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2022-03-16 at 5:40 PM UTC
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2022-03-17 at 11:18 PM UTC
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2022-03-19 at 5:54 PM UTCUPDATE
I did it.
Got 2 - 30 amp circuits, 12 gauge wire and a few boxes and outlets.
Wired up 1 of my circuits and will do the other another time.
I got power! -
2022-03-19 at 6:07 PM UTCHow do you wire up sockets? I snip the wire between each socket and then wire each socket with two wires in each hole, but is this optimal? Should I use solder?
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2022-03-19 at 6:41 PM UTCI don't often find myself defending Speedy but if you're doing electrical work you have to make sure it's up to code. Not just because that's what the government wants. The Code standardizes the way Electricians do things, which is great. I absolutely hate when i go help someone out with their electricity and shit's not up to code.
Originally posted by Donald Trump How do you wire up sockets? I snip the wire between each socket and then wire each socket with two wires in each hole, but is this optimal? Should I use solder?
What kind of sockets? Unfortunately when i got my associates in EE i learned all the terminology in Dutch. -
2022-03-19 at 6:45 PM UTC
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2022-03-19 at 6:45 PM UTC30A breaker is incorrect for that wire size and incorrect for those receptacles. It won't protect them properly, it would let you overheat them.
Should be protected at 20A maximum. And in an unfinished basement the circuit should have GFCI protection as well, which you can do by using a GFCI breaker, or a GFCI receptacle as the first receptacle in the circuit and wiring all 'downstream' receptacles through it )The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-03-19 at 6:54 PM UTC
Originally posted by Donald Trump
Normal double sockets.
They should come with a little screw for each wire, you strip the ends of your wires and bend the copper in a little loop so that the screw can just pass through. Then you tighten it for L, N and ground. If it doesn't have little screws it has an entrance for each wire that will clamp shut once you press the copper in.
That's how it works in my neck of the woods, IDK if my 'up to code' is exactly the same as yours. -
2022-03-19 at 6:59 PM UTC
Originally posted by Sophie They should come with a little screw for each wire, you strip the ends of your wires and bend the copper in a little loop so that the screw can just pass through. Then you tighten it for L, N and ground. If it doesn't have little screws it has an entrance for each wire that will clamp shut once you press the copper in.
That's how it works in my neck of the woods, IDK if my 'up to code' is exactly the same as yours.
That diagram has two wires, what about the second one? -
2022-03-19 at 10:18 PM UTC
Originally posted by A College Professor 30A breaker is incorrect for that wire size and incorrect for those receptacles. It won't protect them properly, it would let you overheat them.
Should be protected at 20A maximum. And in an unfinished basement the circuit should have GFCI protection as well, which you can do by using a GFCI breaker, or a GFCI receptacle as the first receptacle in the circuit and wiring all 'downstream' receptacles through it )
Shut the fuck up.
What are you? An electrician?? -
2022-03-19 at 10:39 PM UTC
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