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I'm relating a recent experience here, as I am still trying to help a family member advocate for themselves with the contractors involved and also because the situation highlights a number of things that can go wrong with an electrical job. I work on high voltage systems in an industrial...

A couple of summers ago, I built a small backyard shed and my wife ended up using it as her home office. It is insulated and has always had heating, from a wall heater as well as heated floor. It is very cozy in the winter, but has been unbearably hot during recent summer months. There is...

I have set up a Generac 6294 transfer panel to use with a portable generator, and it works well. (I've asked some other questions in this thread about running from a 120V generator.) I am considering running a circuit needing a GFCI breaker through the transfer panel. In order to do this, I...

Hi - Questions on this topic have been asked before, for example in this thread and this thread (and also this one). There is one aspect I haven't seen covered so wanted to bring it up here. The idea is that during normal use, L1 and L2 in the transfer panel are fed from a double pole breaker...

Hi - During landscaping last year, I buried a run of 2” PVC (schedule 40) conduit from just outside our house’s service panel to site of a future shed. We had the entire yard excavated so it was easy to get it down 24” the whole way. The total run of conduit is about 120 feet long. The...