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That is Not a Wiggy. That is a neon test light. A Wiggy, is a solenoid tester, originally manufactured by the Wigginton company, that tests for voltage and applies a small load to the circuit under test. Backstabing refers to using the small holes in the back of the receptacle to connect your...

You have no "Hot" without a "Reference". The feed from the POCO grounds the Neutral at the POCOs transformer. That provides a reference from the hot legs to the earth. You also ground the neutral at your service entrance to the earth. This provides a common reference at your panel for your...

The ground "Reference" at your service entrance location at one point of the property is not the same "Reference" at another point of the property, electrically speaking, with respect to the power company source. If you drive a ground rod and measure the voltage to that rod, it will be...

Two ground rods, 6 feet apart, and a 4th ground conductor from the service panel to the sub panel. That is, a four wire feed from the main panel.

3 Flukes and one Simpson.

Equipments!!! The plural for describing multiple pieces of equipment is "Equipment". If you are describing a certain attribute of a piece of equipment, the equipment's color for example, then the usage is proper. I think the improper use of "Equipments" to describe multiple pieces of gear...

Do-All ?

Yeah, I know. But there are many who are under the impression that the Neutral and Ground are at the same potential, because they are bonded together at the main service, and they are most definately not the same. Also the EGC (Ground) implementation was designed to protect equipment. The...

OK, but you will not be able to run any 240 volt loads even with the two generators synced. All the sync feature does is allow you to have more current available. The EU2000i is a 120 volt genset, and a very nice one. As long as you realize that you cannot run any 240 volt appliances, it's cool.

Why?

http://www.stayonline.com/reference-nema-straight-blade.aspx This is the proper 30 amp 250 volt receptacle for 250 volt only loads. NEMA 6-30 This is the receptacle that was previously code compliant for dryers in earlier code implementations. NEMA 10-30 This is the receptacle that is...

You may have an open neutral on a MWBC (Multi Wire Branch Circuit). Call an electrician if you don't know what this means. Really.