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Two Electrical Guys
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testing and finding an open ground
Two Electrical Guys talk about testing for open grounds
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Testing GFCI outlets and downstream
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Two Electrical Guys are teaching you how to test wall receptacles and circuits on a GFCI .
Two electrical Guys sizes of wire
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electrical education from the Two electrical Guys
This electric wire is melting due to resistance. The connection is loose.
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The electric wire is melting due to overheating of the wire . The connection is loose and arc is set to occur. This is unsafe and need repair right away.
Electric holy cow
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testing the electric in the panel with a solenoid type tester. This used to be call a wiggy
GFCI test in kitchen bad
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The entire kitchen is on the GFCI . This is not correct.
Is there a video showing the fix? I've got a room full of "open ground" , yet they all have a ground wire attached.
why is it melting bro
I don’t think you want to check continuity on an energized circuit. ( I don’t mean test for voltage , but continuity specifically )
What are the setting on that Klein tool?
I get one lite on right only
Open ground I do believe
What if there's no ground wire?
The reason it does not trip is because of how the tester is designed. The only way it can simulate a ground fault to divert some current to the ground wire. The GFGI would still work. However, an open ground should still be fixed unless it is a converted two prong socket that is properly labeled with "No equipment ground".
What if they are all testing open ground?
So there's a open ground and you know it's wired correctly then you check receptical number 3 and it's wired correctly. Where's the problem?
I wasn't aware of those type of tamper resistant receptacles! Live =hot, apparently.
thx
Why is the #2 outlet tripping? He tested #2 and said the power was correct, then hits the ground and it pops GFI... I'm having the same problem in a new home build with every GFI.. Is #2 in this case wired wrong?
They're all supposed to pop, that's the point of having the GFCI upstream
@@rp9674 What is the point of have all GFCI on a single circuit? Don't you only need one upstream?
You have to wear in and out of the GFCI, some of my boxes were so stuffed I didn't bother
@@rp9674 The question is why should it pop or trigger the gfci when you try to TEST between hot and ground? It popped when trying to measure across hot and ground in both the gfci receptacle and the #2 downstream receptacle.
GFCIs don't rely on ground for circuit protection. They trip because of an imbalance of current between the hot and natural. Even though receptacle 3 does not provide an equipment ground, it will still provide protection.
Yes. But you'd still want to fix that open ground, so that if any 3-prong appliance plugged into it had an internal hot-to-ground-fault, it would immediately trip the GFCI, or the panel breaker. Without ground, the metal casing of the appliance would possibly remain hot until someone touched it. The GFCI would (hopefully) shut off the moment someone touched it, but that's still a higher-risk scenario.
Yes, but it still is a problem and a code violation unless it has been used to replace a two prong outlets on an old house and it is properly marked. Getting singed even with a GFCI hurts and it might kill someone with a heart condition.