How To Replace Electrical Switches - The Home Depot

[lacuzon39000]

please home depot , stop before someone get hurt .

[spanky8477]

It all worked well for about 2 weeks, so i just assumed I had done everything correctly. then one day as I was washing my dog I recieved a big electrical shock, luckily i survived but my dog was killed. I have decided to post this here to warn others off of attempting to do there own wiring, and to notify home depot that my lawyer intends to serve you with a several million dollar claim in the coming days/weeks.

[jmack619]

@spanky8477 you should have used a bigger pipe

[spanky8477]

@jmack619 Well after examination the copper piping I used still seems fine, but as a precaution I have switched it out for a larger piece of copper. I had a bath today and didn't get any shocks, and my hair dryer worked perfectly so fingers crossed this has fixed the problem

[jmack619]

@spanky8477 what about the toaster? I gotta have my toast in the morning. If I'm in a hurry' I combine the toast with the shower, and this little glitch "sometimes" is an issue.

[spanky8477]

After watching this video and being assured that I am capable to perform modifcations to my houses electricity, I decided to try my hand it installing a 2 outlet general power outlet just above my bathtub. When I tested it, the circuit breaker kept tripping out for some reason, so I did what any sensible person would do and cut a piece of copper plumbing pipe and replaced the faulty circuit breaker with the piece of copper pipe.

[kaliaisgay]

can some on please help me i have 3 cables entering the box. I bought a light sensor switch which has 1 green, 1 red, and 1 black. i used the upper 2 black wires (cables entering the box) to connect with the black and red wire from the switch and attached the green one to the ground. i still have one remaining black wire which i covered. my lights work but my outlets in my bedroom stop working. can someone please help me thanks!

[daedalusxf]

@kaliaisgay - Based on the information that you have provided, I would suggest contacting a licensed electrician. I make this suggestion even though your problem may very well be simple to fix. Without actually being there to see it, who can really say what happened. What you need to understand about electricity is that just because something turns on or works, that doesn't necessarily mean that it has been electrically connected correctly or safely. Your leftover wire may be energized, too!

[MrGingerDrummer]

@kaliaisgay that black wire is for switched receptacles, usually used for lamps. take that black wire and splice it to the box's feed or splice it to the load side of the motion switch to allow it to turn on with whatever the motion switch is controlling

[ddgg2009]

I have a question, I am trying to install a specialty switch (motion) and it has the wire leads already built in just like at 3:11, the specialty switch wires are thinner and more flexible that then wires in the wall, which are thicker and not as flexible!! the question is can i connect them together, i mean i see that he does at 3:11, but can someone explain to me a little as to why the specialty switch wires are thinner, and are not the same as the wires in the wall? i hope i am making sense.

[habsfn35]

the wires are tinner at the swtich becasue the wires that are in ur wall need to be proctected more, they have bigger wire and a bigger outer sheeth. theres other reasons but thats just one. another is that the wires on the switch arnt carrying the same current say as ur plugs do. hope i helped

[MrGingerDrummer]

@ddgg2009 The wires in the device are stranded, meaning they are made of numerous strands of copper or aluminum twisted together. The wires in your box are solid, meaning they are one solid piece of extruded copper. You can splice them, the difference is size is for allowable ampacity. The larger the wire, the more current that can be run through it. If you have any questions or need further explanation leave me a comment/message on my channel!

[zombiekids19]

does it matter which holes you put the black wires in

[daedalusxf]

@zombiekids19 - Yes.

[rizz5022]

man i got so lost

[Zuckdawg]

me too!

[sgtgrooover]

What if you have a broken grounding wire? If you only check from ground to hot, you may very well still have current .  How about checking the neutral to hot as well as ground to neutral, just in case, I mean you only live once!

P.S> never use the back-stab connectors, they are notorious for bad connections.

[hatsgoods]

the safest way to conect the wires are first your ground wire so if something goes wrong it will groundthough that sytem them your neutral(wite) then your your hot (black)

[ezilu]

I thought so, this is the way I do it, though I'm no pro. I was surprised he wired hot first and ground last-

[grilop1492]

thanks that really helped me a lot !!!

[grilop1492]

how can a run a outlet to a place where i have to go through the stud?

[Bmwood121]

drill a hole thru the stud and run your romex to the outlet.

[jay7sa]

great info.

will a dimmer switch work with track lighting?

[homedepot]

Glad you found it helpful!

To answer your specific question, in most situations you can use a dimmer with track lighting. However, if you have questions about specific makes and models, don't hesitate to ask an electrical associate at The Home Depot nearest you.

[lbflow562]

Yes, as long as the lights are 120v and are not low voltage lights.