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Questions tagged [rewire]

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Should I rewire my house?

I am a new homeowner and have started doing some electrical upgrades. The problem I've run into is that the house was built in 1960 and the electrical system as a whole is grounded via the conduit with no ground wire present. Most components I've…
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How do I rewire a switched receptacle and make it permanently hot

I have a light switch that controls the top half and bottom half of a nearby receptacle. How do I disconnect this switch and make both halves of the receptacle permanently hot? There are other receptacles on the same circuit located to the left…
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What is this lamp base wire clip and how do I remove the wire without breaking the clip?

I'm trying to replace the socket in an old desk lamp, and I need to pull the wire through. However, the wire is secured tightly by a black plastic clip at the base. I'm wondering what this clip is called, and how to remove the wire without…
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Repair frayed electrical wire with strain-relief stopper

I am shocked at the condition of this wire on a Crane humidifier. Would like to repair the wire to return the device to being 100% safe. With there being plenty of "spare" wire in the 6ft length, I am thinking to cut the wire at the fray, and then…
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Should it take a while to get supplies to rewire a 1100sq ft house?

I'm dealing with some contractor problems and I'm trying to get some information to figure out if the contractor is lying to me or just incompetent (or if I'm unreasonable). We had a long delay of no work being done and they just started to do some…
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Do I need to replace 14-Gauge Wire on 20-Amp Circuit?

Working on a family home remodel, there is a 20 amp circuit with 12 gauge wire. Recently, at the end of the run, 13 LED can lights were added in an inaccessible vaulted ceiling with no attic space. The LED’s were added with 14 gauge wire. The max…
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How to repair basic cable/wire issue for household appliances

I have a set of very old computer speakers that works fine except for one problem. One of the wires connecting to the volume control dial is loose, so that if the wire is jostled or flexed, the speakers lose sound. I'd have to re-jostle or flex…
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Rewiring a switch controlled receptacle to a ceiling light

I am trying to rewire our bedroom so that a wall switch that turns on/off a receptacle will instead control a ceiling light and leave the receptacle always hot. Receptacle: Has 2 cables coming into the box. The black wire of cable one is connected…
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Wiring an in-line on/off toggle switch on an LED lamp with additional controllers is not working as expected

I purchased a USB powered (5 volts) LED lamp that included a controller with (from bottom to top in the picture): power switch brightness decrease warmth selector brightness increase. I am attempting to put an in-line toggle switch to control the…
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2nd floor rewiring question

I'm rewiring 3 bedrooms on the second floor of an old (1920s) house. All knob and tube has been disconnected. I've got lighting done, but now doing bedroom general outlet circuits. I'm putting each bedroom on its own 20amp circuit. The house has…
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Rewiring part of a circuit, how to properly terminate old branches?

Context There's an overloaded partially-K&T circuit in a small 100+ yr/old home that needs to be rewired. This circuit currently goes from basement panel to attic where it serves ceiling lights and drops down to a few wall outlets, with some splices…
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How do I make two wall switches work in coordination, wirelessly?

I remodeled my kitchen and added under cabinet lighting. The under the cabinet lights are controlled by a wall switch on one side of the kitchen. The overhead recessed can lights have a switch on the other side of the kitchen. 1) I’d like the…
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100 amp residential house service panel unbalanced voltage and power drain under load. Causing power outage

About a month ago I had my service interrupted - half the house lost power, one leg of breaker box had no power, then while trying to troubleshoot the issue I lost all power to both legs. Completely rewired the house with brand new 100A service (was…
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Replacing old light-switch with remote

I'm trying to relocate a wall light switch. I bought a nice RF module which wants to connect to Neutral and Hot but my outlet seems to have a red and a black going to the old switch. It looks like there may be neutral wires which are not in use. You…
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Is it safe to replace a lamp's UK 5 amp round 3 pin plug with a 13 amp rectangular 3 pin plug?

UK electrical question. I've recently come into a nice pair of lamps. Unfortunately, their plugs are 5 amp and 250v with 3 round pins (BS546A). I do not have round pin sockets in my home. Is it safe to to replace the plugs with more modern 13 amp…
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