What if your using a 220 wire and you don't have a neutral wire

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Thank you very much.

Nice .79 cent outlet!!!!!

What if there is no joist?

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does the hot black wire go into the load or line of the GFCI?

If it's in a metal box can I ground it to the box

Thank you. I don't have a bare ground. I have a green ground. Your video is very informative. So much so that I have decided I need professional help.

Wonderful explanation and practical examples given.

@AskTheElectrician - I read that you can connect/add a ground wire from the receptical to a copper drain pipe, kinda like what you simulated in your video. Is that ok to do or dangerous and not advisable and against code?

Hey, in your bathroom you got two pairs of wires. Most likely one of them is a line, another a load. You can easily check which is which and use GFCI to protect a load. Instead you connected them together. Which means that any short-circuit on the load outlets would go to the breakers, rather than being caught by GFCI itself.

Why do HWH typically use bare wire connections with wire nuts vs a screw terminal (similar to a breaker)?

I removed 2 hallway light fixtures in my hallway. Each had a single- light bulb. I replaced each of them with a double light bulb in the fixture. I turned on the power and the light will not turn on. There is power running from the hot wires and the light switch. I'm not sure why the light is not coming on. Please help

Is that the proper rotation?! Honest question

Is it normal for the water heater to have 12 gague wires that hook up to 10 gauge power wires? I'm stuck at this step, I'm switching from a gas water heater and using a former ac power line that is 10-2 wire from a dual 30 Amp breaker. It feels strange to me that the water heater has 12 gauge wire to meet my 10 gauge. Is this normal?

You go ON AND ON about irrelevant things. Just say, Do this, or DON'T DO THIS, don't just keep giving reason after reason. Aside what you might believe, most of us are smart enough to understand the REASONS why to do or not to do something, stick to the facts so we can get through this and other videos so we can get a full encompassment of what this task entails.

You could stil use a gfci for non wet environments it will still provide protection

Can you convert a new 4 prong stove to the old 3 prong style. Mine comes through the floor and there are only 3 wires present.

Wow , excellent video , well done explaining stet by step , I’m really impressed, well done

This video was excellent. Thank you so much!

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I have a 240V dual element 28 gal tank. I have a line coming into it coded Black /white/ground. There is a red & black wire from the tank. Which color from the tank is connected to the black wire coming in, and the white wire coming in.

Thanks for the video. I know this may be a code question so mileage might vary. Running the wire from the ceiling to the tank, or alternately, from a junction box to the tank, does it have to be shielded with the metal tubing as you've shown or can we just run the wire as is, with plastic sheathing still on, right to the tank?

Hi Dave - new subscriber... great videos and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a 240v line wired directly to an oven tower. Doing a little remodel and need to extend it so i can run it to a diferent location via the attic. The way i have done it in the past is by using the rught junction box, cliping, stripping and then joingin with wire nut, taping and securing wires in junction box, with ground wire to ground/green screw... Seems to work just fine, many places ive looked at say you should rewire from the whole line from fuse box. Whats your take? Im in Texas btw and ive looked at code and its a little confusing since home was built in 1979 Thanks in advance for your input.

Question. Disregarding the interlock switch,would it matter where the the generator breaker is installed? Say if you put it on the middle ,it will still power all circuits because thats how electricity flows ,essentially like water,correct?

Being that your is tutorial, you should have demonstrated connecting the wires into the back of the receptacle proper attachment, testing security that it doesn’t pop out just so people have a full description of how things are actually done.

How about a lockable disconnect close to the hot water tank. Is that required. ?

Should there be a disconnect on the wall near the water heater?

Good stuff. Nice explanation. Your website isn't working though. I would love to download the guide you mentioned.

Thank you brother

This video is excellent, well explained... Thanks a lot...

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Im learning

I'm not electrician if I have a motor call for 40 amps and at my breaker box it has 50 amps breaker can I just change the breaker to 40 amps breaker

Can you use a GFCI switch/outlet combo with this wiring?

What the breaker size for range. It call for 11.3kw

Great video! I have a question - I have a 3 wire dryer outlet ( 2 hot -white and black and 1 bare wire ) . My dryer(2016 model) has 4 prong cord. Would replacing the 4 wiire cord with 3 wire be acceptable for my dryer ?Will it cause any problems? Thank you !!

I have a situation where 4 ungrounded outlets are in a series. Do I need to put a gfci in every recip box, or just the first one?

How does one verify which wire is hot and which one is neutral (using a multimeter)? Also...if you don't want to GFCI protect any outlets downline, you wire the GFCI with line and load wires into the line terminals in the back of the GFCI outlet only?

What if all outlets in the home are 2 prong with no ground? Is there a way to fix this without having to rewire?

I HATE older homes like the one I grew up in with NO grounding...

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Really nice video with clear pictures and explanations, I can’t wait for another project so I can see another video as good as yours! Thank you

This is by far the best video I have reviewed for installing an electric water heater. Thanks.

Great video I have questions

greats informacion o please keep made more video .

Not sure of the format to formally ask a question, but here goes; Hi. I have a portable AC unit that is tripping the breaker. The breaker has "15" on it so I assume it's a 15 Amp breaker. The AC unit has a specs sticker and states: Current Consumption is 10.8 A. Besides the AC unit, there's a laptop and ceiling fan running. Is it as simple as replacing the breakers with a 20 Amp breaker?

Some older homes from the 50’s and 60’s have a shared ground wire running to the bathrooms and kitchen, but the ground is combined with the neutrals in the sub-panel (sub-panels of this vintage typically did not have a ground running to the main panel). I’d say in this case it’s OK to use the ground wire when adding a GFCI outlet and the homeowner should consider a sub-panel upgrade or add a bonded ground bar in the sub-panel with a ground running to the main or metal water pipe (main panel of this vintage were typically grounded to the water pipe entering the home).

Thank you. You are very good at covering salient points related to the GFCI. I just protected my family with your assistance. Bless you!