How To Fix A GFCI That Is Constantly Tripping

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024

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  • @fb510m
    @fb510m Месяц назад +1

    Like ur no bs style👍🏻

  • @fb510m
    @fb510m Месяц назад +1

    So in a nut shell what was the problem?

  • @efrencamacho1689
    @efrencamacho1689 2 года назад +1

    Great video.

  • @fredclark4033
    @fredclark4033 9 месяцев назад +1

    Good video on gfi,s. Why does my gfi sometimes trip when the gas oven ignitors come on? Thanks

  • @mattshaeffer6680
    @mattshaeffer6680 Год назад +1

    value @4:36

  • @caseycooper5615
    @caseycooper5615 Год назад +5

    Unless you want the GFCI receptacle to be switched, keep the switch on the load side. Even better is to have the switch and GFCI separate, as there is no requirement for lights to be GFCI protected. Of course, unless that is a dedicated circuit for just that bathroom, there is no reason a light and GFCI receptacle should be on the same circuit.

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  Год назад

      Why? You can definitely do that... Explain??

    • @caseycooper5615
      @caseycooper5615 Год назад +1

      @Mountaineer Outdoors Bathrooms are required to be on one or more dedicated branch circuits per NEC 210.11(C)(3), which is why I was saying lights and GFCIs should not be on the same circuit. There is an exception for a dedicated bathroom circuit supplying a single bathroom. Ditto the above for kitchen and microwave circuits and garage circuits.
      I should have clarified there are code reasons not to have GFCIs and lights on the same circuit in many instances, but no electrical reason not to.

  • @andrewwilliston5798
    @andrewwilliston5798 2 года назад +2

    Great video, well presented and easy to follow. I'd like to see how to wire and install a car charging station for my house, from the breaker box right through to the outdoor charger. Not sure if that's too expensive to demo, so maybe just diagrams and a walk through?

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  2 года назад

      That would definitely be a great idea. If I ever install one I would definitely record it. Thanks for the idea

  • @chuckepson9648
    @chuckepson9648 2 года назад +6

    I can see that you haven't been taught the correct way to use WAGO connectors. The bear wire should NEVER extend outside your WAGO .

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  Год назад +3

      You know what, I have been experiment with them now since that video and surprisingly I have grown to like them somewhat. I will be touching on them again in the future.

  • @bobpratt7083
    @bobpratt7083 2 года назад +3

    Hi, why isn't the line voltage (hot & neutral) first entering the GFCI outlet and then outward (load), i. e. hot to the switch, out of the switch and both hot & neutral to the light? Every outlet on our kitchen counter and all the wall outlets, including all the kitchen lights are powered by the load on the first outlet (gfci) on the kitchen counter, for years now.

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  2 года назад +1

      You could do that

    • @tedlahm5740
      @tedlahm5740 Год назад +1

      Of course. the GFCI should be (would be) hot all the time. Usable without turning the light on.

    • @user-bw9bh2xb8v
      @user-bw9bh2xb8v Год назад +1

      you are 100% correct. this guy is not a electrician. period.

    • @STR1KRclan
      @STR1KRclan Год назад

      @@user-bw9bh2xb8v it’s a demonstration for educational purposes. It’s a temporary installation, not a permanent installation.

  • @benjimenfranklin7650
    @benjimenfranklin7650 2 года назад +3

    If your GFI was working and started to act silly it may be good to replace it they do go bad often. I agree about the wire connectors. Yes I am an electrician.

  • @gregriley649
    @gregriley649 2 года назад +1

    Great video can't wait for the follow up video .I used those wire nuts in my new house 🏠

  • @KeithBeene-ks3db
    @KeithBeene-ks3db 4 месяца назад +1

    I Wana sign up with five dollars and thirty dollars a month

  • @DHarris55
    @DHarris55 Год назад +1

    The first ad pops up right when you flip to switch to show the gfci trip which doesn’t allow the viewer to actually see the light turn off.. would suggest moving for better viewer experience

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  Год назад

      Great idea I didn't know that. They place them in the videos wherever. I believe that I can move them and I will look into for sure. Thanks for the heads up and watching and commenting

    • @cold-frontin_penguin7902
      @cold-frontin_penguin7902 Год назад +1

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  • @davetraver4511
    @davetraver4511 Год назад +2

    He does everything that he says he never does or does not recomend doing???

  • @michaeleverest3487
    @michaeleverest3487 Год назад +5

    🤣🤣🤣 man, no seasoned electrician gonna be perplexed by by this! We know the load return MUST be terminated back into the gfci for it to ever work! 🤣 and if an electrician is stumped by this then he or she is probably a month into their apprenticeship!

    • @victorseaton9123
      @victorseaton9123 Год назад

      He said bathroom as an example too. Light doesn’t need gfci protection in bath.

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  Год назад

      So smart you guys are. Never said that a light ever has to be gfci smh 🤦‍♂️. Troll on bruh

  • @Lapeerphoto
    @Lapeerphoto 2 года назад +4

    So, bottom line, you had the load on the line side?

  • @victorseaton9123
    @victorseaton9123 Год назад

    No good, seasoned electrician would wire that switch in either manner or be baffled by this. Bathroom lighting circuits do not need gfci protection. An electrician would know this. If this were an outside light then yes.

  • @homayounsolaimani8856
    @homayounsolaimani8856 Год назад

    Dude, if I were you, I’d stay away from electrical and plumbing work. How long did it take you to reinvent the wheel!!! What you showed in your video is a mistake 101 that can be prevented by anyone who can read the manual even if they aren’t electrician
    Stay away from electrical and plumbing work

    • @MountaineerOutdoors
      @MountaineerOutdoors  Год назад +1

      😂 😂. Well that was my very first day doing electrical work 😂 😂 😂

  • @teslala9412
    @teslala9412 Год назад +3

    so much talking and so many more wires because of the switch. Why don't you just show how to do it and be finished. Very hard to follow big fingers pointing everywhere