Replacing A Standard Outlet With A GFCI Outlet
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2020
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The National Electrical Code calls for GFCI Outlets to be used in bathrooms, kitchens, and other areas of your home where water is used. Depending on when your home or condo was built you might not have GFCI outlets installed since the code was not in place during the original construction. To increase the safety of your outlets and meet your local code you might want to consider replacing standard outlets in your bathroom and kitchen with a GFCI. In this video I will show an example of replacing the first in a string of 3 outlets with a GFCI which then protects all 3 outlets with ground fault interrupt capability.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional electrician and this video is just for entertainment purposes only.
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Make sure that is the only GFCI outlet you have for the breaker. I made a mistake of replacing all the outlets to GFCI outlets and none of them worked, so I had to put everything back except 1.
I did it, replaced an old worn-out GFCI in my bathroom with a new one. Your video was incredibly helpful. Saved a couple hundred bucks easy by doing it myself. Thanks!
My dad spent 100 dollars on hiring someone when I couldve done it smh
It's good safety practice, for outlets and light switches that have exposed screw heads on the side that come in contact with the wires, to wrap everything in electrical tape, to prevent accidental shocks. The screw attached to the clamp for the red wire that brings power into the outlet is hot and it's before the GFCI protections. It could be a finger, a screw driver, an unfortunately-lucky splash of water, or a small rodent, but anything that come in contact with it will only be protected by the breaker in your panel box.
You do NOT want to daisy chain the outlet for the refrigerator from the ground fault protected outlet. Unless you want all your food ruined.
Question I’m DIY I’ve a outage in my outlets in my passage and living room I change out the breaker and now I’ve power in my outlets but when I plug in my tv it flys my breaker how do I fix that
I've been teaching for 15 years and I'll say you explain things very well! Thanks!
Why you didn’t tape it around?
Great work. The only thing I noticed was either push the wire fully in the holes or cut down the exposed part so once it's in no exposed wire would be showing.
What if there's no ground wire?
I appreciate the extra time taken to show how the screw plate moves and the need to make sure it's in the right position. Thank you!
Scott, I really appreciate the time you take to make outstanding videos that are clear and informative. I've learned a tremendous amount from them. Thank you. By trade I'm a commercial pilot (47 yrs). You would make a great flight instructor.
Best demonstration ever. Great job, thank you.
Thanks Scott for showing all the micro details for installing a GFCI. Very helpful for me. 😀
Thanks so much for taking your time to explain how to replace outlet with GFCI very clear and simple ,also following the cautions procedures. Thanks so much, Here I live In London Ontario Canada. Have a good day
I'll rate this video as a 10. I never use the wire push-in holes unless they have retaining screws. When you push the outlet back into the workbox, you can strain the wires and cause the wire(s) to come out. Your list of tools every weekend warrior (DIYer) needs is missing at least one hundred more. That LED light is very nice and helpful. I also use an LED headband type too. When I'm ready to install the receptacle, I put an "S" curve on the wires. That way, the wires easily fold into the workbox with less strain. A small-diameter wood dowl with a grove at one end help to get the wires into the box.
Clear, concise and complete. Excellent presentation
Just bought a house and we need to replace most of the outlets with these GFCI ones. Great video. Wish me luck.
I know this is an older video and you've improved a lot since then but I have a couple suggestions for you. First, it's a lot safer to connect your ground wire to your new device first followed by neutrals and hots, that way you're protected from anyone possibly energizing the circuit by mistake. Hots should always be the last wires connected.
Excellent video and I appreciate the steps provided as they are so helpful!