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    Garage/office, shop wiring

    edited: #2 AWG aluminum is allowed for a 100A "service" conductors in a dwelling unit, NOT to a 100A sub-panel
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    Electrical planning

    Current NEC code requires GFCI protected outlets in un-finished basements, garages, outdoors, kitchens, bathrooms, laundry areas, pretty much any DAMP location. If your floor is unfinished concrete, gravel or dirt, it's damp.
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    Clamp on wire holder or eye bolt on metal building main power in?

    Just be sure that your "point of attachment" ( eyebolt ), is BELOW your weatherhead and the wire has a "drip loop" in it.
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    GFCI with Open Ground and Improperly Wired Sub-Panel

    That is Normal Operation of those testers
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    3 phase solar

    If the OP connected 3 inverters with a common connection and then has 3 legs hot, he has it configured in a "wye" configuration. Currently he must have the output of each inverter set to 208V. This would create a system of 208V L-N and 360V L-L. In order to get 240V L-L, he needs the...
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    Anyone knowledgable in 100A safety switch fuses?

    You could use 250V - 70A, 80A, 90A or 100A fuses ( Bussman FRN would work ). You could also use lower amperage fuses, with adapters ( but I wouldn't go that route )
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    Deriving 120 from 240 a long way from the house

    Many cameras use a plugin "wallwart" that are universal input voltage - 120V or 240V. The transformer doesn't need a neutral nor does it "derive" one. It just converts the 240V into 120V. You intentionally ground one of the legs one the 120V side. That becomes your grounded conductor ( the...
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    Fasteners on bicycles?

    The pedal "thread" is 9/16-20 left and right hand threads. The flats for tightening them are 15mm
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    Electric raceway or gutter needed for 100amp

    Romex cable, by itself can run through wood. Once you put a splice in it, the splice must must enclosed by a listed encolsure ( plastic, metal, box or wireway ).
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    $5 Hospital Grade Receptacles?

    Hospital grade MC cable has a redundant grounding path in it. It's basically AC cable with an insulated grounding conductor added. Steve
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    Would a three phase post be appreciated?

    Good question. Legacy equipment? That's the way it's always been? IDK Milwaukee, WI at one time was the manufacturing leader in the USA.
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    Would a three phase post be appreciated?

    Not here in Milwaukee, WI. ( note my screen name ) Many industrial facilities drop down their 480 3phase to 240V corner grounded delta ( usually the B phase ). Steve - IBEW 494 "grounded-B"
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    Colored Markings on twist lock receptacles

    Don't file down the prongs. Get the proper configured receptacle.
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    Electric Motor Repair. Handbook for free

    Standard handbook for electrical apprentices here in the United States
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    Dead Beer Fridge

    If you heard a "Pop" and then nothing works, I would check continuity of every wire, starting at the plug end. There must be a fuse or circuit breaker that "blew". Maybe even a "fusible link" which looks just like an ordinary wire.
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    Air Compressor Gets Sluggish and Crawls to a Halt

    No, it it currently wired for 240V. That is why it has no torque and slows down. Remove the white wire from terminal #2, and place it on terminal #4. ( there are two white wires, be sure not to move the one from the line cord ). Move the brown wire to terminal #2. Do not move the black and...
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    Air Compressor Gets Sluggish and Crawls to a Halt

    The white and brown wire connections determine if it is wired for 120V or 240V. White on term #4 and Brown wire on term #2 for 120V White on term #2 and Brown wire not connected and taped up (insulated) for 240V. The black and white LINE wires go to terminals 1 & 4 for either 120V or 240V...
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    The only place with grounds…

    Knob and Tube is still allowed by the NEC as extensions to existing installations in limited cases. ( NEC art. 394 ) It can not be covered by insulation. It can only feed lighting outlets and GFCI receptacles. ( which do not need a ground to operate properly, BTW ) Installation of 2 prong...
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    Recessed light spring held tricks?

    Put a dab of silicone adhesive on top of each clip. It will be difficult to lower fixture for service, but the silcone will break free.
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    I learn something new from time-to-time Romex wire.

    The link you provided was highlighted regarding a section on "medium voltage" cable. This is wire used above 600V and up to 100,000V. for those cables, yes, moisture can be a big problem. Maybe even causing death. But a little dampness of the paper inside NMB cable will not cause fires or...
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