37. Double tap question

    Started by Jon Errickson, 01-07-2010 04:44 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 4,793
    Jerry Peck
    01-12-2010, 06:26 PM Go to last post

  38. sheathing niked

    Started by Rob Omstead, 01-07-2010 05:43 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,226
    Rob Omstead
    01-12-2010, 01:33 AM Go to last post

  39. Smaller Could Be Better

    Started by A.D. Miller, 01-07-2010 12:43 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,257
    A.D. Miller
    01-07-2010, 01:18 PM Go to last post

  40. Low voltage cables in disconnect box

    Started by Jeff Eastman, 11-06-2007 06:47 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,696
    John Kogel
    01-05-2010, 04:15 PM Go to last post

  41. Red face GFCI issue corrected, but has complaint

    Started by Stephen DeCosta, 12-25-2009 08:46 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 8,979
    Stephen DeCosta
    01-02-2010, 06:42 PM Go to last post

  42. Dock and Amps

    Started by Steve Myers, 12-25-2009 07:49 AM
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,474
    Roger Frazee
    12-30-2009, 10:47 AM Go to last post

  43. Emergency Generator Installation

    Started by Tom Anderson, 12-24-2009 07:59 AM
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 4,060
    Darrell Cummins
    12-29-2009, 06:48 PM Go to last post

  44. Grounding wire

    Started by William Slade, 12-22-2009 02:55 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,617
    John Steinke
    12-22-2009, 08:48 PM Go to last post

  45. Horizontally Installed Service Panel

    Started by David Tontarski, 12-16-2009 07:22 AM
    • Replies: 55
    • Views: 11,143
    H.G. Watson, Sr.
    12-22-2009, 12:51 PM Go to last post

  46. surface-mounted lamp cordextension wiring

    Started by biglebowski, 12-20-2009 10:43 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 1,994
    John Kogel
    12-21-2009, 08:45 PM Go to last post

  47. 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: 5,364
    Jim Port
    12-20-2009, 04:15 PM Go to last post

  48. Red face Furnace exhaust

    Started by Lisa Kucken, 12-17-2009 01:42 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 7,143
    Jerry Peck
    12-20-2009, 12:51 PM Go to last post

  49. Dishwasher breaker at panel

    Started by George Krause, 12-18-2009 04:24 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 5,947
    Jerry Peck
    12-20-2009, 12:47 PM Go to last post

  50. Service wire connections

    Started by Ken Amelin, 12-18-2009 04:07 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,617
    ken horak
    12-19-2009, 08:50 AM Go to last post

  51. ground wire butt splice

    Started by Markus Keller, 12-10-2009 06:46 PM
    • Replies: 49
    • Views: 13,778
    Roger Frazee
    12-17-2009, 06:10 PM Go to last post

  52. toggle switch used as water heater disconnect

    Started by Jerome W. Young, 12-15-2009 05:48 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 9,773
    Jerome W. Young
    12-17-2009, 04:22 PM Go to last post

  53. old fuse panel

    Started by John Arnold, 12-15-2009 12:53 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,899
    John Arnold
    12-16-2009, 03:52 AM Go to last post

  54. 120v 30amp

    Started by John Dirks Jr, 12-15-2009 08:24 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,541
    John Kogel
    12-15-2009, 10:36 PM Go to last post

  55. Solder Dipped Copper

    Started by Donn Lindorfer, 12-15-2009 08:43 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 3,122
    Ken Rowe
    12-15-2009, 10:07 PM Go to last post

  56. Upside down breakers

    Started by Gary Mohel, 12-15-2009 04:13 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,943
    Ken Rowe
    12-15-2009, 08:24 PM Go to last post

  57. Grounding of main distribution panel?

    Started by Donn Lindorfer, 12-14-2009 08:07 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 4,564
    Ken Rowe
    12-15-2009, 03:17 PM Go to last post

  58. 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: 3,235
    Tim Spanos
    12-08-2009, 07:21 AM Go to last post

  59. Cord through ceiling

    Started by Vern Heiler, 12-06-2009 09:31 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,433
    Vern Heiler
    12-07-2009, 07:02 PM Go to last post

  60. Forwarding question from client...

    Started by Ross Neag, 12-02-2009 09:45 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 2,960
    H.G. Watson, Sr.
    12-07-2009, 10:02 AM Go to last post

  61. Light fixtures in showers

    Started by Richard Roshak, 12-05-2009 01:47 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 8,191
    A.D. Miller
    12-07-2009, 07:11 AM Go to last post

  62. wiring methods

    Started by John Dirks Jr, 12-04-2009 07:08 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,875
    Fred Warner
    12-05-2009, 04:44 AM Go to last post

  63. Service Drop Question!

    Started by Michael Chambers, 11-28-2009 11:41 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 5,162
    Fred Warner
    12-04-2009, 07:35 AM Go to last post

  64. GFCI question

    Started by Ken Carr, 11-30-2009 02:57 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,167
    ken horak
    12-01-2009, 02:46 PM Go to last post

  65. Permanent?

    Started by Jim Port, 11-30-2009 08:34 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,362
    Bill Kriegh
    11-30-2009, 03:48 PM Go to last post

  66. 1994 Home, with solid strand aluminium

    Started by mathew stouffer, 11-24-2009 07:00 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 2,567
    ken horak
    11-30-2009, 03:43 PM Go to last post

  67. Grounding a Satellite System

    Started by MrMajik, 10-31-2009 06:05 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 4,813
    Fred Warner
    11-30-2009, 09:14 AM Go to last post

  68. Distribution panel

    Started by Ryan Stouffer, 11-25-2009 07:54 PM
    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,844
    Cobra Cook
    11-30-2009, 06:53 AM Go to last post

  69. Tamper Resistant Receptacles

    Started by ken horak, 11-17-2009 07:07 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 14,234
    Michael Chambers
    11-26-2009, 05:36 PM Go to last post

  70. One GFCI by sink, one not?

    Started by Dave Hill, 07-24-2007 08:54 PM
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 5,246
    Jerry Peck
    11-24-2009, 07:31 PM Go to last post

  71. Copper or aluminium Wire

    Started by mathew stouffer, 11-20-2009 03:02 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 4,050
    John Kogel
    11-24-2009, 03:55 PM Go to last post

  72. Bedroom plugs and lights on the same AFCI breaker

    Started by Daniel Leung, 11-21-2009 01:40 AM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 11,160
    Joe Laurieri
    11-22-2009, 08:04 AM Go to last post

  73. gfci switch

    Started by Daniel John, 11-21-2009 09:01 AM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,297
    ken horak
    11-22-2009, 05:26 AM Go to last post

  74. Mfg Home electrical panel

    Started by Len Couey, 11-18-2009 04:30 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,025
    Fred Warner
    11-21-2009, 08:17 AM Go to last post

  75. Wink AFCI breaker new 2006

    Started by Robert Mattison, 11-15-2009 02:22 PM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,800
    Cobra Cook
    11-21-2009, 07:16 AM Go to last post

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