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I'll stand by my statement Taping wirenuts is a waste of tape and unprofessional. Ever have to open one of those taped up wirenut messes? If you are afraid that the wirenuts you just installed is going to come off or loosen up - you have installed the wrong type of termination ! Smaller motors I...

The biggest issues with torque wrenches are you need to have them checked for accuracy. If not you have no idea if you are over / under torqueing those bolts. This is extremely inportant when buying a used one from ebay and such! How well was that tool handled? remeber those click type wrenches...

Sorry guys but ..................... You are INCORRECT with this statement. The ideal industries website and the package will tell you the number and sizes of the conductors you can use the wirenut for...

It's like evryone else has stated "to protect the wire from the panel to the sub panel". That and what you described would be what is referred to as a feeder tap. There are very specific rules about how and the length of feeder taps in the National Electrical Code. You garage would not come...

UL does not dictate design. The design of anything is up to the manufactures and their engineers. UL tests and LISTS item. UL does not APPROVE anything. Look closely at the next ul tag - it will say UL LISTED. UL reviews the documents provided, the samples provided and any other thihng the...

DJJSR- The National Electrical Code( NEC) is written by many groups of people from many backgrounds dealing with electric. These groups are referred to as the "Code Making Panels" CMP for short. Each CMP deals with one or two code articles only. Anyone can propose a change to the NEC. Just...

I do believe that North Carolina has adopted the 2008 NEC state wide. The newsletter for the city of Winston-Salem's electrical dept. has been stating since January 2009 ,that I can find, that they are in the 2008 NEC Here's a link...

There is no seperation distance required ,other then those required by the utlility company for their own stuff. If you are running your electric in one conduit and the catv / telephone in another there will no issue putting them next to each other. When the utilities are ran to your home they...

Thats not entirely true. Any dedicated circuit for an appliance is allowed to be on a 15 ampere circuit provided that the rating of the individual branch circuit is not less then the marked rating of the appliances nameplate. A perfect example would be a garbage disposal, a trash compactor, a...