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    Temporary wiring question

    I ditched the cords, I installed 80ft of 12ga wire following the same route, I rent so no punching holes in the drywall. I have both ups's plugged in the same 2 receptacle outlet, is this bad? I have two circuts because the original wiring is still in place, electronics that are two pronged...
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    Temporary wiring question

    Thank you for all the replies, I ditched the extension cords today. I ran about 70 feet 12ga off the outlet I installed the other day (where I used to have the cords plugged into) so it's about 80 feet from the breaker box with 2 outlets, 20a breaker. Quick question, when I hooked the...
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    Temporary wiring question

    Thank you for all your responses, I went ahead and changed out the extension cords. I used about 70 feet of 12ga wire following the same route as before, I rent so I didn't want to be knocking holes in the drywall so I couldnt fish it, I used a 20a breaker. Can I install individual...
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    leaky basement wall

    I live in a house built in the 1920-30s and it needs some major work. I get pretty bad water leakage when it rains hard, the foundation has been totally replaced except the front wall, they replaced only the top half, the bottom half is the only original part of the entire foundation. It is...
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    Temporary wiring question

    I checked my UPS software and the input freq. is 59.9hz, it is the only meter in red, is this normal? I have no clue what this means...
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    Temporary wiring question

    I figured I should specify what needs to be hooked up to the new circuit 3 Computers (all 3 are very powerful, 450w power supplies) 17" LCD 19" LCD 32" LCD 3 External HD's DVR Box Router Everything listed above are run through 2 900va UPS's although only the computers and the 32" LCD are on...
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    Temporary wiring question

    The house I just moved into was built in the 1920s, the wiring upstairs is from the 1960s-70s so it does not have the 3rd grounding wire. I'm an electronic geek so I need to figure out a temporary way to run a new wire upstairs so I get the 3rd prong and my own circuit. Currently I have 2...
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