Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Electricity 101

Here is a good explanation of the work done this past weekend.
The double gang box right above Mark's sink had new wiring, but was fed by 2 different circuits with separate breakers. Fortunately I did not discover this the painful way! Of course, there was no slack on the romex, so getting the gfci in was tricky.The other outlet in that box had been taped over. Curious, right? Well there was some AC on the unconnected ground wire, about 40 V. No wonder it was taped over! I left it taped over, but layer I want to go back and remove the taped outlet, cap it off, and put a danger sign on it. Anyway, the gfci works great.
Note the Black Tape
Work in Progress
Finished. Powers the Fridge
Note the outlet powers the power-strip that is underneath the kitchen window. This in turn supplies power to the oven and the pipe warmer for the downstairs apartment.

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