Materials and wiring accessories for home wiring

A selection of the best articles on bgv.electricianexp.com on the topic of home electrical wiring, the right selection of materials, various modern wiring products, the choice of protective electrical devices for an apartment electrical panel, and much more.

Materials and electrical products for electrical wiring

1. For different types of wiring, different wires and cables are used. It is most preferable to use wires and cables with copper conductors. From the article Which wires and cables are best used in home wiring you will learn the most preferred brands of wires and cables for home wiring, their differences from each other, specifications and features of their selection and use. The article also describes the requirements of the PUE for painting the insulation of wires and cables.

2. In order for the wiring to be reliable and safe, it must be correctly placed and laid. To protect it from unwanted effects, a special corrugated pipe for electrical wiring. Most often, such a corrugated pipe is used for hidden laying methods. After reading the article, you will find out where and how it can be used, get acquainted with the technology for installing electrical wiring in a corrugated pipe.

3. When creating open wiring most commonly used plastic boxes (cable channels). They are intended for installation in cases where flush mounting for any reason is not possible. The wiring in the cable channels is interchangeable. What you must pay attention to when choosing and buying cable channels, preparation, installation of cable channels and wires in them.

4. Any connection of wire and cable cores should be accessible for inspection and repair. To do this, all contact connections during wiring are performed in junction boxes. Junction Boxes for Home Wiring there are different purposes, and accordingly different types and designs. This article will help to understand the features of various branch boxes and master the technology of their installation.

5. Armature for mounting sockets and switches. The method of installing sockets and switches depends on the method of wiring. The final choice of devices for installation, that is, reinforcement, also depends on the material of the walls on which the installation is carried out. The article describes how to install sockets and switches depending on the type of wiring.

Wiring Accessories

1. Electrical outlets are used to connect various power consumers to the network. There is more variety of different types of outlets. In the article Sockets for home. Review and useful tips It is said that it is necessary to pay attention when choosing electrical outlets, so that they serve faithfully for many years.

2. Technical tricks of household outlets. It is said about sockets with protective shutters, devices for pushing plugs, sockets with built-in RCDs, timer sockets.

3.  Dimmers: device, varieties and connection methods. Dimmers are one of the most popular modern wiring products. This is a miniature device that is installed instead of the usual, standard mechanical switch, which allows you to smoothly adjust the brightness of artificial lighting. Dimmers are modular, for installation in a mounting box and monoblock. About each of these types of dimmers is described in this article. And look here how are dimmers arranged, including the article shows the most common dimmer circuits.

4. Impulse relays. This is one of the modern wiring products that allows you to control various light sources from several places at once. Impulse relays can be successfully used as an alternative to the passage switches used by many for this purpose.

5. Touch switches. These are all devices for the control of which the use of any direct physical impact is not required. Most often, touch switches with a contact plate are used, when touched, load switching on and off, as well as various motion sensors. Step-by-step instruction how to connect a motion sensor to control the light.

The topic of using various light switches is very voluminous and multifaceted. If you are interested in modern devices that can be used to control and automate home lighting, then pay attention to this selection of articles - Lighting control in the house.

Protection devices

To protect electrical networks and appliances from short circuits and current overloads, fuses and circuit breakers are used, and to protect against electric shock and to protect a house or apartment from fire - residual current circuit breakers (RCDs). This series of articles, written almost literally "for dummies", will allow you to thoroughly understand the device and the principle of operation of the most common protection devices: Fuses, Circuit breakers, Residual Current Device (RCD).

Complete electrical panel

The apartment network in the house begins with an electrical panel. The electrical panel includes protection devices (circuit breakers, RCDs, differential machines and an electric meter. Accordingly, the electrical panel provides input, metering and distribution of electricity, protects home wiring from short circuits and overloads, and protects people from electric shock.

1. Electricity supplied to a dwelling (for example, an apartment) must be distributed. In addition, it would be nice to take into account the same energy, to calculate. Well, where is all this to be realized? What is this complete device that can accommodate all these devices and numerous wires and cables? Of course it is apartment electrical panel.

2. How to choose an electric meter? We deal with the types and capabilities of electric meters and choose which one can and should be bought. It turns out that everything is not so simple as it seems at first glance!

3. The device and principle of operation of electronic electricity meters. About electronic meters and ASKUE for "dummies" The main advantage of electronic meters compared to induction ones is the absence of rotating elements. In addition, they provide a wider range of input voltages and make it easy to organize multi-tariff metering systems.

4. Automata, difavtomats and ouzo, problems of choice. In the article - the classification of machines and RCDs, the experience of the practical application of electrical protection devices. And information about the most popular models of circuit breakers to protect home wiring with prices and specifications, see here - Overview of various types of circuit breakers.

5. In the process of his work on wiring, very often you hear the following question: what to choose - a residual current device (RCD) or a differential circuit breaker? So let's find out what is actually better. What to choose? RCD or Differential Automatic.

6. How many troubles did sharp dips and peak surges in mains voltage do in everyday life and at work? Workshop workers and firefighters know best about this. Is it possible to minimize the number of failures of household appliances and equipment due to unstable voltage? It turns out you can. It is enough only to carry out the electrical installation of the voltage relay in the load circuit. Voltage relay: what are, how to choose and connect?

7. Somehow imperceptibly in the field of electrical installation, a new era has come - the era of modular equipment. Modular circuit breakers, counters, RCDs, starters, terminals, various relays and other equipment are based on special clips for DIN rail. Installation and dismantling in the switchboard of any equipment set when using a DIN rail takes a few minutes. About what you need to take into account and how to do it right, see here - Mounting electrical equipment on a DIN rail.

Other:

Everything new is well forgotten old. It has now become very popular to lay open wiring with a retro cable (twisted wire) on insulators. In the market of wiring materials, high-quality retro cable of Italian and Spanish manufacturers is offered. About what you need to consider when choosing the necessary materials for electrical wiring, wiring products, how to properly perform wiring, read the article about retro wiring in a wooden house.

Contact connections are a very important element of electrical work, because the reliability of any electrical installation is largely determined by the quality of the electrical contact. This collection contains the best articles on the site, which discusses the main ways to create high-quality contact connections - Methods of connection, termination and branching of wires and cable cores.

So, you have chosen the necessary materials, electrical products for home wiring, figured out how and what you need to fill in the apartment electrical panel. It's time to go to work? Do not hurry! Before you begin installing or repairing electrical wiring, familiarize yourself with the very important rules. They will help you significantly save time, money and, most importantly, maintain health - Eight golden rules for repairing apartment wiring. By the way, be sure to pay attention to rule number 8!