i am wirring the basement and i am not sure how you run the wirring from the panelto the wall plugs?

Answer 1

You can do it yourself if you apply intelligence and common sense. In North America, the wiring is usually done with Romex, a plastic-insulated cable containing a black wire (hot), a white wire (neutral), and an uninsulated copper wire (safety ground). Start from the outlet end: thread the cable into the outlet box and secure it with a suitable clamp (some boxes come with internal clamps, others have knockout positions into which clamps can be placed). About six inches of cable should be inside the box; remove the outer insulaton. Skin the wires about a half inch and attach to the outlet screw: hot to brass screw, neutral to nickel screw, safety ground to green screw. Install the outlet in the box and install the cover plate.
Now extend the wire back toward the breaker box (or the previous oulet on the chain, if you are doing several outlets on one circuit), securing the cable to the ceiling joists with cable staples. Drive these carefully so that they do not puncture the cable, but hold the cable firmly without pinching it. At the breaker box, thread the cable through a suitable clamp and knockout, and have enough cable in the box to reach the farthest breaker. Skin the cable insulation from the cable inside the box. You will find a ground bus at the side of the box; connect the white and copper wires to this (one screw position for each). The black wire attaches to the screw on the circuit breaker (it is not necessary to bend the wire around the screw). Once the breaker is attached, make sure that it is in the OFF position and insert it into the box: one end hooks onto a hook, and the other (the conductive end) slides onto the busbar in the breaker box. (You may feel more comfortable doing this if you have shut off the power to the box.) Now turn on the power. and use a neon lamp tester to verify that you have power where you should.

Answer 2

Don't do that. I ran into a door headfirst with a helmet on when I was 7, imitating that one dinosaur that has a rounded, hard head. Now my neck hurts at the base, and sometimes the pain is so bad I can't even stand. No one should repeat that!!!!

Answer 3

If you don't know how to run the wires from the panel to the outlets, you have no business trying to wire your basement. Hire someone who does. The life you save may be your own.

Answer 4

First of all , the running of wire in your house should be done by a certified electrician, you must do it by code, for if there is a fire,the insurance carrier could deny you payment. And if you do it wrong and there is a fire, I would hope you do not lose more important things such as family ......

Answer 5

You're not sure of much. It's wiring, unless you mean the basement is twirling around like in a tornado.

Answer 6

Can't spell, but reading the NEC book? I doubt it.

Hope their neighbors keep the firehouse number by the phone.

Answer 7

Hire an electrician to do those kind of jobs. It might save your life.

Answer 8

following the NEC, (National electric code) buy the book, learn it, and then try to wire...if you dont follow the code you will hurt yourself, or someone else or burn your homedown...for it would be unsafe...theres reasons for the code....its allabout safety

Answer 9

Electricity is a non forgiving error you do not want to make-R.I.P.