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Can you put a plug on a hot water heater or does it have to be hard wired?
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What does hard wire mean?
Hard wiring something is when you terminate the device or equipment directly with the cable/wires that are coming from the panel. Say for example: You have a 40' length of 10-3 M.C. cable (or similar) coming from your panel to feed power to the oven. In the case that the oven needs to be hard wired , there will be a junction box in the back , bottom, portion of the oven or an insulated cord with uncapped wires hanging out in which (either way) you need to splice the 10-3 cable to the wire ends of the oven inside that junction box (or the junction box that is installed in the wall). If the oven didn't need to be hard wired than you would normally install a 30-60 amp receptacle/outlet in a 4x4 box in the wall and you would terminate the 10-3 cable to it and the oven would come with a cord and plug that you would just plug into the wall. So, an easy way to think of it is: If the equipment needs to be hard wired than it will not have a plug on the end of the cord/cable. And if it doesn't need to be hard wired than you will just plug it into an outlet.
How can you plug in a 120 volt 1500 watt space heater in Korea?
Take the plug in your hand, and insert the plug into the wall outlet.
How do you wire a wall plug socket?
Wall receptacles are wired in parallel. black to black, white to white, ground to ground.
What is the wiring and gfci for a bathtab jacuzzi?
Connect incoming power to the line side of GFCI outlet and plug Jacuzzi into the outlet. Must be on a dedicated circuit. If it has a pump and heater then each one must be on dedicated GFCI protected circuit.
Plugged in one outlet heater and 7 outlets aren't working and no tripped fuses?
Most receptacles are wired in parallel to separate circuits in household wiring. trace the circuit back until you find a 'live' plug. From that point to the next outlet, there could be a loose, bad or unhooked wire. before you go removing receptacles, be sure to pull the breaker (shut the breaker off). All wire connections should be tight.Before you do any work yourself,on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energizedIF YOU ARE NOT REALLY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
How do you convert a plug in fixture to a hard-wired fixture?
Disconnect it from the hard wired source and install a male plug on the fixture. Small blade is black hot, wider blade is white neutral.
How do you know if clothes dryer is hard wired?
Hard wired means that there is no plug and receptacle in the circuit powering the dryer. What you will find is a metal jacketed cable that will come out of the wall or floor and go right into the dryer.
What is a hard wired electrical installation?
Hard wired is where something (Like most ceiling light fixtures) are wired directly to the circuit breaker panel. This is apposed to something like a lamp or a vacuum that uses a plug going in to a wall outlet.
If i am not using the car heater can i put a plug in the intake and water pump?
yes
Should a tankless hot water heater be pluged into a gfci plug?
Yes it should .
What do you plug a block heater into?
plug a block heater plug into any household 120 electrical outlet just like plugging in a heater in your house
Where is the small black round tap feeding the hot water tank?
Hot water tank? On a water heater tank there is always a extra black plug in case you need to change your way of installing the pipes to it. The plug on most electric water heaters are opposite of your PRV valve (pressure relief valve) so if your PRV valve is on top then your plug will be on the side and if your PRV is on the side then your plug will be on top of the water heater if its electric.
What does hard-wired mean?
Hard wiring something is when you terminate the device or equipment directly with the cable/wires that are coming from the panel. Say for example: You have a 40' length of 10-3 M.C. cable (or similar) coming from your panel to feed power to the oven. In the case that the oven needs to be hard wired , there will be a junction box in the back , bottom, portion of the oven or an insulated cord with uncapped wires hanging out in which (either way) you need to splice the 10-3 cable to the wire ends of the oven inside that junction box (or the junction box that is installed in the wall). If the oven didn't need to be hard wired than you would normally install a 30-60 amp receptacle/outlet in a 4x4 box in the wall and you would terminate the 10-3 cable to it and the oven would come with a cord and plug that you would just plug into the wall. So, an easy way to think of it is: If the equipment needs to be hard wired than it will not have a plug on the end of the cord/cable. And if it doesn't need to be hard wired than you will just plug it into an outlet.
Can you soft wire an electric water heater and plug it into a household outlet?
If it does not come with a plug on it, no. If it is made for direct wire, then 99.9% chance is that it is a 240 volt unit. If you plug it into a 120 volt outlet your water will barely get warm.
Where is the plug for a 95 cadillac block heater?
The 1995 Cadillac block heater plug can be found on the right hand side of the engine. The block heater plug will be near the back of the engine.
Is there a block heater frost plug on a 1997 geo tracker If so where is it?
The 1997 Geo Tracker block heater does have a frost plug. The Frost plug will be a few inches below the block heater.
How do you change the block heater on a 1991 Ford Escort 1.9L engine?
Some heaters are in the freeze plug and hard to get at. TAke it to a garage.
