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The previous residents of our new home doubled up the A/C units. They wanted the house really cold so they put in a second unit that runs together with the first. Our house is 5,000 square feet across 1 main floor and a finished basement. Eventually we'd like to separate the two units, but for...

I'm installing a z-wave smart switch for my outside lights, and I've come across a problem with the wiring. The previous light switch has only two wires coming to the box - a hot wire and then I guess a wire going to the lights (there are two sets on the house). The switch is controlled by a...

I recently purchased a new home and will be doing a lot of electrical work myself. I have enough knowledge and comfort with the subject to do most of the work myself. I'm educating myself along the way and am trying to get the right tools for what I'm doing. I have a basic set already, but one...

I'm hooking up a SkyBell WiFi Video Doorbell and it requires use of a wired doorbell system (it uses the power from the doorbell's transformer). We're rehabbing the house and it had a spot for a wired doorbell/transformer and the wiring to the doorbell button, but no longer had a actual...

I'm installing an alarm system and want to convert a light switch to a power outlet so I can have an easy spot to plug in the panel. The perfect spot in the house also happens to be by a light switch that seems to have been altered to provide constant power to some nearby (previously switched)...