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not if the LV circuit is class 2 which the Tstat line is.

thats a good idea and could help prevent your early demise.

how many amps does one fixture draw? (not watts added up, but the amps on the ballast label)

with regard to the frequency discussion, many UPSs will trip offline if the incoming frequency is off by a certain amount. I have come across some that are very sensitive.

usually they run a 3 pair to each house. Look at the wire where it comes into your house, i bet its 3pr

if this is just the line to your house, a call before you dig may not have even located it. No big deal theyll probably charge you a couple hundred to fix it. See if you can get their design specs and take care of the trench for them. if it had been a line serving customers other than you, or...

did it come from china (not made in, but shipped from) ? Is it UL listed?

you need it engineered. pulling sideways on a cable between two endpoints with a couple hundred pounds can put an exponentally larger amount of force on those endpoints.

no...dont do it.

interesting....i didnt know they use SWER in canada

the switches in the house should be one 3 way and one or more 4 way. the 2 travelers out of the 4 way and the common from the 3 way should go to the shed where the travelers would connect to a 3 way. Then switch the contactor coil with this. How many watts is the light?

one day....a 3D printer

for the cord, just get a 16ga cord. You dont need a 12 or 14ga plug in cord for a shop light unless the light's power consumption warrants it.

and how do you use tandems in a panel supplying a house where almost everything has to be afci?

16.6ka where? whats the interrupt rating of the breakers in that I-line?

whats the available fault current where you are installing the subpanel? Can you use 10Ka breakers or do you need 22ka?

GFCI receptacles in most instances. You want the GFCI as close to the load, and you want as few individual loads on each gfci as possible. There is no such thing as 'nusiance tripping' -the gfci is doing its job. Everything has leakage, and the gfci trips at 4-6ma. Put 100ft of romex, 5 surge...

doesnt really apply in 99% of residential installations, but the answer is: series ratings (this should make for a fun discussion)

are craftsman sockets still USA made?

a gas place exchanged the CO2 tank for an argon tank and only charged the cost of the argon gas (although they gave nothing for the CO2 in the bottle which was full) all in all a very good deal.