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    Neutral ground bonding

    Hello, yank living in Chile. Electric is the same as UK...220v. I am installing a whole house ATS. The generator is a floating neutral. The manual states the neutral to ground bonding must be in the ATS. Being a yank I am used to working with 4 leads 2 hot 1 neutral 1 ground. Now I have...
  2. K

    neutral connected to ground at outlet, does this violate code ?

    I have an outlet in my home that is wired in a non standard manner. Its neutral and ground are connected together based on the wiring diagram below. Please note I have identified the root cause of the 40V and 17V and fixed it. So I got 120V between hot and ground, 0V between neutral and ground...
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    Connecting 10/3 w/ ground conductors to existing manual generator switch?

    Hello, all. Would appreciate your guidance with a generator manual switch connect. 10/3 Romex with ground will connect a L14-30 generator inlet box to an existing generator manual switch next to my load center. The 10/3 Romex with ground has been run, the L14-30 inlet box mounted, and the...
  4. P

    Adding a relay to detect when a switch tied to ground is open.

    I'd like to add individual footwell lighting and have the lighting come on when each door is opened individually. I've found the wire locations and looking at the wiring diagram, I not certain which way to wire a relay to properly detect when the switch is open to trigger the LED light to come...
  5. J

    Electrical help - No ground wire?

    I purchased a new porch light and it seemed pretty straightforward. From the new light there's a white wire, black wire, and ground wire. Coming out of the building is a white wire, orange wire, and there was a broken/rusted ground wire on the crossbar that wasn't attached to anything before...
  6. K

    Current reading on ground electrode conductor in main panel

    I live in the Philippines but I have the same US electrical system (2 x 110V hot + 1 x neutral). I have two ground rods buried 8 ft. deep and connected to the main panel. Netural and ground are bonded in the main panel. And from the main panel, all 4 wires (2L + 1N + 1G) go to sub panels. Ground...
  7. Electron

    Best EV Charger without Earth Rod?

    Plan to offer installation of EV Chargers, but not interested in using Earth Rods. I can only find two products, Zappi and Podpoint. Are there any others? Who would other EV installers recommend?
  8. H

    In ground patio lights

    Hi all, so my in ground patio lights keep tripping the RCD. I checked them over and found dampness in most of the buried underground three way junction boxes. On inspection I have found this is not the only issue. There are 10No. Lights in total and although when the fittings themselves are...
  9. S

    This lightswitch has no ground.

    Hello Forum members, Pardon if this is a newbie question, but today I was replacing a light switch at home, and notice it does not have a ground. I put everything back how it was as I'm not sure where to go from here. I'm attaching pictures of the current light switch, and the new light switch...
  10. D

    Help no ground

    I have a Square D 70 amp sub panel in the basement with no ground wire from the main panel. The HVAC contractors hooked up to 20 amp single pole Circuit breakers with putting the ground wires on the neutral bus do I need a separate ground bar in the case. Also how do I fix this can I ground to a...
  11. E

    Would appreciate help with a ground issue

    Working on a Yamaha Waverunner. Battery is charged, but key on stays dead. Ran the test light from pos battery terminal to the removed negative cable, nothing. Traced the negative cable to the starter bolt that holds it on, very difficult to get to. No corrosion noted. I thought I'll just...
  12. A

    Splice or Run 4 Gauge Ground Wire

    I'm renovating my garage and started to make a new less wide soffit. This crazy looking conduit (see pictures) is in the way so I need to reroute it. The conduit contains 4 gauge cable used for grounding that goes from the Electrical Panel to the water main. Can I either replace that wire or...
  13. R

    Need to add neutral slots to my 125 amp panel to match ground slots.

    I have an Eaton 125 amp panel with a ground bus bar with 24 slots and 14 neutral slots. I have a 6 breaker Reliance 7500w transfer panel connected to it. The main panel has 4 unused breakers. I need to increase slots on my neutral side. Can I add an additional neutral busbar to the existing one?
    • Robert B
    • Thread
    • added amount amp breakers busbar ground increase neutral panel screwfix
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. J

    Why neutral and hot reversed only when a/c is turned on?

    I have tenants that have 3 fairly new small a/c units all the same and when any of them are turned on my tester reads hot & neutral reversed. The 15 amp circuit that feeds these units has no ground wire. Is this normal or could these a/c units be wired wrong from the factory?
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    DIY Electrical: Help identify ground & neutral

    Hello experts, DIY enthusiast trying to replace a conventional light switch with a smart switch. Setup: The box has single light switch but 6 wires. 2 black: live & load 2 white: I assume are neutral 2 copper: I assume ground Problem: The smart switch needs a neutral & ground. I am...
  16. R

    What size wire should I use?

    I am putting in an above ground pool about 350 feet from my electrical box. I would like 30 amps out there. I will add some lights and a fan. Normally I would do 20 amps, but if I ever want to use a pool heater, I will need 30 amps. I already have conduit buried. I have used multiple online...
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    Extend Ground Wire?

    Can you extend a ground, maybe with an inline connector thing? Perhaps I don't even have to, I don't understand why the electrician did it like this. I am replacing an old dimmer switch, which controls a chandelier-type ceiling light. I needed a neutral at the switch (replacing it with a WiFi...
  18. D

    How to move primary ground at water heater.

    Hello, from North Texas, I am a long time DIYer. I have a question about possibly changing or moving the electrical ground from the electrical load center, breaker box, that is clamped to the cold water copper supply line at the electric water heater. The breaker box is marked "Primary ground...
  19. D

    Solar PV ground fault

    Hi guys. Got an issue with a DC string ... I am doing some DC testing and one of the strings is 0.5ohms (negative to earth). Positive is 29mohms and rising to earth. Now usually I would expect to find a crappy mc4 or a damaged cable but this time I am on a farm where all the cable is visible...
  20. D

    Fuses blow when I put phase and ground wires in contact even when light switch is turned off

    Hello to all, I stumbled upon a strange problem this morning. I wanted to change the light bulb socket in my bathroom, when I noticed that when the ground and phase wires come in contact,the fuse-box trips even though the light switch is turned off. So I took a pen voltage tester and tested all...
    • daz01FR
    • Thread
    • contact fuses ground light light switch phase switch turned wires
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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