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Your video is very good. There are two more things that should be added for extra safety. At the beginning, test the outlet for existence of power BEFORE you turn the power off. The purpose of this is to test the TESTER not the outlet. That way when you test for NO power and see no power you know the tester is working. Lastly, at the end when you test the gfci and it trips you need to also test that the outlet no longer has power. The reason for this is because if you wired the line and load wires backwards the tester would still trip successfully but the outlet would still be live! So that is really important. I’ve found that using skinny probes in the slots is not a reliable way to get a good contact. I’d rather plug a light in the outlet to test for power it’s more reliable.
Thanks for sharing. I am here because an electrician wanted to charge $250.00 to replace a regular outlet to GCFI. I am a single female and I guess he thought I was stupid. Thank goodness for these videos.
I taught comm college and HS for ten years. Your voice carries very clear. And when you retire think about teaching you’re a natural. Thanks great video
Excellent video, after 2 days trying to figure out how to resolve a problem after installing a GFCI outlet, just watched this video and the issues was resolved. Thanks for sharing and teaching!!
I was prepared for a lengthy search for how to do this and actually got this one on the first try. This was exactly the information I was looking for, presented in a logical, clear, easy to follow manner, and was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to record this presentation.
Great video, thanks so much for the illustrations and explanations. This has saved me so much money....my neighbor just spent hundreds of dollars replacing 3 outlets with GFCI outlets in her condo so now I can do this myself!!!!
Have to compliment you on your clear video. Doing it close up really helped. So many videos I mostly see hands and you know getting those wires in correctly is important.
Five stars and a blue ribbon!!! I spent four hours yesterday trying to find a video that was this easy to understand. I really appreciate this user making this video available. By far the most easy to understand and helpful UA-cam tutorial I’ve seen yet. Thanks again AJ
Thanks for the great explanation! I'm in the process of replacing all the regular outlets now. Calling an electrician would cost a lot. After watching this I feeling confident enough to replace it all by myself.
Nice clear instruction. It looked like you put 2 ground wires under the ground screw, but then corrected that by twisting them, placing only one under the screw. You should tie those wire together with a green grounding wire nut or by crimping on a copper ferrule. You should also use a gfci tester in all downstream receptacles to identify and verify your work.
Dude, thank you! I've got (had) a standard outlet right next to kitchen sink, which has been bugging me for a while. Electrician quoted me $500 to replace with GFCI. But with you're video, I was able to replace myself in 15 minutes for $20. Sorry, electricians, I know you need to make a living, but so does everyone else.
Awesome! I'm glad I could help you! That's the exact reason I started learning how to do these things myself. Everyone has to make a living, but I can't afford to pay someone to do it for me. Thanks for the comment!
Your video just saved me hundreds of dollars! A giant blessing during a remodel. Thank you for making electrical work way less scary! Blessings to you and yours!!
I am glad you are able to do your own work and that you saved yourself some money. However, did you check if you had a GFI breaker in the panel? Sometimes a GFI can work against another GFI downstream. You can do this but it can cause several problems.
I live in Nevada, we have a ton of switched outlets in our houses. Learned to always check for power on both the upper and lower receptacles just in case one is tied to a switch.
Very clear and concise video with great camera angle to show work being done! Thank you, this is a project I now will be doing myself instead of paying the $700.00 it was going to cost me to have it done! Much appreciated!
Excellent, excellent, excellent. This is no bullshit! already bought my GFCI plug and for some reason, the old GFCI is no longer working. I will test which side is the LINE side vs the LOAD side and act accordingly. THUMBS UP!!!
Excellent, excellent, excellent. This is no bullshit! already bought my GFCI plug and for some reason, the old GFCI is no longer working. I will test which side is the LINE side vs the LOAD side and act accordingly. THUMBS UP!!!
Very clear instructions. However, Two ground wires are not permitted under one screw. You have to to use a Pig-tail ground wire. Also the bent up ends of the old wires need to be clipped off and strip a fresh section.
Oh! I didn’t know that about connecting two wires to one screw not being permitted. Should I come across that, I’ll have to watch out for that when changing receptacles.
Thanks for explaining the differences between the different black and white wires. There are two other GFCI plugs linked on this circuit. If you hadn’t explained the differences, I could have defeated the safety system. Thank you!
I had an electrician come and do all my outlets, and they have told me not to add those wires into those holes because sometimes it can become loose and get warm and have the outlet burn out. I would wrap them around the screws and tighten it just like you did the ground one.
Thank you for this video, I'm here in Puerto Rico and in my grandparents house they don't have a gcfi outlet in their bathrooms and i knew i had to install it for them
thanks i just bought 6 to put in my house and the first one just would not work no matter what i did and found your video and i knew instantly knew what i was doing wrong thanks this may have saved me a few dents in my walls. LOL
AJ , thanks for this simple, easy and understanding video, it help me to replace my Kitchen GFCI outlet without no problem, Big Thumbs Up to you, Thanks again.
AJ...Just installed a 20 amp GFCI and all works well. I tested with a Klein brand receptacle tester, and got the two orange lights to glow, so it proves installed well, BUT the little green test light on the plug on the left is not glowing green. Should it be? Everything seems great, and the lamp plugged in works on both upper and lower outlets. Puzzled... THUMBS UP!!!
Have you tried testing and then resetting the outlet? If the red light is glowing then it's tripped, but if there isn't a light and it still has power going to the outlet you may want to test it to make sure it cuts the power off to the switch. If not it could be a faulty GFCI outlet.
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Thank you for this! I am 61 and live in an old house. 5 of my outlets have stopped working (over time-not all at once). I want to do this myself to save $$. I watched another vid showing me how to find the one (1st in-line) and check it first. It may fix 2 others but this living room used to be a garage before I bought the house. 1st plug was to the washer and seems alone. Then the top plug on 2nd receptacle went out but the bottom still worked. Next one down the line-same thing. Top worked and bottom went out. I believe the one in the wash room is separate from the others in the living room. In the breaker box they’re separate. But one breaker turns of all power to the living room-not the washroom. So, wondering if I have to replace all the living room plugs or how to find the first one feeding the others? Sorry this is long, hoping you could give me a place to start. Thanx, G
That's a bit of a complex issue, with out being there I person it won't be easy to diagnose. But the first thing I would look into is why your top plugs went out. You said your home is old, a lot of older homes used lamps instead of overhead lighting, so they would break the connection between the bottom and top plugs on the same outlet and wire one of them to be hot all the time and the other to be controlled by a switch. So you could turn on the switch and turn on multiple lamps to light the room. I would plug something in to those top plugs that either makes noise or lights up and then look try different switches in that room to see if any of them controls it.
I'm forever baffled why industry leaders decided line and load were the best way to explain hot lines and down lines. Why they didn't do "hot" and "dependent" lines is mind boggling
I can't thank you enough for this. As I need 2 have these installed just like yours and it's seems simply. But when I reach out to local electricians most don't return my calls. And the 1 that did wants $300. To do this job!? Also can the wires go into the holes lime yours did? B/c trying to wrap them onto the screws is very difficult b/c of the thickness of the wires. Thanks so much!
I'm glad I can help, it's definitely not cheap to hire a professional to any job, which is why I try my best to fix everything around my house. With in reason if course. As far as the wires go, I think most licensed electricians suggest wrapping the wires around the screw since it takes a lot more effort to get them loose. I tend to use the holes in the back like I showed in the video, honestly because it's easier. But that's your choice. They make them that way for a reason so in my opinion it must be safe enough to use. But as I said, most electricians suggest twisting the wires around the screw.
Just a tip, but most people overlook the little metal tabs/mounting brackets found on a GFCI receptacle and do not know that they have small slots in them designed specifically to strip either #14 or #12 gauge wire.
Only thing I noticed is that I have been told that it is not kosher to attach two ground wires to one ground screw. I may be wrong, but whenever there are two ground wires, you should use a pigtail or a special two to one insulated connector so that only one wire goes to the ground screw. Check the code before attaching two ground wires to the same screw.
Can you make a video on how a homeowner can do maintenance on an HV AC in an attic in the house? I'm mostly concerned about lubricating necessary parts with the heater unit.
Well at the moment I dont Have any free time to make videos. And k also dont know anyone who has an a/c unit in their attic. Most of the people I know have package units that sit outside. I do have a video on how to clean the condenser every year
I'm not a licensed electrician so I don't have a definite answer for you, but it would seem to me if you put a 15 amp outlet on a 20 amp line it would trip at 15 amps so you wouldn't get full use of your line. But if you put a 20 amp outlet on a 15 amp line I would assume it would trip the breaker before it would the outlet. But again I'm not an electrician so I am not 100% sure.
yup, I made this video in a hurry several years ago and I was hoping no one would pay that much attention to it lol. and then this video blew up and is my most popular video lol. So I get this question or questions asking about this a lot lol.
Hi, I have an old house built in 1932 that came with 2 prong outlets, all I see are two wires connected to the outlet, and no ground wire, how do I replace to 3 prong and make it safe with ground? or in other words, how do I know where to put a GFI in the circuit?Thanks.
This was great. You explained everything I am just still scared that there will be someone I run into that I won't know how to handle. But this video was so great.
At 3:00 I think there is a safer method. Leave power off. Set meter to ohms. Check from ground to neutral. Neutral only connects to ground in the breaker panel. Whichever set of wires that show a connection between neutral and ground is the side to connect to line.
Hello, really good explanation, I have a question, can you shows how to connect the gfci with a dimmer fan switch in the same receptacle? Thank you very much.
Thanks bro. I've been watching other videos but they been getting on my damm nerves because they don't get to the point. But now i know i did my outlet right.
Nice video. I will be doing this install soon. My only suggestion is to check to which wire is hot before unscrewing them. There should be enough bare wire to test so a bunch of wires aren't so exposed. Also, can you pigtail the ground wires instead of connecting both?
That's certainly another good option to test it. If you have a multi meter you can test it with out even turning the power on actually. But I didnt own one at the time and in sure not every one does so that's why I showed testing it the way I did. I did end up pigtailing the grounds on mine. Should do just as good! Thanks for your comment!
Kevin Naderi. They actually shut the power off for two different reasons. The Circuit Breaker will interrupt (turn the circuit off) when there is a current overload. This can be caused when there is a “short circuit” to ground or by the load itself drawing more current than the rating on the circuit breaker. For example, if the circuit breaker is rated for 15 amps, it will “pop” (or break the circuit) as soon as the circuit Load draws more than 15 amps. The Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter will turn the circuit off (interrupt) when there is a current leak. The GFCI monitors the current going tothe “Load” (black, “hot” wire) and compares it to the current coming from the Load (white, “common” wire). If there is any difference between the two, the GFCI will “interrupt” or turn the circuit off. The GFCI is very sensitive. It will trip when there is only a 4 to 6 milliamp difference ( UL 943, Article 100 of the NEC ) between the current going out and the current coming back - that is only 4 to 6 thousandths of an amp
I would like to see going from a 20AMP GFCI to a regular 20 AMP outlet. I am going to place the GFCI relay at the breaker. I am installing a column refrig/freezer and I cannot have a GFCI behind the freezer in case it trips. I wired it like how you had it but I have no power now in top outlet, bottom has power. Not sure why. I did notice I only have 1 ground wire and maybe they joined the two grounds together and only attached 1 wire to original GFCI?
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Thanks for the video! This helped me tonight.
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Your video is very good. There are two more things that should be added for extra safety. At the beginning, test the outlet for existence of power BEFORE you turn the power off. The purpose of this is to test the TESTER not the outlet. That way when you test for NO power and see no power you know the tester is working. Lastly, at the end when you test the gfci and it trips you need to also test that the outlet no longer has power. The reason for this is because if you wired the line and load wires backwards the tester would still trip successfully but the outlet would still be live! So that is really important. I’ve found that using skinny probes in the slots is not a reliable way to get a good contact. I’d rather plug a light in the outlet to test for power it’s more reliable.
That's great information! Thank you for the comment!
Super great addition to the video. Honestly really glad I checked the comments!
It worked, thanks
Hmm I was gonna take a crack at change the wall outlet but after reading this it's probably best I just put something to keep it out of view
7 yrs ago, and you're still helping people like me !!! Thanks man. this was a breeze as I watched your video.
Glad I could help!
Thanks for sharing. I am here because an electrician wanted to charge $250.00 to replace a regular outlet to GCFI. I am a single female and I guess he thought I was stupid. Thank goodness for these videos.
Well I'm glad I could help! And I hope your project comes out well!
Because of youTubers like you, I'm not scared to death to do things around my home. Thank you...
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I taught comm college and HS for ten years. Your voice carries very clear. And when you retire think about teaching you’re a natural. Thanks great video
Thank you for the compliment! I'm glad you liked the video. And I do enjoy teaching people, ill havr to keep that in mind
I learned something new today on this video. The line wire is the incoming electric wire and the load wire is the outgoing electric wire. Thank you!
glad I could help
Excellent video, after 2 days trying to figure out how to resolve a problem after installing a GFCI outlet, just watched this video and the issues was resolved. Thanks for sharing and teaching!!
I'm glad I could help! Thank you for the comment!
I was prepared for a lengthy search for how to do this and actually got this one on the first try. This was exactly the information I was looking for, presented in a logical, clear, easy to follow manner, and was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to record this presentation.
You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I hope it helped with your project!
Great video, thanks so much for the illustrations and explanations. This has saved me so much money....my neighbor just spent hundreds of dollars replacing 3 outlets with GFCI outlets in her condo so now I can do this myself!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Have to compliment you on your clear video. Doing it close up really helped. So many videos I mostly see hands and you know getting those wires in correctly is important.
Thank you! I am Glad it was helpful!
Music is a bit too loud. But I have watched 4 or 5 of these GFCI installation vids and your video was the most clear and concise....thanks!
I'm glad I could help! Yea, I was just starting out making videos I've since then fixed the music issue. Thank you for the comment!
@@BuildStuffwithAJ Thanks....installed two gfci yesterday.
Five stars and a blue ribbon!!! I spent four hours yesterday trying to find a video that was this easy to understand. I really appreciate this user making this video available. By far the most easy to understand and helpful UA-cam tutorial I’ve seen yet. Thanks again AJ
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Thanks for the great explanation! I'm in the process of replacing all the regular outlets now. Calling an electrician would cost a lot. After watching this I feeling confident enough to replace it all by myself.
I'm glad I could help! Thank you for the comment!
@@BuildStuffwithAJ why would you replace them, for what purpose?
I like to wrap the terminals with electrical tape to prevent grounding. Good video, and well-explained.
Nice clear instruction. It looked like you put 2 ground wires under the ground screw, but then corrected that by twisting them, placing only one under the screw. You should tie those wire together with a green grounding wire nut or by crimping on a copper ferrule.
You should also use a gfci tester in all downstream receptacles to identify and verify your work.
Dude, thank you! I've got (had) a standard outlet right next to kitchen sink, which has been bugging me for a while. Electrician quoted me $500 to replace with GFCI. But with you're video, I was able to replace myself in 15 minutes for $20. Sorry, electricians, I know you need to make a living, but so does everyone else.
Awesome! I'm glad I could help you! That's the exact reason I started learning how to do these things myself. Everyone has to make a living, but I can't afford to pay someone to do it for me. Thanks for the comment!
$500 is crazy. Good for you doing it yourself!
$500.00 , should have been around $125.00 to $150.00. depending on the rate
Holy crap. I think that electrician needs to be investigated. I'm an electrician and that would be about a $75 job. Even that's high. Crazy...
@@randynester4037 1 hour minimum, so $98 and for the other 45 min I look for other issues or fix something else.
Thanks for your help today, A.J.
Remember that God loves you, A.J. and He wants you to love Him, too. This is very important!
Im glad I could help! and I agree!
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One of THE best instructional videos I have ever seen. And I watch a ton of them!
Thank you so much! I am glad I could help!
Your video just saved me hundreds of dollars! A giant blessing during a remodel. Thank you for making electrical work way less scary! Blessings to you and yours!!
+julie keys great! I'm glad I could help you in your time of need! And thank you!
great video, and explanation of which wires go to the 'line' and 'load'
Thank you! I am now no longer afraid to do this stuff myself! :-) Just switched my dishwasher from hard wired to GFCI outlet protected.
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Hahahah I've watched it 2 times and still afraid of getting the piss shocked outta me 😂😂😂
I am glad you are able to do your own work and that you saved yourself some money. However, did you check if you had a GFI breaker in the panel? Sometimes a GFI can work against another GFI downstream. You can do this but it can cause several problems.
I live in Nevada, we have a ton of switched outlets in our houses. Learned to always check for power on both the upper and lower receptacles just in case one is tied to a switch.
That's good advice, I've ran into it a few times since I live in an older house.
I am a female with no man around the house, please keep teaching so females can do these things. Thank you!
+Linda Brown yes ma'am! I woukd be glad to! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Build Stuff with AJ what tools do I as a female need to have in a “female tool box”? We need this list!
That's a good question! Ill tell you what, ill make a video on that subject!
Build Stuff with AJ That would help us a lot! Also I could get my female friends that for gifts😉
Well good, ill get on it as quick as I can.
Very clear and concise video with great camera angle to show work being done! Thank you, this is a project I now will be doing myself instead of paying the $700.00 it was going to cost me to have it done! Much appreciated!
I'm glad I could help! Thank you for the comment! And good luck with your project!
I noticed you changed how you installed the ground wires and I was hoping you would have explained about that part.
Thanks AJ. Changed out the receptacle in my bathroom and wouldn't you know it, two sets of wires. No prob and done job! Thanks!
Carlos Solis that's great glad I could help you out!
Just saved me a call to an electrician. Thanks alot!
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Excellent, excellent, excellent. This is no bullshit! already bought my GFCI plug and for some reason, the old GFCI is no longer working. I will test which side is the LINE side vs the LOAD side and act accordingly. THUMBS UP!!!
Thank you! I hope your project went well!
Excellent, excellent, excellent. This is no bullshit! already bought my GFCI plug and for some reason, the old GFCI is no longer working. I will test which side is the LINE side vs the LOAD side and act accordingly. THUMBS UP!!!
Thank you for your video! It was perfect! Just replaced two outlets today and didn’t have to pay an electrician!
I'm Glad it helped!!
Wow the way u explain awesome Now I can go and do the one not working This will be my first try ever at my house that i just got in 🙂wish me luck
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I'm diggin' the background music. Thanks for the video.
Glad you like it
Very clear instructions. However, Two ground wires are not permitted under one screw. You have to to use a Pig-tail ground wire. Also the bent up ends of the old wires need to be clipped off and strip a fresh section.
Oh! I didn’t know that about connecting two wires to one screw not being permitted. Should I come across that, I’ll have to watch out for that when changing receptacles.
Great video, the instructions were easy to follow. Now I feel confident to tackle this task, thanks.
You can do it! I am glad my video was helpful!
Thanks for explaining the differences between the different black and white wires. There are two other GFCI plugs linked on this circuit. If you hadn’t explained the differences, I could have defeated the safety system. Thank you!
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I had an electrician come and do all my outlets, and they have told me not to add those wires into those holes because sometimes it can become loose and get warm and have the outlet burn out. I would wrap them around the screws and tighten it just like you did the ground one.
Depends on if they are stab connections or actual clamping plate connections that are tightened by the screw.
i don't know why but the bg music really makes this video great
Simple and to the point, no "BS", thanks
Haha thank you!
You are an excellent instructor, Sir!
Thank you for this video, I'm here in Puerto Rico and in my grandparents house they don't have a gcfi outlet in their bathrooms and i knew i had to install it for them
You are so welcome!
thanks i just bought 6 to put in my house and the first one just would not work no matter what i did and found your video and i knew instantly knew what i was doing wrong thanks this may have saved me a few dents in my walls. LOL
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good teaching ,always had problem with knowing load ,lead , ,in put and out put
Finally, a video with great demonstration, explanation, and video quality!
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Amazing video with great instructions and easy to follow steps and great tips GOD Bless you and Thank you
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AJ , thanks for this simple, easy and understanding video, it help me to replace my Kitchen GFCI outlet without no problem, Big Thumbs Up to you, Thanks again.
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AJ...Just installed a 20 amp GFCI and all works well. I tested with a Klein brand receptacle tester, and got the two orange lights to glow, so it proves installed well, BUT the little green test light on the plug on the left is not glowing green. Should it be? Everything seems great, and the lamp plugged in works on both upper and lower outlets. Puzzled... THUMBS UP!!!
Have you tried testing and then resetting the outlet? If the red light is glowing then it's tripped, but if there isn't a light and it still has power going to the outlet you may want to test it to make sure it cuts the power off to the switch. If not it could be a faulty GFCI outlet.
Great video, understanding the line and load wiring would have solved problems I have had in the past.
Thank You
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Thank you! Very helpful and now to change out my GFCI outlet.
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Great explanation and easy to follow instructions. Thank you!!
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Without a doubt the best video out there, thank you buddy
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Very helpful, filled in the blanks I needed. Thank you much Sir!👍
I'm glad I could help!
Great job explaining and showing how to do. Thank you
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You helped me change my very first outlet!!!!! I can't thank you enough!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Great work buddy I enjoyed the video
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great video nice easy and simple to follow great job
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Have you done a video on swapping out a lighting fixture and potential challenges?
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@@BuildStuffwithAJ Thank you!!!! Adding to my list of projects for tomorrow
Thank you for this! I am 61 and live in an old house. 5 of my outlets have stopped working (over time-not all at once). I want to do this myself to save $$. I watched another vid showing me how to find the one (1st in-line) and check it first. It may fix 2 others but this living room used to be a garage before I bought the house. 1st plug was to the washer and seems alone. Then the top plug on 2nd receptacle went out but the bottom still worked. Next one down the line-same thing. Top worked and bottom went out. I believe the one in the wash room is separate from the others in the living room. In the breaker box they’re separate. But one breaker turns of all power to the living room-not the washroom. So, wondering if I have to replace all the living room plugs or how to find the first one feeding the others? Sorry this is long, hoping you could give me a place to start. Thanx, G
That's a bit of a complex issue, with out being there I person it won't be easy to diagnose.
But the first thing I would look into is why your top plugs went out. You said your home is old, a lot of older homes used lamps instead of overhead lighting, so they would break the connection between the bottom and top plugs on the same outlet and wire one of them to be hot all the time and the other to be controlled by a switch. So you could turn on the switch and turn on multiple lamps to light the room.
I would plug something in to those top plugs that either makes noise or lights up and then look try different switches in that room to see if any of them controls it.
great video, like the fact you easily explain project step by step.
Eric I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And glad I could help you!
Great video. Quick and straightforward!
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Great video. Looks easy enough.
I hope your project goes smooth!
Loved the video. The music was loud. I'll subscribe. Good job!
Thank you! I've changed the way I edit my videos now, I only play music when I'm not talking. Thank you for the comment!
The music wasn't a problem. Excellent video. All the info I needed.
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What if there is nothing to connect to the load side. Will the GFCI still work?
Yes it will only protect that outlet but it will work
Thank you for posting this great video!
Music is nice, just a little loud because I needed to hear real good about the hot wire
Yea this is the only video I have made with music playing while I was talking, I was experimenting to see what people liked better at the time
I'm forever baffled why industry leaders decided line and load were the best way to explain hot lines and down lines. Why they didn't do "hot" and "dependent" lines is mind boggling
I guess its to make it more complicated lol
@@BuildStuffwithAJ good point.
Excellent video and instruction! I like the background music, too! Thanks!
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I also liked the video, and the BGM, who performs it?
@@robnj7639 thank you, the music is from the youtube studio, I'm not sure the name of it though.
I can't thank you enough for this. As I need 2 have these installed just like yours and it's seems simply. But when I reach out to local electricians most don't return my calls. And the 1 that did wants $300. To do this job!? Also can the wires go into the holes lime yours did? B/c trying to wrap them onto the screws is very difficult b/c of the thickness of the wires. Thanks so much!
I'm glad I can help, it's definitely not cheap to hire a professional to any job, which is why I try my best to fix everything around my house. With in reason if course.
As far as the wires go, I think most licensed electricians suggest wrapping the wires around the screw since it takes a lot more effort to get them loose. I tend to use the holes in the back like I showed in the video, honestly because it's easier. But that's your choice. They make them that way for a reason so in my opinion it must be safe enough to use. But as I said, most electricians suggest twisting the wires around the screw.
Excellent information all around…
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Beyond me doing that type of work, great tips AJ & I enjoy the diversity of your channel 👍👍👍
+Sumo's Projects Thank you! I like it too, this way I reach a wide range of people to see what works best!
Excellent tutorial!! Thanks!! Who the heck gave this a thumbs down?!
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Good demonstration on two cable setup
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Just a tip, but most people overlook the little metal tabs/mounting brackets found on a GFCI receptacle and do not know that they have small slots in them designed specifically to strip either #14 or #12 gauge wire.
+a1930ford nice tip! I had never noticed that before
Only thing I noticed is that I have been told that it is not kosher to attach two ground wires to one ground screw. I may be wrong, but whenever there are two ground wires, you should use a pigtail or a special two to one insulated connector so that only one wire goes to the ground screw. Check the code before attaching two ground wires to the same screw.
This was excellent. Very thorough.
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Can you make a video on how a homeowner can do maintenance on an HV AC in an attic in the house? I'm mostly concerned about lubricating necessary parts with the heater unit.
Well at the moment I dont Have any free time to make videos. And k also dont know anyone who has an a/c unit in their attic. Most of the people I know have package units that sit outside. I do have a video on how to clean the condenser every year
Great video. What about amps? What happens if I put a 15amp outlet on a 20amp line? Or visa versa? Does it matter?
I'm not a licensed electrician so I don't have a definite answer for you, but it would seem to me if you put a 15 amp outlet on a 20 amp line it would trip at 15 amps so you wouldn't get full use of your line. But if you put a 20 amp outlet on a 15 amp line I would assume it would trip the breaker before it would the outlet. But again I'm not an electrician so I am not 100% sure.
You should make a pigtail for the ground wires
Just a quick question, were you not able to fit both grounds behind the green screw? Is that why you ended up just twisting them together?
yup, I made this video in a hurry several years ago and I was hoping no one would pay that much attention to it lol. and then this video blew up and is my most popular video lol. So I get this question or questions asking about this a lot lol.
Hi, I have an old house built in 1932 that came with 2 prong outlets, all I see are two wires connected to the outlet, and no ground wire, how do I replace to 3 prong and make it safe with ground? or in other words, how do I know where to put a GFI in the circuit?Thanks.
Very nice information. I liked.
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Thank You For This Video ! It was very helpful for me
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This was great. You explained everything I am just still scared that there will be someone I run into that I won't know how to handle. But this video was so great.
+Charlene Stewart thank you, I try my best to be as thorough as possible. that's the type of videos I look for
So that's the type I make.
Thank You Sir, I Appreciate Your Help And Time.
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At 3:00 I think there is a safer method. Leave power off. Set meter to ohms. Check from ground to neutral. Neutral only connects to ground in the breaker panel. Whichever set of wires that show a connection between neutral and ground is the side to connect to line.
Hello, really good explanation, I have a question, can you shows how to connect the gfci with a dimmer fan switch in the same receptacle?
Thank you very much.
Great video! Thanks for the great explanations!
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Thanks for a great and informative video
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Yes it did
Excellent video simple thank you
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Replace the broken Sheetrock and the electric outlet can you make a video on that please
Thanks bro. I've been watching other videos but they been getting on my damm nerves because they don't get to the point. But now i know i did my outlet right.
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Question, does it matter if i use the screws on the GFCI outlet instead of the using the back insert?
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Well shoot. You made this look easy.
I hope it helped with your project!
Nice video. I will be doing this install soon. My only suggestion is to check to which wire is hot before unscrewing them. There should be enough bare wire to test so a bunch of wires aren't so exposed. Also, can you pigtail the ground wires instead of connecting both?
That's certainly another good option to test it. If you have a multi meter you can test it with out even turning the power on actually. But I didnt own one at the time and in sure not every one does so that's why I showed testing it the way I did.
I did end up pigtailing the grounds on mine. Should do just as good!
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Good stuff!!
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thanks for advise im doing this at my old house oneday it seems they can prevent a breaker from tripping in my opinion.
Kevin Naderi. They actually shut the power off for two different reasons.
The Circuit Breaker will interrupt (turn the circuit off) when there is a current overload. This can be caused when there is a “short circuit” to ground or by the load itself drawing more current than the rating on the circuit breaker. For example, if the circuit breaker is rated for 15 amps, it will “pop” (or break the circuit) as soon as the circuit Load draws more than 15 amps.
The Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter will turn the circuit off (interrupt) when there is a current leak. The GFCI monitors the current going tothe “Load” (black, “hot” wire) and compares it to the current coming from the Load (white, “common” wire). If there is any difference between the two, the GFCI will “interrupt” or turn the circuit off.
The GFCI is very sensitive. It will trip when there is only a 4 to 6 milliamp difference ( UL 943, Article 100 of the NEC ) between the current going out and the current coming back - that is only 4 to 6 thousandths of an amp
Subscribed. Great video.
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I would like to see going from a 20AMP GFCI to a regular 20 AMP outlet. I am going to place the GFCI relay at the breaker. I am installing a column refrig/freezer and I cannot have a GFCI behind the freezer in case it trips. I wired it like how you had it but I have no power now in top outlet, bottom has power. Not sure why. I did notice I only have 1 ground wire and maybe they joined the two grounds together and only attached 1 wire to original GFCI?
Great video! 👍🏼
Thank you!