Articles about Electrical Wiring
Installing Electrical Boxes In Plaster Walls
How to Install Electrical Boxes For a Smooth Finish: The result will be a smooth finished look of the wall and the electrical devices.
How to Convert a 3 Phase Motor to Single Phase
3 Phase Motor Conversion Options: Single Phase Rotary Phase Converter, Electric Motors and VFD Variable Frequency Drives.
Planning and Installing Recessed Can Light Fixtures
Installing Recessed Light Fixtures: Considerations When Installing Recessed Lighting Fixtures, Planning and Installing Recessed Lighting.
Bob in Washington Lost Power to the Backside of his House
How to Troubleshoot No Power and Lost Power: The back side on my house has no power. The house has Federal circuits. I replaced all the fuses but still no power.
What to do when the outlets on one wall do not work
Bedroom Lost Power: All of a sudden, all the outlets on one wall of an upstairs bedroom don’t work. We’ve checked the breaker box….
Wiring a 4-Way Switch
How to Wire a 4 Way Switch: How do I install and wire a 4 way light switch for my hallway light fixtures.
Wiring Bathroom Exhaust Fan Switches
How to Wire a Bathroom Exhaust Fan Switch and the Electrical Wiring Connections: I have to replace a bathroom ceiling exhaust fan with two switches for the fan and light, and a third leg continuing on to light the vanity.
How Electric Heaters can be a Problem for Renters
Plugin Space Heaters and Electrical Circuits: Safe Electrical Circuit Wiring, Electric Space Heaters, Separating Electrical Circuits, Adding Electrical Circuits.
How to Wire an Over the Range Microwave
Installing Electric Wiring for a Microwave above a Range: I am installing an over the range microwave where there was a hard wired fan and light.
How to Wire a Ceiling Fan with a Wall Outlet
How to Install Ceiling Fan Wiring: Installing a Ceiling fan from Wall Outlet, I am installing a ceiling fan that is connected to a switch which also controls two wall outlets.
Replacing Ungrounded Outlets with a GFI
Replacing Ungrounded 2-Prong Outlets with a Standard 3-Prong Outlet, Replacing Ungrounded 2-Prong Outlets with a GFCI Outlet.
How To Make an Electrical Splice
How to Splice Wires of an Electric Circuit: Preparations for Making an Electrical Wire Splice, Junction Boxes and Wire Splices.
Extending Circuits for a Panel Relocation
How to Move Electrical Circuit Wiring When Relocating an Electrical Panel: Installing Junction Boxes and Gutters for Electrical Wire Splicing.
240 Volt Circuits and Switches
Electrical Wiring for 240 Volt Circuits and Switches: Each individual pole of a switch or circuit breaker are rated for the stated amperage, the rating is not a combined total of the number of poles.
How Outlets Switches and Fixtures Should be Wired
How to Wire Outlets with Lights: Wiring connections that involves a Light Switch Wire and Electric Outlets.
Sizing an Electrical Circuit for a Motor Home
How to Size an Electrical Circuit for a Motor Home: Motor Home Electrical Circuit Design, Motor homes typically have a 120 volt or 220 volt cord and plug setup which is used to connect to a main AC power source.
