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| two services common neutral | 7/10/2008 |
Q: I have been presented the following: An industrial complex having many buildings each with its own ...
A: Jim, I do not think so, but code interpretations can go both ways sometimes. It would be in your ...
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| splitting 220v to 110 v | 7/10/2008 |
Q: i am trying to add 2 110v outlets from my 220v outlet that already is available. i want to keep the ...
A: Phil, This is pretty simple. What you have for 220v is two hot wires, a neutral wire and a ground ...
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| CHINA MACHINES | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I have a small sauce fabrication facility in Costa Rica, and recently ordered machines from China. ...
A: Adriann, I am sorry to inform you, I have never heard of 220 v on one wire in any electrical ...
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| replacing a capacitor on a jet pump | 7/8/2008 |
Q: My above ground jet pump recently quit working and upon inspection we found the capacitor was bad. ...
A: OK Angi, Every bit of info you give me makes it easier to help you. If the spark came from behind ...
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| replacing a capacitor on a jet pump | 7/8/2008 |
Q: My above ground jet pump recently quit working and upon inspection we found the capacitor was bad. ...
A: Angi, Lucky for you I am an insomniac!!!LOL Not knowing your location or region it is hard to ...
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| replacing a capacitor on a jet pump | 7/8/2008 |
Q: My above ground jet pump recently quit working and upon inspection we found the capacitor was bad. ...
A: Angi, This is not the easiest thing in the world to do. Referring to correctly wiring something ...
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| electrical service on duplex house | 7/6/2008 |
Q: this is my situation. I have a duplex house. The house currently has 1 service head, mast, and set ...
A: John, Your going to need to call the power company that provides you power and have an engineer ...
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| lost all power in condo | 7/6/2008 |
Q: Using hair dryer the circuit blew. I reset it continuing to use dryer. As soon as I turned off ...
A: Steven, Sounds like your not resetting the breaker properly. The handle in the tripped position ...
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| Loss of power to one bedroom of my house. | 7/1/2008 |
Q: this morning I lost power to all outlets and the only ceiling light in my bedroom. My wife was ...
A: Just wondering if we fixed your problem? Thanks for the feedback! Thanks again, Jeremy Luke, ...
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| Motor wiring | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I have a 1 HP motor and hydraulic pump configuration that I would like to ask a question about. I ...
A: Duane, I have no problem with you having my e-mail address to send some supplemental photos to, ...
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| Electric Motors | 6/26/2008 |
Q: can you explain to me why an electrical motor that is failing pulls more amps?
A: I can tell you a motors amp rating is based on its efficiency. If you have an inefficiency, that ...
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| amp draw for multiple motors | 6/25/2008 |
Q: Jeremy, First, thanks for your time. I am having a controller built that will operate 40 winches at ...
A: Bob, First, let me say WOW! I concur with you on the logic. The numbers just do not add up, However ...
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| help | 6/22/2008 |
Q: the other day, due to a fail of the impermebilizaction of the roof in the mall,and a hard rain, my ...
A: Your engineer is correct, unless you have an ample amount of water and the combination of a frayed ...
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| Ground_Neutral Voltage inPool | 6/9/2008 |
Q: Jeremy, hopefully you can give me some direction/advice and/or point me in the right direction. This ...
A: Bill, I am not familiar with your problem, however I can say that you need to ground your handrail ...
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| 30 AMP power | 6/8/2008 |
Q: I want to run a 30 AMP line to my side yard to power a travel trailer. distance of about 175 feet. ...
A: Don, The NEC has standards set for voltage drops with a maximum VD of 3%. Not knowing your ...
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| pool electricity | 6/7/2008 |
Q: We are putting a 15foot round soft sided pool and have to get an electrical inspection. How do we ...
A: Deanna, All electrical codes are a minimum of The NEC (National Electrical Code). Each ...
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| Electrical | 6/6/2008 |
Q: My name chris and i have a dj business here in san diego. i have been getting a lot of power failure ...
A: Sounds like you are definitely overloading your circuits. If you are plugging all your equipment in ...
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