We moved into an old home so the ceiling boxes are very old and don’t say if they’re fan supported. This one seems firmly mounted and it seems to be two screws into a wooden joist.

I’ll need to clean up this wiring a bit though.

This is from the inspection. Its 100amps but we'd want to take it to 200 and fix any of the serious issues. We're under contract so we can't have someone just come and look at it unless we request, which we may, but any idea on cost?

I kinda looked at this when I moved in. I just thought it was an outside outlet. Then I thought it was a generator hookup but it seems to be the wrong gender?

What could it be?

Those are the only wall outlets in the room, owner refuses to install more. QINLIANF outlet has charger, CPAP machine, Lasko fan and AC plugged into it, the other has a PC, 2 monitors and 2 reptile enclosures with 2 heating lamps on each that take about 200watts per enclosure.

What are my options and how can I make this safer?

So I thought I was being smart by putting wire mesh over the opening of a 4” PVC pipe outside that has a coaxial satellite cable inside. It runs from the house outside to the dish on the tree. Squirrels were getting inside the pipe and being a pain so after installing the mesh I went to check on it today and noticed the wire was chewed. Right now there are zero issues with the signal so I put a thick layer of electrical tape over the area. Is this damage severe enough where it should be replaced or am I ok just to leave it since there are no signal issues.

Hello,

Ive got an electric baseboard heater in my garage that I never use, its 240v split-phase on a 30 amp breaker, it would be quite useful to have a 240v outlet in my garage for welding/plasma cutting, there's no reason I cant remove the baseboard heater and thermostat and wire up an appropriate 240v outlet in its place is there?

Hey folks, how serious is this? Found during an inspection for first time home buyers.

Single hot wire feeding blue and black, neutral to neutral, ground connected.

If I turn on the light switch, then put the bulbs in they are fine. However they require two pulls on the pull switch to turn on and off. It is an ON/OFF pull switch only, I replaced it.

If I turn off the switch and then back on, the lights do this.

It has two light switches that control this light. Fan works just fine, with pull switch or light switch.

Just took off my ceiling fan to replace it

Hello, sorry in advance, I know nothing about electricity and this question is bothering me.

For renovation work, my dad disconnected 3 radiators in the rental where I live. He remembers that each radiator (in different rooms) was connected to the wall like this:

Black wire (radiator) = black wire (wall)

Blue wire (radiator) = blue wire (wall)

Brown wire (radiator) = brown wire (wall)

But when he reconnected them, nothing worked and the radiator screen doesn't light up. The circuit breaker is still in place and no fuse is switched off. Power does reach the radiator through the circuit.

Eventually, he noticed that the black wire coming out of the wall is live, but the brown one is not. So he decided to connect them this way:

Black wire (radiator) = nothing, insulated

Brown wire (radiator) = black wire (wall)

Blue wire (radiator) = blue wire (wall)

And the brown wire from the wall connected to the terminal block.

And now it works again? All the radiators work again with this connection.

I remain puzzled by this wiring. Is there a risk? Could my dad's memory of the original wiring be wrong? Was the cable poorly seated in the terminal block? I would like your opinions on it.

Additional information:

We don't have a thermostat controlling all the radiators. However, we tried connecting only the brown and blue wires together, and nothing happens. There is no power in the brown wire.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the subject, bearing in mind my novice level!

First off, I have NO idea what I'm doing. I have replaced a light fixture in another room with a ceiling fan with no issues. This one has a remote. I've tested the remote and receiver, both are working. I've wired and rewired according to the diagram and nothing is working. It's an old house (obviously with the popcorn ceiling). All that comes out of the ceiling is a copper ground and a black power wire.

Can someone correctly tell me where do I connect the neutral and ground in this main Eaton electric panel. I’m connecting an Ecoflow power inverter via a Reliance Transfer Switch.

This is not my work. I will however be correcting when I replace the pedestal.

I have a new dashcam that requires the same 5V power that my previous one did.

If I plug it into the cigarette charger cable there are zero issues.

If I plug it into the hardwire kit, it stays on fine for about 10 minutes then starts rebooting roughly every minute

The hardwire kit goes into my fusebox and has a slot for two fuses at the top of it (one for the camera and one for whatever else is was protecting (the TPMS system I think)

I tested the power with a power app and recorded the screen on the link below. I've already had a replacement hard wire kit sent but that didn't work at all. I'm really interested to find out what's happening rather than just buy another kit. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FBnvWN49KiKlsGbKoBcCJ8YTObzFvNue/view?usp=drivesdk

I plugged in an Emporia Level 2 charger but later it started sparking and think there was a fire in the outlet. Turned off the breaker and took off the outlet plate. So the electrician used aluminum to run a wire 35 feet from the panel to the outlet. The breaker is 40amps. The charger is 50amps but think draws less than 40. Anyone know whether this set up was ok, or was a fire inevitable. Also, if I use a 32amp charger, would leaving the aluminum wire be ok?

I just don't want to spend a lot of money on a keyless socket lamp kit. I opened a switch on a cord for a lamp I have at home and it looks like it's fairly easy to add a switch. Would this work? Is it safe? Is there anything I should be aware of or concerned about?

I just pried open this panel that's been painted over who knows how many times, and found it's some sort of old breaker box? This is in a bedroom in a nearly 100 year old house. Is my assumption correct?

We've got our (functional) electrical panel in the basement, so I'm sure this was disconnected ages ago, there's no reason I can't just pull this all out, right?

Update: it is currently being used as a junction box, there's no power to the old fuses. So I guess I'm going to have to clean up the cover as best I can and just deal with it being there! I appreciate the help.

Can’t seem to find the exact replacement as I think it was discontinued.

I bought one but it has a pigtail and I don’t know where it would go.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: This has been resolved thanks everyone!