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Can a tv cable outlet and an electrical outlet be wired in the same box?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes, you can run two insulated wires through one hole in an outlet box. If it is a plastic box, you can enlarge the hole with a utility knife if you need to. What you don't want is for sharp edges to scrape into or cut the insulation. If it is that tight, you'll want to cut or drill another hole.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, they should be in separate boxes with at least six inches (150 mm) of separation between them (in Canada).
Yes, as long as they are separated by a permanent barrier or listed divider (in the US).
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∙ 12y agoThis is not the preferred method and shows poor workmanship. Take the two hot wires and twist them together. Now take a 6" piece of wire the same colour and twist it into the other two. Install a wire nut to hold all three wires securely. Now take the short pigtail and loop it around the outlet screw. Tighten the screw. This procedure should also be used on the neutral wire that connects to the receptacle.
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How does the white wire on an outlet become hot?
a shorted out outlet can cause a backfeed on the white wire, an open circuit on the white wire with and electrical appliance plugged in to an outlet can cause the same type of backfeed
What is the difference between flex outlet and spur outlet?
A flex outlet is a wall outlet which has a flexible cable permanently wired into it instead of being fitted with a plug to go into a socket outlet. Flex outlets have their own fuse holder to replace the fuse which would normally be fitted into the plug if a fused plug were used instead. Such fused flex outlets are commonly used for electrical appliances which will never be moved, such as immersion heaters, which are permanently installed into domestic hot water storage tanks, and hot water heaters which are wall-mounted. A spur outlet is an additional wall outlet that is permanently connected to another wall outlet instead of being wired directly back to the breaker panel on its own circuit. Spur outlets are used occasionally when most socket outlets in a building are installed on a "ring main" and for some reason - usually because of cost when an additional socket outlet is found to be needed at a new point in the building - it was decided not to extend the ring main itself to that point in the building. A "ring main" is a loop of cable that goes out from a breaker to feed a "ring" of socket outlets in part of a building and then returns to be connected back to the same breaker. For instance in an average-sized house 3 ring mains would normally be installed: one for the socket outlets in the kitchen, one for the rest of the ground floor and the third for the bedroom floor. This method is used extensively in the UK and Eire where every appliance has its own correctly-fused plug.
Does the electrical wall outlet half to be same hook up as hook up at box?
Yes, black is hot, white is neutral, and copper is ground.
What does a 15 amp continuous duty rating mean for a power strip?
USA homes are wired with wiring to sustain 15 amps continuous duty per outlet this is the rating is the same for a power strip.
Do wired smoke detectors mount on electrical boxes?
Hard wired smoke detectors have to have a junction box behind them. These detectors use 120 volts as a working voltage. These types of detectors should be wired with 3 conductor #14 wire. The detector uses the black and white wires for the 120 volt source. Detectors these days have an output signal wire that can be connected to other detectors so that if one trips it will sound the alarm in other detectors that are on the same circuit. This output wire can be connected to other detectors by the third red wire in the 3 conductor cable.
Can a single duplex receptical be wired for 120 volts and a second single duplex receptical be wired for 220 volts if they both reside in the same two gang electrical box?
Yes, the feeder will have to be a three wire cable.
How do you make straight cable in network?
A straight or standard cable is wired the same on both ends. What color goes where is not important, as long as it is the same.
How do you have two TVs in the same room with only one cable outlet?
You get a Splitter
How do you install an electrical circuits wiring using armored cable?
Same installation as non armored cable.
How does the white wire on an outlet become hot?
a shorted out outlet can cause a backfeed on the white wire, an open circuit on the white wire with and electrical appliance plugged in to an outlet can cause the same type of backfeed
Which patch panel pin 3 connects to which pin on the opposite end of the cable?
On a standard patch cable the ends are wired the same. Pin 3 connects to pin 3.
Why would plugging in an AC unit in a wall receptacle cause the fuse to blow or breaker to trip?
Is the receptacle a 110 or a 220 outlet? If it's a 110, it needs to be a 220. Are there other appliances, lights, etc. wired on the same outlet? If so, you may have to re-wire so that no other appliances, lights, etc. are wired into the same breaker. Usually the larger appliances such as air conditioners, central heat systems are wired to a separate breaker or fuse.
Can getting shocked by a 120 Volt electrical outlet mess up your heart-not immediately but later?
I have the same question, especially if the outlet was a heavy duty vending machine outlet. After I plugged a hair dryer into it, something went wrong. I recovered, but my health hasn't been the same.
Why only every other electrical outlet works on same wall?
For me five..ewanq nalang sa iba ...08:-)
What electrical objects use parallel curcuits?
Every single light socket and electrical outlet in your house is in parallel with all the others, and also with every single electrical outlet and light socket in all the homes of all your neighbors who share the same utility transformer with you. All of the utility transformers in your neighborhood are in parallel with each other out of the same electrical substation, and all of the substations on your side of town are in parallel out of the power generating station.
Is the wiring in your house parallel circuit?
Every single electrical outlet in your house is in parallel with every other outlet in your house. All of yours are also in parallel with every outlet in every neighbor's house that shares the same pole transformer with your house.,
What is the difference between flex outlet and spur outlet?
A flex outlet is a wall outlet which has a flexible cable permanently wired into it instead of being fitted with a plug to go into a socket outlet. Flex outlets have their own fuse holder to replace the fuse which would normally be fitted into the plug if a fused plug were used instead. Such fused flex outlets are commonly used for electrical appliances which will never be moved, such as immersion heaters, which are permanently installed into domestic hot water storage tanks, and hot water heaters which are wall-mounted. A spur outlet is an additional wall outlet that is permanently connected to another wall outlet instead of being wired directly back to the breaker panel on its own circuit. Spur outlets are used occasionally when most socket outlets in a building are installed on a "ring main" and for some reason - usually because of cost when an additional socket outlet is found to be needed at a new point in the building - it was decided not to extend the ring main itself to that point in the building. A "ring main" is a loop of cable that goes out from a breaker to feed a "ring" of socket outlets in part of a building and then returns to be connected back to the same breaker. For instance in an average-sized house 3 ring mains would normally be installed: one for the socket outlets in the kitchen, one for the rest of the ground floor and the third for the bedroom floor. This method is used extensively in the UK and Eire where every appliance has its own correctly-fused plug.
