New member hear. First post. Trying to replace an old light switch with a Leviton T5225 combo switch/outlet. So what you see in the drawing is my current setup. Each hole in the box has a black and a white. One side has a red as well. The two blacks and connected and ran to the switch, bottom screw. Red goes to the top screw. Two whites are capped. I want to the new switch to control the light and for the outlet to be always on. If I'm looking everything correct, I think I'm supposed to break the tab, connect the red wire to the single brass screw and separate the black wires and connect one to each black screw. Idk if I need to do anything with the neutral. I have a screw and could branch a single wire off of the capped end to the silver screw, if I should. Wires themselves don't bother me, but this setup is not what I'm used to seeing. Thanks for all the help and I'm glad to finally post instead of just viewing. *I will be adding a ground before completion. **I did search, and while there are a bunch of threads dealing with these outlets, I did not see any with a wire setup like mine.

I bought a DeWalt DXGNR 8000 generator. When I hooked it up to my circuit breaker panel in the house, I found something baffling. Some of the circuits work, and others don’t. It seems to be random—various parts of the panel, powering different areas of the house. Even if I turn off the breakers for all the big items (fridge, well pump, etc.), and only try to power a light on one of these circuits, it does not work. My voltage reads 121.5. When I turn off the generator and reconnect to the grid, everything is fine. What could be going on here?