Electrical Wiring No ground tails

http://www.sparkyuonline.com showing a service call finding reversed line and load on gfci and no ground tails.

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• electrician
• electrical
• contractor
• wiring
• home
• improvement

[SuperTechieJ]

Would one of those $3.00 testers I see at Wal-Mart be able to detect this type of problem?

[sparkyUonline]

@SuperTechieJ There are many testers out there that will test for this. Personally I would go with a name brand tester for any electrical test you do.

[maybachlover15]

when using metal boxes and EMT conduit is it necessary to add a ground screw to the box and connect a ground wire to the receptacle/ switch?

[sparkyUonline]

@maybachlover15 Yes as well as providing the proper sized ground in the couduit.

[electric103]

All though the device should always be bonded. In old home where there was no ground wire the proper thing to do is find the first receptacle on the circuit identify the incoming hot and neutral put this on the line side, and all the rest of the outlets down stream on the load side. Therefore if you want to get technical what was done is actually not that bad. Again the best way is to utilize the ground, but your making a bigger deal about it than needs be. It's in the code book check it out.

[sparkyUonline]

New building remodel.Does not apply to older building codes.

[ChapelHillElectric]

Am I the only one that can not hear this quiet talking guy?

[22sas100]

what a fucking jurk

[toddyallen33]

RAISE YOUR VOICE!

[rhblakeman]

Man I'm just a homeowner that does his own wiring, though I have decades of experience and other than lack of a license I'm at the level of a pro electrician and I know a ground is required. My wife who only helps me from time to time knows. My sisters who have never wired an outlet in their lives know, from my dad wiring in our house as kids. That's why I spend the money to get the NEC Handbook every 3 yrs, plus it is used daily for business when I do low voltage and communications/telco work.

[WizzRacing]

@electric103 It is that bad. You have no path for any short to get back to the service. One reason where I live in Texas anytime you work on something it must be done to todays code. If you really want to be an electrician goto California. They have the hardest inspectors and testing in the world and this shit would not fly!

[zer0dahero]

@anthonyhiscox Installing a GFCI circuit braker is a good idea however, I encoutered a situation when the GFCI would trip if anything was plugged in any of the outlets on the circuit. The regular circuit braker worked fine. In fact, at times, the GFCI braker would just trip when nothing was plugged in. Anyone have a suggestion about this problem?

[michaelalanlee]

Excellent! I find this all the time. I open up a box or outlet and scratch my head wondering "what the heck is going on here?" The idea behind this video is fundamentally important as a matter of safety. Poor wiring, usually by inexperienced but self confident home owners, puts in some really bad stuff that is "good enough" for the moment but would keep me awake at night if I knew what was behind the walls. Good job man!

[noway180]

your voice is so load, please talk quiter. Thanks

[AFJRR]

CALL AN ELECTRICIAN!!!!!!!!!!

[atomicnortherner]

@mazdarx7head I agree! SPEAK UP ATLEAST!

[mazdarx7head]

The audio volume of Ur videos is horrifically low.