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  2. Electrical wiring - Wikipedia

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    Electrical wiring is an electrical installation of cabling and associated devices such as switches, distribution boards, sockets, and light fittings in a structure. Wiring is subject to safety standards for design and installation. Allowable wire and cable types and sizes are specified according to the circuit operating voltage and electric ...

  3. Wireless light switch - Wikipedia

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    Wireless light switches eliminate the wire from the light to the switch location. This is useful in remodelling situations where new wiring can be a hassle. Rather than tearing down a wall to gain access to the wires, a wireless switch can be used. This avoids any need to access wires and makes remodelling fast and simple.

  4. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    This "quick break" technology is still in use in almost every ordinary light switch in the world today, numbering in the billions, as well as in many other forms of electric switch. The toggle light switch was invented in 1916 by William J. Newton. [2] As a component of an electrical wiring or home wiring system, the installation of light ...

  5. Electrical wiring in North America - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] A common mnemonic electricians use to remember which wire goes to which terminal is "white to light…black to brass…green to green". [6] Phase wire in a circuit may be any color other than green, gray, or white (whether these are solid colors or stripes). The common colors are black, red, blue, brown, yellow, and orange ...

  6. Earth-leakage circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    A wire break in the fault to load section, or in the earth to ground section, will disable operation of the ELCB. Requirement of an additional third wire from the load to the ELCB. Separate devices cannot be grounded individually. Any additional connection to Earth on the protected system can disable the detector.

  7. How to stage a Griswold-size Christmas light display without ...

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    Put your holiday lights on a timer. Time them to go on at sunset and off at bedtime. No one will notice them at noon. No one will be around to see them at 3 in the morning.

  8. Three-prong adaptor - Wikipedia

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    The grounding wire would be diverted around the adapter to reach the faceplate screw above it. However, this ground-wire style of cheater plug was discontinued when it was noted that a loose unattached grounding wire could accidentally become connected to the "hot" blade of a nearby outlet, potentially leading to electric shock. As an ...

  9. Can You Hang Christmas Lights Without a Ladder With This ...

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    Product: No Ladder Pro Light Hanging Kit. Claims to be an effective and safer way to hang your holiday lights without using a ladder. See what Taryn thought of the light-hanging kit in the video ...