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How do you add a separate light switch?Popularity: 254
How do you hook up an electric range into a 3-phase switch box with a number 2 service cable coming into the box and cartridge type fuses?
Popularity: 194
Should a 35-year-old house with 100A service be upgraded?
Popularity: 180
How do you replace a light switch?
Popularity: 175
Should old wiring be replaced?
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Can you connect a male dryer plug to a used table saw that was hardwired and then use a dryer outlet to power the saw?
Popularity: 168
Can you convert a lighting fixture to a wall outlet?
Popularity: 165
Should a house with 60A service with gas water heater dryer and furnace be upgraded to 100A or 150A if you want to add an electric range and AC and have a lot of electronics?
Popularity: 148
If you plan to finish the basement of a 50 year old house do you need to upgrade the electricity from 100A service so that you can add 6 new outlets and dedicated circuits for appliances?
Popularity: 146
How can you install a pull chain or other on-off switch on a hardwired fixture to replace a wall light fixture that has not wall switch?
Popularity: 112
How do you wire a light switch to an existing light that does not have a switch?
Popularity: 102
Can an electric clothes dryer be plugged into a range outlet?
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Can you replace the 30A cord from a dryer with the 50A cord usually used for a range so it can be plugged into a range receptacle?
Popularity: 99
How can you change a 2-prong outlet to a 3-prong outlet?
Popularity: 93
What are the electrical requirements and how do you convert a 15A circuit breaker to a 20A circuit breaker?
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Can you use an extension cord to convert an oven socket outlet to a dryer outlet by using an extension cord with a 50A male plug and a 30A female socket?
Popularity: 61
Can you convert an overhead light fixture that is hardwired into a plug-in fixture?
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Can you replace a 15A circuit breaker with a 30A breaker?
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Can you convert a light fixture in the ceiling to an 3 prong outlet for a garage opener?
Popularity: 54
How do you rewire a 120V or 240V motor running on 120V volts back to 240V?
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Can you take a 240v 20a garage outlet number 12 with 4 wires and split it into two 120v circuits while still keeping the 240v outlet?
Popularity: 51
Can you replace a 50A receptacle with a 30A 3-prong receptacle and keep the existing dedicated 20A pair of breakers?
Popularity: 44
If you have an electric range that has the option of either a 3-wire or a 4-wire 240V line are there any advantages or disadvantages on what to choose?
Popularity: 42
What changes have to be made to plug in an oven into a dryer outlet?
Popularity: 41
Can an electric stove plug be converted to a regular 120V outlet and if so how?
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How do you wire a 120V outlet to be switched from a 240V switch?
Popularity: 33
When remodeling a kitchen can you wire a new electric range into the outlet that previously had the refrigerator plugged into it?
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If you move a wall oven 10 feet can you move the 240V feed to the new location by yourself?
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How can you confirm at the outlet with a meter if it truly is a 20A dedicated line and has not just had the outlet changed from 15A?
Popularity: 31
How is an electrical outlet mounted into a wall?
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Can you make a 240V 3-wire outlet work from a old 240V 2-wire hardwired line for an old stove?
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If you have a four-prong 240V outlet can you switch the outlet to a three-prong 240V outlet?
Popularity: 28
How do you convert a wall switch into an outlet with a wall switch?
Popularity: 27
How do you replace a 240V plug on a clothes dryer?
Popularity: 26
Can you use 15A outlets on a 20A circuit with 12-2 wire and a 20A breaker and how many outlets would this allow?
Popularity: 26
Can you convert a 120V outdoor outlet to 240V to run a hot tub?
Popularity: 26
If you're replacing an old electric stove that has a 3-prong outlet to a new electric stove that only has wires could you convert the new stove to fit in the outlet?
Popularity: 25
How many wall outlets can you have in a circuit using a 15A breaker?
Popularity: 23
What is involved in running a 240V dryer line if you have a regular 120V line now?
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How do you install a 240V hookup if there is a 120V outlet where you are replacing a gas stove with an electric one?
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What can you do if your newly-installed GFCI keeps tripping unless you detach all the other outlets in the room but all outlets are wired correctly?
Popularity: 22
How do you wire a new light with an on-off switch using wires coming from an outlet?
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How difficult is it to install a 240V outlet if the 3 wires to do so are exposed?
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For what reason were calendars developed?
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How to wire incandescent light fixture with black and white wiring is it wired to ground?
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Can you convert an existing 240V plug to a 120V plug?
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How many duplex outlets can be placed on one circuit?
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How do you run a new breaker box in a detached garage from the existing breaker box in the house?
Popularity: 19
Can a plug in type swag light fixture be converted to operate off of the electrical wall switch?
Popularity: 19
How can you re-wire a wall switch that controls an outlet to control a ceiling fan?
Popularity: 19
How do you increase the power output in your home?
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How do you unhook a kitchen exhaust fan and tie off electrical wires?
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If you can change a 4-wire to a 3-wire 240V outlet circuit then what was the purpose of having a 4-wire box in place to begin with?
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What is needed to put a 240V outlet in a garage very close to a circuit panel with NO open slots available?
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Is it easy to change a 110 plug over to a 220 plug for a dryer?
Popularity: 17
If a socket shorted while you were pulling wallpaper around socket as well as a socket in a different room and there's no sign of tripped breaker could it be a Jct box that feeds that whole area?
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How do you wire a 120V circuit off a 240V circuit?
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Old work box?
Popularity: 16
How do you wire a cable with a black wire a brown wire grey wire and earth wire to a light switch which has 3 holes 1 for single switch and 1 for a doubleswitch?
Popularity: 15
You have two switches on either end of your kitchen and they are on what is called a 3 way circuit Are there dimmers for this circuit Do you need a dimmer?
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How do you wire the three 240V wires coming out of the wall to a 4-wire stove plug?
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Can a 125 amp breaker box replace a 100 amp breaker box?
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Wire two outlet?
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Can you safely use a converter to switch a 120V outlet to 240V outlet?
Popularity: 14
For a 3 way switch can a 3rd wire be added that isn't encased in the romex wire if it's the same gauge?
Popularity: 13
Can a 240V 15A outlet used for a washer be converted to a 240V 30A outlet for a dryer?
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Should you run 10-3 wire for the 240V lines for the pool pump and heater?
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Can you add outlets to old knob and tube wiring?
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What wire size is needed to run a 125 amp subpanel?
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The black wire is hot but there is no current between the hot and neutral wire. There is current between the hot and ground wire?
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