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Do let us know how it works out. -- Tom Horne

The thunderstorm makes me suspect that you may have an intermittent failure of the service drop which occurs during high winds. After the high winds subside it may be taking hours or even days for the defect point to resume being adequately conductive. That would cause the perceptible touch...

In the path that the Equipment Grounding Conductor (EGC) takes between the shell of the drier and the center tap of the transformer you have the EGC itself, the Neutral conductor of the Service Entry Conductors, and the neutral conductor of the Service lateral or drop. Between the Neutral...

I'm concerned about your microwave problem. What more can you tell me about that receptacle outlet? Have you tried any three wire tester on the outlets in your home? What did it show on the microwave's previous receptacle outlet. Do you have access to a Wigginton type solenoid voltage tester...

In the 3 wire arrangement the frame, and other non current carrying conductive parts, of the Clothes Dryer are bonded to the Neutral Conductor of the branch circuit which supplies the dryer. If the branch circuit and the connecting cord of the dryer are in good condition any fault which might...

I seems that you have this one figured out. Yes you can. The copper plate has a spring that will maintain contact between the mounting screw and the yoke of the receptacle which is bonded to the Equipment Grounding Conductor contact which the round pin of a plug connects to. The threads of...

If you are not going to relocate the receptacles you may want to take advantage of the code exception which allows then to remain in use as is. You then follow the instructions which came with your clothes dryer for installing the 3 wire cord. If it already has a 3 wire cord just leave it in...

Yes you can run it next to the existing cable but you cannot support the Equipment Grounding Conductor by just taping it to that cable. It has to be fastened in place within one foot of the box or enclosure which contains your dryer outlet and within one foot of the panel's enclosing cabinet...

The Grounding Electrode System is all of the Grounding Electrodes that are used to ground the Service Equipment which is the first switch, breaker, or fuse pull out/s were the power to the premises wiring comes from the Electrical Utility's wiring. In most modern panels that would be the Main...

1) no 2) yes You can run an Equipment Grounding Conductor (EGC) separately to any of the points listed in section 250.130(c) of the National Electric Code (NEC) "VII. Methods of Equipment Grounding 250.130 Equipment Grounding Conductor Connections. Equipment grounding conductor connections at...

The present installation is not compliant with the National Electric Code (NEC) and never was. Cable TV companies are notorious violators of this rule. I know that you do not want to hear what I'm saying here. You want someone to say it's fine here's how you do it. Anyone who does so is being...

You may not use the mast to support any other wiring of any description. Even using the mast as a higher place to support the wires of other utilities such as cable TV or metallic telephone lines is forbidden. Do keep in mind that the conductors from the utility have no overcurrent protection...

It is truly rare for a cord to be completely unmarked in the United States or Canada. Feel along both outside edges of the cord and see if there isn't a ridge on one side. The ridge would mark the identified conductor. The only conductors which require identification are the Equipment...

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), which rules the work of the plumbers in my neck of the woods, would never pass any new water plumbing in an exterior wall under any circumstances. The WSSC is a very conservative agency. They will not even allow plastic water service...

This is a very rare event. What led your electrician to the conclusion that the panel had failed? Please let the rest of us in on this for the sake of what we might learn for the future. -- Tom Horne

If the terminal strip were listed for the current, voltage, and size of wire to be connected it would be fine. Since this is likely to end up being in a damp location I would want to use an insulated terminal such as the smallest version of the Polaris IT pre-insulated wire terminal line...

First lets lay out the 2 basic pathway types for any switch. One is the switched feed. A pair of current carrying conductors; 1 grounded and the other energized come to the switch location and then continue on the load such as a luminaire. The energized conductor of a switched feed goes...

Did I say that? I didn't mean to! I said that using the Equipment Grounding Conductor (EGC) "will not tell you what you need to know." He will need both conductors of a cable that is energized all the time in that box in order to use that cable for a source of power for a new circuit. By...

The first thing we need to know is the size of the box. That will tell us whether it has enough space for the additional conductors you would have to add to have a second switch and a new cable in that box. Don't get too worried if it is not large enough because there are other ways to...

aNYCdb If the connector that you are referring to is listed for that range of wires you should be all right. Check the wire range that is on the same label that bears the laboratory listing label. That laboratory label will be on the smallest package which contains the individual item if there...