Recent content by J. Young

Will do, I am a strong believer in staying above code whenever possible.

We are warm and thankful. Nothing like the lack of heat to put things into perspective.

Alright, all installed and working perfectly. I have been monitoring the receptacles and all is working perfectly. I figure each 1500 heater is pulling at most a continuous 12.5 amps and since only the two heaters are on the circuit that leaves plenty of headroom. I think when I redo it I will...

Thanks Charles, I will give it a go right now. One thing the previous owner did right was he bought all Leviton, nice, heavy duty receptacles and light switches so...I'm good to go. I'll get back with you all and let you know how it went. Thanks for all the advice guys.

Nope, nearest civilization is 40 miles away and my truck has no battery. We've been turning the stove on broil on and off for the last few days, money is tight so we are trying not to rely on it as the our main source of heat. You are all too correct, space heaters are not the most efficient...

Per NEC 210.21, it says you can only run a 30-amp receptacle on a 30-amp circuit. So, technically speaking, no, you can't. Whether you could get away with running a 20amp outlet off of a 30amp CB I don't know. That's all I happen to have at the moment unfortunately. But the NEC seems to think...

I appreciate the help, that's what I came here for. Much appreciated.

I suppose that is because the neutral/ground bus are shared at the service panel, so, if you ground the shared neutral at the main panel it would serve as a ground. I'm not planning to wire an MWBC any time soon. I'll have to look it up later and confirm. Some sort of ground is absolutely...

3 wires plus ground, I guess that wasn't strictly implied as 10/3 can be w/ or w/o ground. Mine is 10/3 w/ ground, sorry ;)

No, I have ground, I have bare ground wire and the ground wire in the 10/3 Romex. When I said no ground was when I was referring to the MWBC (Multi-wire branch circuit) which I believe calls for a shared neutral conductor which I guess you could consider a ground. To my knowledge that is NEC...

All valid questions, that's why I am asking actually. I found this link that talks about the same subject: http://www.doityourself.com/forum/electrical-ac-dc/496301-can-i-use-half-2-pole-breaker.html There seems to be some disagreement as to its viability, definitely not code worthy, no one...

Thanks, it will be done the right way as soon as the weather permits.

Hi mrbreezee, yes, I believe if there was a fault, over-current etc on either 120-volt leg it would trip both, inconvenient but I am only interested in hooking up a single 120-volt circuit and this wouldn't be a long-term solution. Another legit solution would be to wire up a Multi-wire branch...

Well...long story short, it's 6 degrees F where I am currently with a wind chill factor of -15. I tried to get to town (rural resident) to buy a single-pole CB but snow and windchill factor killed my truck's battery. It's currently being resuscitated on the trickle charger, that could take at...

I am acquainted with both the Multi-wire branch circuit and the tandem breaker (not to be confused with Double-pole breakers.) I have no questions about either of them. I'm wondering, can you utilize only half of a Double-pole breaker for a single, 120-volt circuit? If it's not code worthy, is...