One of my outdoor low voltage lights needs to be replaced. It sits on some a rock ledge below the spa that overflows onto the lights and into the pool. Currently, it is routed through numerous layers of rock and taped into a main line within a brass enclosure under the dirt a few feet away.
Is it OK to reuse the existing line by tapping into it closer to the light to avoid the hours of ripping the line all out back to the source? Behind the rocks where water won’t be dumping on the new tap? For example, in the picture, the tap would be behind the large rocks on right side.
Sure... make sure the lights are off. Cut the light fixture off and splice onto the end of the wire.
The easiest thing to use is gel filled wirenuts. Gel filled wire nuts
Brass box is fine. I just wanted to make sure I can splice into a spliced line outside of the brass box as long as I use a wire nut that will get wet as it's outside. It would be a PITA to unravel all of the wire through the twists and turns.
It's my first post and I need some help! I'm replacing a Marathon Electric furnace blower motor with the analogous Packard 45013 (all the specs match). I've wired it twice but it only seems to blow at about half the speed (though it is cold as the A/C unit is on) but the house is not dropping temperature. I have verified that the belt is not slipping...it just seems weak.
I'm not very good at wiring diagrams so the attached are the specs and how it's numbered. NOTE, I have a red and white wire coming from my furnace to power the motor - where should those get hooked up? The motors black and red wires are already using terminals 2 and 5 respectively.
Thank you for any help at all.
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I am working on putting a victron 24/3000/70 inverter/charger in my sprinter conversion van. Output of inverter is 30 amp pass thru with power assist. Power assist uses the battery pack to boost the 30 amp to up to 50 amps if needed for larger loads. They suggest 50 amp ground fault breaker for the 50 amp side (I dont think they make a single pole 50 amp GFCI?) . I have bought a power distribution panel that has a split rail 30/50 amp.
The van IN shore power will have 10AWG wire, back feeding a 30 amp single pole GFCI being used as the main breaker supplying the 30 amp side. (is using a GFCI in this way possible? I believe as long as it isn't labeled line/load it is ok?). I will take a 30 amp breaker from this rail (non GFCI) to feed the inverter/charger as i believe the whole rail will now be GFCI protected. The output from inverter/ charger can go as high as 50 amps so that will have 6AWG going from inverter to 50 amp section panel. Two options i think i have here.
1. use a two pole 50 amp GFCI to feed the 50 amp side (only using one of the poles? Can you do this?)
or
2. use a 50 amp single pole standard trip and then use 20 amp GFCI breakers for each out going circut.
07-23-22, 10:18 AM
