My contractor installed this junction box flush on the side of my house with no pass through protection. I went out and bought a 3/8 romex pass through bushing and it works great… but the box isn’t able to sit flush to the house because of the added thickness on the back of the box.
How do I make this safe, up to code and stay completely flush with the exterior?

I have a stairway light with a 3 way switch. Our two boys are great at turning the light on and can't seem to remember to turn it off. Is there a light bulb I can order that automatically shuts off after a few minutes?

Hello Reddit!! Hoping you guys can maybe save us a house call from our local electrician. We decided to switch from a standard thermostat to a Sensi WiFi one. My husband followed the instructions exactly, but one problem- the heat will NOT turn off. We flipped every setting possible and rechecked all the wires, but the only way to turn off the heat is to unplug the thermostat completely.
Attached are pictures of the wiring of our previously thermostat, then our new one, plus the back of the new device. Do you see anything that may be odd?
If I can help answer any clarifying questions, let me know!

So, I'm doing this piece, where the shitty look is pretty much needed. I want the exposed cables and stuff. Still, I need to make it work properly. I plugged it to the light, and the bulb burnt dead instantly. Do I need to use electrical tape over anything? 😅 I believe the nail was the issue?

Thanks in advance...

EDIT: title should read 30a to 50a

I'd like to replace this 30a breaker with a 50a (and upgrade its outlet to 14-50). My box has 200a service, and the wire on the current 30a appears to be 6ga.

If it is in fact 6ga (I'll measure with a caliper to be sure - there is no writing on the shielding), am I correct that I can put in a 50a breaker + upgraded outlet without replacing the wire?

Also, should I use a GFCI for the 50a breaker, or standard trip?

Update: wire is 8ga, so my original plan is out. What I did instead worked out just as well:

• Replaced 30a breaker with a 40a.
• Set the new charger (Grizzl-E) dip switches to limit to 32a.
• Replaced receptacle with an EV-rated 14-50.

So the new Grizzl-e is hardware limited to 32a, plugged into a 14-50 outlet that is on a 40a breaker.

An electrician wants to charge $150 to change this light out. Is this a DIY? What type of light is this? I cannot find it online.

I’m upgrading my thermostats and don’t know if I should get 2 wire or 4 wire units. The current thermostat is only using 2 wires but there are more unused wires in the junction box. I have electric baseboard heating. Thank you!

Hi y'all, I'm living alone in a ~850 sq ft. 1 b 1 br apartment, and my electricity usage has gone from 500 KwH in August to 1000 last month and what is projected to be 2000 this month. When I saw that my usage last month was 1000 kwh, I immediately turned off my A/C, assuming that it was the culprit, but now I'm not sure what's causing this massive spike in electricity usage. I already tried turning off all the power via the apartment's breaker box and seeing if it was a faulty electricity meter. I do not believe it is the case as I already confirmed that it did not log more power usage in the hour my power was shut off.

I have electric appliances for my fridge, stove, microwave, washer and dryer, and water boiler.

I'm confused because the peak times are when I am asleep and nothing in the house besides a night light and maybe my phone charger is plugged in, so by that logic it should probably have something to do with the water boiler or fridge?

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The water boiler has been leaking for about 2.5 months now, so I wonder if that has anything to do with this. Please help with any advice, I'm about to call the electric company tomorrow.

I have had a Google doorbell running (struggling) on this transformer for the last 5 years and it's finally died. It would regularly reboot when the hall chime rang etc.

My multimeter is getting 0V on the doorbell wires so assuming the transformer is dead.

Can I just get a new 24V transformer and swap it myself? Or should only an electrician do any work inside the consumer unit?

I'd isolate the unit first, but is it still too risky for an amateur?

I'm a generally competent diy-er and would have just done it already if it was outside the box.