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Are you looking for information to help you with an electrical problem? Or maybe you are planning to renovate or do some remodeling in your home. You may even need to do a few repairs in the home you are selling or a home you are about to buy. Cost may be a factor in why you want to do the project yourself and you may be a typical home improvement person that finds satisfaction of being able to handle the task at hand. Having some basic electrical information about your project and good planning will help make you more efficient and be less frustrated. Being informed may help you in making a decision as to whether you want to do the repair or project yourself or hire an experienced, licensed electrician.
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Electricity isn't just one "item" so to speak; it actually has quite a few components involved, not only for usage, but stuff that works against it. What bothers people the most about messing with electricity is the fact that you can't see the darn stuff. And the fact that if you mess up, it happens so fast that you don't know what you did wrong until you get up and recover yourself. |
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Receptacles in most rooms of your home are of the 125 volt 15-amp rated variety and placed on a 15 amp circuit which is #14 gauge wire. The receptacles in the kitchen, dining and laundry rooms are the same as the rest but are required to be placed on a 120v / 20a circuit which is a #12 gauge wire. The same type of receptacle is permitted to be used on either circuit.
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As in real estate, lighting should be installed with location in mind. You don't want to have the lighting installed where it will cast shadows over the area you want illuminated. Get around this by installing as overhead of the area as possible. Before installing a fixture, determine the type of color light that you want, the intent of the lighting (i.e. room light, indirect light, enhancement lighting as in picture lighting, mood lighting etc.) and the method of control (switch, dimmer or photocell etc.). |
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There are various types of switches available (color and duty rating) depending on the application involved. A switch does nothing more than open and close a circuit even if you have 10 switches that control only 1 light. The only difference is that there are 2 added wires for the extra switches; these added wires are called travelers. |
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