According to the National Electrical Code, it is a standard requirement for every house to have a Ground Fault Current Interrupting (GFCI) outlet whether in your bathrooms, kitchens, outdoors or anywhere else where water is usually present. This GFCI outlet that contains breaker inside it would trips whenever it detects a sudden surge of current ...
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Using an Electrical Test Meter
In order to assess problems within your electrical devices safely, you have to use an electrical testing meter. The meter is also known as a multi-meter which is designed to have the ability of measuring a multiple of variables such as voltage, current, resistance, and sometime it also comes with a few more functions and ...
Grounding an Electric Dog Fence
In order to prevent your dog from trying to escape from your existing fence via digging, climbing or pushing through it, you can simply install an electric dog fence. This electric dog fence will give a minor shock to your dog which is enough for it to try to escape. However, the electric dog fence ...
Replacing a Heat Detector
Having a heat detector in your house especially in the kitchen area is good because the heat detector is a device just like a fire alarm device, which is designed to respond when the convected thermal energy of a fire increases the temperature of a heat sensitive element whereby its thermal mass and conductivity of ...
The Proper Way to Crimp the Connectors
Loose wiring or improper connection is one of the common reasons why there is always failure related to your electrical components. Although making wire connections is a straight forward task to do, it is often neglected or done without thinking a negative impact that may result from loose wires such as causing lost connections, providing ...
Finding Current Through Resistors
In order to impede electrical flow and making the flowing current safe for usage, you need to have electrical resistors, which are one of the components of an electronic circuit. By having this resistor, it will help you use your appliances without overloading them as well as injuring yourself. Whenever you detect that a resistor ...
Replacing a Circuit Breaker on a Non-Working Outlet
Instructions for Motion Sensor Light Control Switches
Having a motion sensor light control switch in your house or factory is good because it will automatically turn on the light in the specific area whenever it senses any motion within its surrounding. In order to override the motion control on your light switch, you can simply do a physical turning on and off ...
Installing a New Breaker in the Main Panel
For those of you who have the knowledge and are brave enough to do things which relate to electricity should not be facing any problems when trying to install a new circuit breaker in the main electrical panel. Always be extra careful when dealing with electricity because even if you have turned off the main ...
Taking an Amp Reading on an Electrical Motor
Calculating the Voltage Drop on 12-Volt Systems
The greater wire resistance that you encounter, the greater voltage drop will incur. Besides that, the metal in the wire also plays its part in contributing to the voltage degradation. In order to allow lower voltages than the one supplied to the circuit for specific purposes within the device, voltage drop series circuits need to ...
Installing a GFCI Electrical Outlet
A GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) electrical outlet is an outlet design with its own built-in circuit breaker so that it would be able to protect people from deadly electric shock, plus also your house wiring and breaker panel from having short circuit. Besides that, the GFCI outlets also reduce the risk of house fires ...
Getting Cigarette Burns Out of a Wood Table Top
When we buy furniture for our home, we do it with love and more importantly spend wisely. Furniture is not known to be cheap and moreover, the quality isn't cheap either. Depending on the price, the furniture comes in different price slots.We all know that furniture made from pure wood is the most expensive one. ...
Filling a Crack in an Asphalt Driveway
Making a Pull Chain Light Remote Controlled
As time has passed by, things have changed. The way we operate things have certainly changed. There are now shortcuts and better way to operate things. Certainly these new changes have made our lives better. We are free when it comes to certain aspects of operating things.The same can be said electronically. The change ...