220 Volt Plug Receptacles Configurations

Subpanel Installation

In this how to install a subpanel I will guide you through the complete installation of a subpanel step by step. The first question is why are you installing a subpanel. There is either one or two reasons to do this. One because you need more room in your existing panel and in that case [...]

Cable Services Really Stinks

Is it your cable company ? Nowadays the cable services coming into our houses is now digital opposed to the older analog. So chances are that all the old splitters are analog and not for the higher frequencies. To better understand a splitter it’s not just the matter of a few wires inside to make connections from one [...]

How to install a 220 volt outlet

Installing a new 220 outlet isn’t much different then a 120 volt outlet. However you can only put one 220 outlet per breaker / circuit. And you will installing two hot leads to the outlet and not using a neutral for this type of outlet in the video.   In the below diagram you will [...]

How Many Lights on one Breaker ?

Always the big question, how many lights on one breaker I’m ask so many times how many outlets and or lights can I put on a 15 amp or 20 amp breaker. Well NEC code does not have it listed that way. By rule of thumb you would stick with 8 to 10 outlets and [...]

How to make a shower pan

How to Make a Shower Pan A mortar shower pan is so much nicer then a store bought fiberglass unit. Once you established your drain setup you’ll want to buy a shower pan drain as shown in the video.   1) I like to lay down a layer of felt paper on the sub floor [...]