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Greetings all! A bit of quick info so this makes sense. I am not an electrician. I have a small biz installing and repairing low voltage landscape lighting systems. Most of our customers have mid-sized to large homes, often with pools. In the three years I have been doing this, I have repaired...

Hello all, I have a small business installing and servicing low-voltage landscape lighting systems. A friend of mine wants me to help install a new system at his house. The logical spot for a transformer is near the AC compressor on the side of the house but there are no outlets near by. The AC...

Greetings all. I have an 1100 sqf bungalow with a finished attic (about 300 sqf). I'm planning to install a sub panel in a closet off the finished attic. I'm moving the existing first floor light circuit and attic circuit (each a 15A@120v) from the main panel to the sub in the attic. I also want...

Greetings all. I have a finished attic with a bedroom that gets warm in summer and cool in winter. I have wired in a single device receptacle near the window to plug in a 120v window AC unit in summer. This is fed by a 20a breaker and 12awg wire in conduit up to the attic. There is nothing else...

Greetings all, I want to add a phone extension and a doorbell (button by the front door, chime in the garage) to my garage. Can I use a single direct-burial cat 5 cable to provide telephone and doorbell for my garage about 75' across the backyard or am I likely to get interference between the two?

Greetings all, First, the setup: I'm in the early stages of wiring a 20x24 detached garage. My garage is in a town that's covered by the 2005 NEC. I don't plan to do a lot of electric-intensive work there but I do plan to eventually install a 4-post auto lift. I intend to place a 240 outlet at...

Hey guys. About 2 months ago I replaced a GFCI for a friend. It's in a weather-proof box on the outside of his garage. The old GFI (that I removed) was permanently tripped. When I removed it I found that the ground wire in the box was not connected to the GFI at all. I put in a new GFI and added...