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Unit 5
Switch Control
Receptacle Bonding
Conductor Identification
Conductor Identification
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Grounded (Neutral) Conductor
2) By definition a neutral conductor is:
• The conductor that carries only the
unbalanced current from the other
conductors, as in the case of a multi-wire
circuit of three or more conductors.
• The conductor where the voltage from every
other conductor to it is equal under normal
operating conditions.
• By these definitions, the white conductor in a
two-wire branch circuit is not truly a neutral
conductor
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Color Coding (Cable Wiring)
Unit 5 5
Color Coding (Cable Wiring)
• Three-wire:
One black (“hot” Phase conductor)
One white (grounded “identified” conductor)
One red (“hot” Phase conductor)
One bare (equipment grounding conductor)
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Color Coding (Cable Wiring)
Unit 5 7
Changing Colors When Conductors
Are in a Raceway
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Typical Colors for Residential Wiring
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Push-in Terminations
Unit 5 10
Push-in Terminations
Unit 5 11
Exploded
Receptacle
Diagram
Unit 5 12
Always
pigtail for
more than 2
conductors
Unit 5 13
Receptacle Configurations
15A 15A
125V 250V
20A 20A
125V 250V
Unit 5 14
Conductor Color Coding For Switch
Connections
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Conductor Color Coding For Switch
Connections
3) In cables, always re-identify white conductors
when they are used as ungrounded (hot)
conductors.
• This re-identification must be done wherever
the conductors are visible and accessible.
4) Never use a green colored insulation for a
grounded or ungrounded conductor. Green is
reserved for equipment grounding conductors
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Connecting Switches, Receptacles, and
Lighting Outlets.
1) A conductor carrying an alternating current
produces a magnetic field (flux) around the
conductor.
2) The greater the current, the stronger the
magnetic field.
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Connecting Switches, Receptacles, and
Lighting Outlets.
3) In alternating current @ 60Hz., the current and
magnetic field reverses direction 120 times
each second.
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Connecting Switches, Receptacles, and
Lighting Outlets.
5) When all the conductors of the same circuit are
run through the same raceway, the magnetic
fields around the conductors are equal and
opposite, thereby canceling one another out.
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Proper Use
of
Conductors
in Romex
Cabling
Unit 5 21
Conductors
in
Trenches
Unit 5 22
Grounded Conductors at Switch
Locations
1) Are grounded (neutral) conductors needed at
switching locations?
Unit 5 24
Using a
2-Wire
as a
Switch
Loop
Unit 5 25
Using a 3-Wire To Send a Feed
Through a Light
Unit 5 26
3-Way
Switch Line
Diagram
and Graphic
Unit 5 27
3-Way Fed
at Light,
Dead
Ended at
Both Ends
Unit 5 28
4-Way Switch Line Diagram &
Drawing
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Bonding and Grounding at Receptacles
and Switches
1) A metal box is considered to be adequately
grounded when the wiring method is armored
cable, non-metallic sheathed cable with ground,
or a metal raceway such as EMT.
Unit 5 32
Bonding and Grounding at Receptacles
and Switches
Unit 5 33
Various
Listed
Means of
Grounding
and
Bonding
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A “G-Clip”
is a Great
Way to
Attach a
Ground To
an Existing
Metal Box
Unit 5 35
Timers
1) Timers a unique on that they provide automatic
control of electrical loads.
Unit 5 37
Photocells
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This Concludes Unit #5
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