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What cycles do electric appliances run on in the US and UK?Popularity: 178
How can the power factor be calculated without using a power factor meter?
Popularity: 175
If you were to use two different gauge sizes of cable per phase of a three phase electricity installation would the smaller gauge cable get hotter?
Popularity: 146
Are there people or organizations who offer to help the elderly fix electrical problems?
Popularity: 117
Who created the battery?
Popularity: 71
How can you run a 240V supply into your home when the circuit breaker is 120V?
Popularity: 61
How do you convert or rewire a 5hp 3 phase motor to single phase motor?
Popularity: 60
How to replace a battery Charger?
Popularity: 59
How do you install a ceiling fan with black blue white and bare wires when the junction box on the ceiling has only a red and a white wire?
Popularity: 56
How do you get 120V from a single circuit breaker box that has a 240V line coming into the box that has one black one white and one bare line?
Popularity: 53
How does 277 and 440 3 phase work and how is it different from 120 and 220 single phase?
Popularity: 52
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
How can you connect a 230V 27A single phase European appliance whose cable contains brown blue and yellow-green wires to a 30A 220V breaker in the US?
Popularity: 43
What is the proper height to mount a switch or receptacle?
Popularity: 43
Can you safely connect a 240V electric heater to 120V service by connecting the red wire to the neutral branch of the circuit?
Popularity: 42
How do you connect a single phase motor to a three phase power supply in UK?
Popularity: 40
How do you wire a 240V switch so that you can run an electric heater in the up position and a table saw in the down position?
Popularity: 38
What do you have to do to plug a 30A dryer into a 50A outlet?
Popularity: 38
What is the height maximum for a conduit from the top meter socket to the service head when you're installing a meter pole?
Popularity: 36
How do you connect a table saw to a 240 Volt circuit if it is wired with number 6 wire which is too large to make a connection to a receptacle?
Popularity: 36
What is Miller's Theorem?
Popularity: 35
How do you hook up a new range with a four-prong cable if the range you are replacing only has a three-prong cable?
Popularity: 34
When connecting a 3-prong cord to a new dryer is the middle wire on the cord the ground and does it make a difference where the other 2 wires go?
Popularity: 34
Why does the TV or Computer cause the lights to flicker the moment they are turned on?
Popularity: 34
What are the duties of an electrician?
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How can an extension cord be built to plug into a 240V outlet on one side and a panel with two 120V circuits on the other?
Popularity: 32
Why won't the GFCI trip the panel box when shorted?
Popularity: 32
How do you connect a 4-prong generator outlet to a 3-prong dryer outlet?
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Is it against electrical code to run 240v to lighting on a residential property?
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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
Can you plug a four-prong dryer into a three-prong outlet or is there an adapter you should use?
Popularity: 31
Can a 3 wire 240V welder hot hot ground be connected to a 3 wire 240V dryer outlet hot hot neutral?
Popularity: 30
Can you hook up a 4-wire stove to a power cord to a 240V three wire outlet?
Popularity: 30
Is low power factor good or bad to the power company or consumer?
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Is it OK to join aluminum wire to copper wire using a junction box?
Popularity: 30
How does 3-phase electricity from power companies get turned into single-phase for home use?
Popularity: 30
How is an electrical outlet mounted into a wall?
Popularity: 30
Can you make a 240V 3-wire outlet work from a old 240V 2-wire hardwired line for an old stove?
Popularity: 30
Is 8 AWG aluminum wire large enough for a double oven each oven 2700W and a countertop burner with 4 burners rated from 1200 to 2500W there are two 40A breakers on the circuit?
Popularity: 29
How do you wire an existing 240V circuit line as the feed to a new subpanel with 120V circuit breakers?
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Would upgrading your electrical service stop tripping breakers?
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If u are measuring the voltage of a three phase power system you take only two phase in account then why there is a need for third phase?
Popularity: 28
What are the standards for the location of a ground fault interrupt plug around sinks?
Popularity: 28
How many outlets or lights can go on 15A or 20A breakers?
Popularity: 28
What is wrong if you shut off the electricity at the circuit box and had to shut off a few to find the right circuit to change a fixture and now your pool lights and kitchen ceiling fan do not work?
Popularity: 28
To connect a European 3 wire 240V washer to a US 4 prong 240V outlet do you connect the two hot wires to the single hot connection on the washer?
Popularity: 28
How do you convert a wall switch into an outlet with a wall switch?
Popularity: 27
Can you ground an electrical system on an old two wire system without putting in new wire?
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Is it safe to use both 14-2 and 12-2 wires on a 15A circuit single outlet with 2 lights?
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What do you need to be able to install a 240 Volt 50 Amp outlet for a welder?
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How do you replace a 240V plug on a clothes dryer?
Popularity: 26
What is 277V?
Popularity: 26
If you are rewiring an old farm and there are several circuits running 240V on a 12-2 or 10-2 wire using the ground as a neutral for what applications is this ok?
Popularity: 26
What are the dangers and risks of being an electrician?
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How do you rewire a 120V circuit to 240V for an oven?
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If you have a 2 pole circuit breaker box and cannot get your 240V electric dryer to work should you place 30A on both sides of the box if you purchased a 30A receptacle that reads 125v250v?
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?
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Is it possible to hook up a 240V dryer to a 120V outlet via some sort of power converter?
Popularity: 26
What is involved in installing a new 240V breaker in the main breaker box so you can add a 240V receptacle?
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 do you add a 240V outlet for a second clothes dryer?
Popularity: 25
Can a 3-prong 240V outlet be converted to a 4-prong 240V outlet?
Popularity: 25
When changing the circuit breaker box to a bigger box with more breakers and splitting up circuits will this stop the lights from dimming?
Popularity: 24
Why is the frequency of current 50Hz in India against 60Hz in the USA What should be done to make it 60Hz in India?
Popularity: 23
What is electroplating?
Popularity: 23
How do you install a two lamp fluorescent ballast?
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When installing a Y-shaped electric range plug and it has places for three wires and you have a black wire white wire and a bare copper wire so which wire goes where?
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How do you wire a light that requires 240 Volts to 3-way switches?
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How many wall outlets can you have in a circuit using a 15A breaker?
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Can you add extra 120 Volt circuits protected by new breakers to an existing 240 Volt sub-panel?
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