Understanding the wiring in an electrical receptacle

[DRMusicRoom]

Why for the pigtail?

[strumpeteer]

ooo scary! I think the title of the video should state which Country this video applies to! So many colors and so many countries :)

[DiabloTheGreat]

0:11 H-White

[mickhick95]

now i wont die so much

[LSLencrypted]

Sigh 110v, please add to the title so the rest of the world don't have to click the link :)

[IntenseSoldier]

I don't have a ground wire :\ i live in the uk

[AnasheedCast]

@IntenseSoldier We have earth wires, the yellow and green one.

[Jonas104]

The Hoowhite neutral wire

[fixstuffnow]

@Jonas104 yeah man was about to say something about that

[wow1022]

lol white

[hellohandgunxx]

wow. why the way this voice says "white" reminds me so much of Hank Hill

[bodoelectric]

For all of you watching this video....don't do this. Just hire an electrician. You stand a very real chance if getting hurt, killed, or at very least f#cking something up.

[gailgrove]

@bodoelectric The majority of home owners should be able to make this repair, there is no chance of being hurt if you properly disconnect the power.

[bert19891989]

@gailgrove yeah right... btw, u ever saw a molten outlet or circuitbraker?

[Serostern]

@gailgrove No. People will fuck even this simple task up. Never underestimate the powers of stupid.

[kcbasementfinishing]

This one of the better electrical videos I have seen. There is nothing wrong with learning theory, even for a beginner.

[silentsteve63]

why do we need a grounding wire?



[TheWaynelds]

@silentsteve63 it leads any stray current to the ground so you dont get electricuted if a device malfunctions.

[ManOfMeans]

Home is too old. No pre-wired ground available!

[FinelineNation]

The Huite wire. Lol

[XLIONCLAWX]

@FinelineNation Reminded me of Stewie in Family Guy

[tripjet999]

What about the RED wire?

[coprographia]

@tripjet999 tastes different from the others

taste it

[Zero69698]

And now i know....And knowing is half the battle :)

[DECOFRANCE]

if you dont understand electricy and no idea about it.. then dont try install even this simple thing. sometimes the standard colors of the wiring was not follow by electrician installed it. you need a tester to found it yourself.. and plus the fact the sockets were made differently.

[ILoveLucyE68NY]

can I replace a toggle on/off switch with an outlet. I have a switch in my kitchen from an old garbage disposal and it's no longer needed,can I take it out and put a outlet in ..in it's place? thanks

[offyam]

@ILoveLucyE68NY I don't think so. The black live wire is always running electricity, and the white is feeding the circuit back to the breaker box. If you shortage out one of those wires then you will have to reset your breaker, but you wouldn't be able to because it's a short if there is no circuit being made. Think of a light switch as a "Y". The two sides (house wire) connect at the mid., the bottom line is the switch/line to your light, but the circuit is always made with the two side-lines.

[Palance27111]

@ILoveLucyE68NY Yes and no. Depends on what the garbage disposal was, was it 120v or 240v, if it was 120v then yes, there should be a neutral in the box to use. If it is 240v No, the neutral would be another phase and you would have to go up and change that to a neutral.

[dez5]

Short and Sweet.

[j1nsx]

i went to school for 5 yrs ,, i wish i seen this video before i wasted all that time ,

[1njtrooper]

@j1nsx LOL,LOL ROTFL!!!!!!

[dominic2424]

NEVER assume the black wire is the HOT wire! Thanks woodstar71! In most cases in the U.S. it will be but should be checked before final connections. It is very important that a receptacle is wired with the HOT wire being connected to the smaller opening and the neutral wire to the larger opening. There are many ways to do this safely! Safety first.

[ott4l69]

fuck ENGLAND

[ajju1811]

oh your videos are tooo long why the hell you are posting them

[CalicoatMaker]

To you hecklers: The NEC is a safety manual, not a design manual. Everything is supposed to be grounded ALL the way back to the panel. Why? So if something energized touches metal/conduit/appliance casing, the breaker trips. If not, YOU become the path to ground and get killed (or it finds a path on its own and burns the place down).

Neutral IS NOT GROUND. You can get FULL voltage on neutral. Tapping 220 1ph neutral into a 120 1ph N makes the entire circuit 220v on a fault. Bye-bye everything!

[Jaylectricity]

So what happens if the box isn't metal? Or what if there is a switched outlet?

This "instructional" video is severely lacking in details..

[xamixfnx]

in england we have brown blue and earth lol

[woodstar71]

Not in my country dude. Red is Active, Black is Neutral, and Green/Yellow is Earth wire. Aussie

[Blackseed1978]

yes very informative exactly how i learned in class on wiring a duplex receptacle

[pimpsk8r6901]

lol yeah this shits so easy

[str1570]

this is baby shit!!!!!!!

[mATTskyward]

the what .... white hahah loser

[rgsgww]

do it when the power is on...it gives you a boost

[d6a6r6kness]

lol