| 1 | Federal Pacific
• Posted by: texasredhead on Tue, Aug 24, 10 at 13:14
• 38 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 21:02
On the front page of last Sunday's Dallas Morning News, is an article about a home equiped with an FP panel burning nearly to the ground. The homeowner said he saw fire coming from the service panel in the garage. The fire went into the attic and |
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| 2 | Square D QO (vs) Seimens
• Posted by: tom_in_sc on Mon, Jul 31, 06 at 10:09
• 25 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 20:03
I had decided to use Square D QO panel and breakers until someone at the electrical supply house suggested using Seimens instead. Then I priced them - Wow! Square D QO is about twice the cost for both the load center and breakers. Is the Square D |
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| 3 | Main breaker panel as subpanel
• Posted by: jay_haitch on Mon, Jan 12, 09 at 19:36
• 39 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Aug 23, 11 at 22:32
I want to install a 12 circuit 60 amp subpanel in my attached garage. Both for convenience and the 6 circuit rule I need a disconnect. The easiest would be to buy a main breaker panel and use it as a sub. How do I separate the ground and neutra |
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| 4 | Grounding for outdoor load center
• Posted by: ceeelgee on Mon, Jul 12, 10 at 19:10
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Jul 28, 10 at 5:01
We are in the process of moving our mobile home 200' or so to a permanent foundation, which will require a new meter/disconnect structure. We currently have a rather outdated 200A/100A disconnect system that sits on either side of the current mete |
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| 5 | Panel wiring - neutrals connected to ground bar?
• Posted by: ntruro on Thu, Jul 8, 10 at 12:01
• 1 follow-up, posted on Thu, Jul 8, 10 at 13:46
When I opened the electrical panel in a house we recently purchased, I was surprised to find the following. For all of the circuits, the neutral wires and their respective ground wires are attached together to the ground bar. And the neutral bar |
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| 6 | Install subfeed box
• Posted by: lars_2010 on Mon, Jul 5, 10 at 20:06
• 12 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Jul 12, 10 at 22:49
Siemens G4040MB1200, located in the basement, is full due to the installation of a pool six years ago. Now, I want to finish a 4th bedroom on the second floor. It will need three new circuits. I have an electrical and building permit. From my |
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| 7 | What's wrong with this
• Posted by: mike_kaiser on Sun, Sep 26, 10 at 14:31
• 8 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Oct 15, 10 at 13:36
This is a sub-panel in my Mom's house. Would anyone like to comment on what's wrong. When we're done with the comments, I'll show you what's missing from the picture. Follow-Up Postings: Return to the Electrical Wirin |
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| 8 | Looking for opinions on manual transfer switches
• Posted by: daveho on Thu, Feb 3, 11 at 14:51
• 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Feb 4, 11 at 19:34
After this week's ice storm, I decided to bite the bullet & buy a generator. No heat plus the worry of what happens if the sump pumps needs to run & doesn't will do that. The model I'm getting is the Honeywell HW7500E. Based on what I've com |
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| 9 | Whole House Surge Protector - Advice Needed
• Posted by: vivi68 on Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 13:27
• 33 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 17:13
I am looking for a whole house surge protector that I can mount next to my circuit breaker panel. I have looked at the Leviton 51120, the 51110 and the 42120. The 51120 has no neutral to ground or line to ground protection from what I can s |
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| 10 | AFCI receptacle availability?
• Posted by: ntruro on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 12:31
• 6 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 17:51
I'd like to install AFCI protection in our bedrooms. However, because the circuits are wired with shared neutrals, AFCI breakers cannot be installed. I've seen some discussion of AFCI receptacles on the Internet, but can't find anyone who sells |
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| 11 | Wiring a new hot water heater
• Posted by: dunkinidaho on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 13:49
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 9:33
I need to replace an electric water heater and need some questions answered. It looks like my current heater is a single element one. I can't tell if it's 120 or 220 volt. The circuit breaker is 40amp but the wiring going to it looks like regular |
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| 13 | Power surge
• Posted by: helpless_n_ny on Wed, Jun 1, 11 at 21:09
• 42 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Jun 21, 11 at 9:47
We had a power surge due to the power company working on a line outside our house. The power went off and when it came back on it kicked off four circuit breakers. This was the first time in 28 years living here that the breakers have kicked off f |
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| 14 | 2 pole GFCI breaker
• Posted by: cdclive on Tue, Mar 12, 13 at 10:31
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 13:14
This forum was great help in the past and I thought I'd try to get a few last questions answered with certainty. I have a 20 amp MWC running to out building where it splits - one leg going to a 1500w heater only and the other to receptacles an |
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| 15 | Best place to buy service wire for price
• Posted by: dieseldame on Fri, Oct 7, 11 at 1:26
• 6 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Oct 10, 11 at 16:29
I need to buy 100' of 4-4-4-2 service entrance wire to provide 100A service to an old mobile home that's been rewired to code. Does anyone know where to get a decent price for this? I'm in Central Texas. Follow-Up Postings: Retur |
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| 16 | Reasonable cost to replace electrical panel?
• Posted by: kudzu9 on Thu, Oct 20, 11 at 19:05
• 11 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Oct 29, 11 at 19:13
My father-in-law is selling his 1960's rambler in small town Idaho (Coeur d'Alene). The basement was finished about 25 years ago and a new panel was put in. The panel is Federal Pacific, which I know has a less-than-good reputation, although he |
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| 18 | Whole house surge protection device
• Posted by: eoz3106 on Wed, Jan 4, 12 at 17:28
• 21 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Jan 12, 12 at 13:13
We are about to start building and I am considering putting in a whole house SPD in order to minimize spikes coming into the house. Does any one have a preference of which one to use? I have seen this Square D version for an exterior install |
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| 19 | Spare Breaker in Panel - is this allowed?
Hail to the sparkies!!! My Service Panel is a Murray 200amp. House is in California. There is one regular 20 amp breaker in it that is connected to a 12g line that travels through a 1/2 |
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| 20 | Is this a good deal? Swap out electrical panel, add surge protect
• Posted by: thirdkitchenremodel on Sat, Jul 21, 12 at 12:47
• 1 follow-up, posted on Sat, Jul 21, 12 at 15:27
Angie's list sent out a coupon from an A rated local licensed electrician: $849 - This deal includes: All new panel All new breakers (standard single & 2 pull breakers) All new boards 100 AMP (or 200 AMP w/ $200 upgrade) Complete c |
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