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How to Install Electrical Outlets : Cutting a Hole for an Electrical Outlet

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Uploaded by on Oct 3, 2007

Cutting a hole for a new electrical outlet can be tricky. Learn how to install and wire a new electrical outlet with expert tips and advice on home improvement in this free video.

Expert: George A. Finn, III
Bio: George Finn is an expert in mechanical systems. He has a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a licensed engineer and licensed home inspector.
Filmmaker: Nick Finn

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  • If I have concrete wall? :)

    Video is not suitable for ex-USSR countries, cause there drilling hole in the Soviet concrete for one outlet takes approximately 50 minutes or 1 hour. And of course pain in hands.

  • @realtyv1 does it matter? its unfinished right under that piece of drywall so that drywall is just going to be laying on the floor dingleberry

  • if you look closely you can see that there isnt a bottom to the wall so it would have just been sitting on the ground below him

  • lol wtf? he just put that box in afterwards like nothing happened after that piece fell into the wall.

  • why not go to the stud and screw to it rather then using one of those cheap drywall anchor boxes?

  • if ur gonna complain then dont watch it, nothing wrong with using ur palm, i always use my palm, so does my dad and it works fine

  • I thought that they are usually attached to studs.

  • As he is cutting he lets the piece fall inside the wall. If you're at home with an existing wall and you will have some problems. Bad video. Use a hammer to push the saw in not your palm. As his title says Master Inspector not electrician.

  • years of experience would advise against using the palm of ones hand in place of a hammer or side of linesmans pliers....

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