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Expertise
General electrical wiring, including but not limited to, residential, panelboards, control wiring, low voltage wiring, Heating and A/C control wiring, single and three phase wiring.
Experience in the area
I have been doing electrical since high school. I have been licensed by the State of North Carolina for ten years and am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality. I have extensive control wiring experience.
Organizations
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society.
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Recent Answers from J Cook
2012-01-11 home wiring:
Being in the vestibule it may be on a circuit with an outdoor GFI receptacle. Check all outdoor receptacles to be sure one is not tripped. If you can not locate one, turn off the breaker feeding these
2012-01-06 Circuit breaker:
There has to be something on this circuit that has shorted out. Trace the dead circuit and unplug or turn off anything that is on the circuit then see if it will reset. If so, turn it back off and turn
2011-12-17 groundfault outlet:
According to electrical code, you are correct. With a 20 amp receptacle a 20 amp device could be plugged into this receptacle overloading the circuit. Also, a 15 amp receptacle can legally be installed
2011-12-02 Sub-panel exit wiring:
Wiring troughs are common, you could use one large conduit to penetrate into the wall and run all 4 sets through it. Just be sure when into the wall to fasten each individual cable to a stud inside of
2011-11-07 capacitor change:
That would be an engineering question that I am not comfortable answering. I know the engineers determine a capacitors rating with a combination of criteria including the number of windings, voltage, RPM
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