I love watching your troubleshooting videos. You get right into it, explain in detail what happened and you have a nice flow to your work. I'm not even an electrician but did home improvements for years and I've always found electrical work fascinating. You got a new subscriber.
Thomas thank you really appreciate. Some customers dont like that I'm fast at what I do. They expect me to spend 4 hours researching but it takes me 1hour.
@@unitedtradesmanacademy1894 Some don't realize the amount of training and dedication, tools, money etc... that enables you to be efficient. That's what they're paying you for. Not how long you were there. Plus, they couldn't fix it if they worked on it for a week. They should be happy it's fixed. A lot of people bash trades people. I've had my share too. But we're the ones that fix their screw ups. A little gratitude would be nice. I hope your channel really grows. You hustle my man. Good for you! All the best.
Great video once again.I swear,as soon as you opened up that first outlet and I saw what I saw there,I immediatetly thought to myself "This is a remodel/handyman/homeowner special" lol
Loose connections can be the problem. One of my thoughts as I am looking at the hot wire in a box going dead and the c.breaker works fine. Many thanks for this trouble shooting trip by a pro.
Love you work brother and on this video I feel you missed some opportunities to further educate. "Job complete" - system restored (panels/covers installed), testing complete (paper work signed if needed), dirt off the floor. This makes the "Broom Pusher Guy" integral to job completion. Trouble shooting techniques - half splitting, sesame street test, one problem - many symptoms....and more. Again, I love the videos. Please keep up the great work helping other. Thanks.
My mom's microwave outlet measures 12 0 have to ground and 37 volts from neutral to hot. I switched the outlets to see if it was that but It measured the same . At one point it did register 120 from hot to neutral and I tried to reconnect the outlet to the box and it went back to 37 volts from hot to neutral. When I connect the circuit tester It shows hot ground reversed but the outlet was wired correctly. I did not see the wires touching in the box so I should check the main breaker? And also that same breaker connects to the living room but it checks out fine with the circuit tester
Nice work , you were very fortunate to find the loose neutral ! you know a lot of the times it ain't that easy! I couldn't get over the way they stuffed the romex in the panel! That really needs to be redone correctly ! maybe you could give them a quote on redoing it.
You wanna' see loose connections...when I began working in the late 60's the use of aluminum wiring was rampant. Aluminum shrinks in plain regular atmosphere. So loose connections was an everyday occurance. So much so that homes were burning on a regular basis. Use of penetrox was implemented to help avoid future issues. And that is penetrox on the outlet connections as well as the panel side. And if you found one such on a call, all had to be done. Your service call could wind up taking days to complete. One loose circuit in a 50+ year old panel is mere child's play to an experienced electrician like me. Most of the aluminum wiring issues have since been resolved, one way or the other, by now. Thank heavens. I remember one service call in a home in suburban Washington DC back in 1977 where wire running from a service disonnect to and electric furnace was glowing red in the furnace closet. It looked like a toaster. And luckily it hadn't set fire yet. I think that was around the time that aluminum wire in low amp circuits was outlawed. Still in use by the power company or in large size runs though.
I know you're getting some hate but F that noise bro. AFCI has become a nightmare for us. We have spent over 2k in washing machines in our new house from 2020 because the afci keeps tripping for no fucking reason. The first washer failed after nuisance tripping and now our 2nd washer has some sort of error issue we have to fix because the breaker keeps tripping. I am sure the AFCI is ruining my equipment and the electrician cannot find any reason why. He is frustrated because he wants to put a regular breaker in and can't. He said according to the manufacturer I need to buy ANOTHER fucking washing machine instead of addressing their AFCI garbage. Our first machine worked for a year in our old home with regular breakers and never tripped once while waiting for house to be finished. The AFCI killed it from tripping within the first month of moving in. It trips every 5 or 6 loads so I don't think it's the washer. My electrician also said there is rumors floating around of the code changing so that the main breaker for the whole house might have to be AFCI. He said good luck finding an issue when it kills the whole house. I say good luck with it not killing all of your equipment in the house. Oh and for those who screaming about safety. How many millions of homes in the North American continent that was built before AFCI code exsisted are around and are fine? How many critical electricians have immediately RAN OUT to ALL of their in-laws, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins houses to immediately re-wire all of their houses and change them over to AFCI because of the SAFETY factor they are so concerned about? I am willing to bet most of them are living in houses with standard breakers! I say until they do that ... They are hypocrites.
Poppa, any new electrical services would have to have the AFCI main installed IF your local AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) approves it for their new rules. Existing work is usually exempt ("granfather-ed in"), so check with local ordinances, you may not need the AFCI, if the line was already installed. I agree that AFCIs are a PITA and there are some problems with them. Think of an arc fault as a low current (not enough to trip your breaker) high temperature incident (hot enough to cause a fire). Like a mini welder in your wall. Some towns allow the homeowner to do their own electrical work. I don't think a properly operating breaker (AFCI or not) is capable of ruining your equipment. Good luck.
So if you show low voltage that’s a neutral issue ? Again get the Klein 450 tracer you won’t regret it could have just plugged it into the problem outlet disconnected that burnt neutral and 100 located it just in case that wasn’t the issue u could then tell them you repaired soso wire which controlled a specific area
I am just a rando, I watch your vid to fix my gcfi problems, instead of messing around and opening up outlets, the first thing i check now is the panel, if there is power , i move the the nearest gcfi and test it
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Yeah, that is Mesquite. I know the house. I can give you the history and what you got wrong about the remodel. That house was built in 2001, no drywall was redone or wiring moved. Most of that was untouched work from the builders in 2001. Things that changed with the electrical over the years were an outlet was removed for an island that was removed in the kitchen, and there was a sub panel that was added for a large building in the backyard, then removed. That sub standard work passed multiple inspections and someone obviously should have gone through at some point and tightened up the screws. That gfci was never moved, that's exactly where it was and how it was wired since it was a new build.
Maybe I am a total novice but looking at receptacles and touching the meter leads to some point and not telling you want to look for or the purpose of the test is not useful for a new DIY.
"...not having the proper inspection when the house was purchased". Have you ever had an inspector check the inside of breaker panel during a home inspection for possible faulty circuits??? Try NOT, NO, NEVER. That panel looks like it's 50 years old. The discoloration of the bus bars indicates it was around for many years. One wire not tightened down all the way on the neutral side is NOT indicative of "shady" workmanship. Sorry, buddy, been around for too many years to bite on that jive. Perhaps in your classroom experience where everything is clinical and pristine the perfect world exists. It's a loose wire. Nothing more, nothing less. Heating due to resistence is the result. Fix it and stop condemning a 50+ year old panel install. If it worked this long it isn't shady. I see nothing unusual other than the loose wire. Perhaps repeated over-amping the circuit heated and shrank the wire in the connector. Who knows? Fix it and move along. Nuff said.
It's a pleasure to watch a true professional do electrical work, thanks for the great videos!
🙏 welcome
he left cut ties in the panel, which from the geico shouldn't have been a place holder for them lol
I love your work, you keep me motivated to be a electrician
I love watching your troubleshooting videos. You get right into it, explain in detail what happened and you have a nice flow to your work. I'm not even an electrician but did home improvements for years and I've always found electrical work fascinating. You got a new subscriber.
Thomas thank you really appreciate. Some customers dont like that I'm fast at what I do. They expect me to spend 4 hours researching but it takes me 1hour.
@@unitedtradesmanacademy1894 Some don't realize the amount of training and dedication, tools, money etc... that enables you to be efficient. That's what they're paying you for. Not how long you were there. Plus, they couldn't fix it if they worked on it for a week. They should be happy it's fixed. A lot of people bash trades people. I've had my share too. But we're the ones that fix their screw ups. A little gratitude would be nice. I hope your channel really grows. You hustle my man. Good for you! All the best.
I like that you took the time to be safe and went to check the receptacles and using your multimeter. Great job.
Great video once again.I swear,as soon as you opened up that first outlet and I saw what I saw there,I immediatetly thought to myself "This is a remodel/handyman/homeowner special" lol
...or just a crappy builder trying taking shortcuts as always?
Wow nice find. That burnt wire could have startrd a fire if left unattended. Glad you saved the day😎
I like your style of troubleshooting I love the the challenge of it
I always loved troubleshooting too ... Good vid with good info ... Thx ...
Masterfully done.
I love these troubleshooting videos. Great stuff as always.
Loose connections can be the problem. One of my thoughts as I am looking at the hot wire in a box going dead and the c.breaker works fine. Many thanks for this trouble shooting trip by a pro.
Thank you to explain things as you go. This helped me figure out the problem I was having!!
Love you work brother and on this video I feel you missed some opportunities to further educate.
"Job complete" - system restored (panels/covers installed), testing complete (paper work signed if needed), dirt off the floor. This makes the "Broom Pusher Guy" integral to job completion.
Trouble shooting techniques - half splitting, sesame street test, one problem - many symptoms....and more.
Again, I love the videos. Please keep up the great work helping other.
Thanks.
Since you found the neutral wires loose, I'm wondering why you didn't check the torque on the hot wires as well?
Yessssss! new electrical videos!!! missed ya like youre my friend keep up the good work
Nice job. I love your troubleshooting videos. 👍
That’s why manufacturers have torque specifications! Good work.
Great videos! Keep up the great work!
My mom's microwave outlet measures 12 0 have to ground and 37 volts from neutral to hot.
I switched the outlets to see if it was that but It measured the same . At one point it did register 120 from hot to neutral and I tried to reconnect the outlet to the box and it went back to 37 volts from hot to neutral.
When I connect the circuit tester It shows hot ground reversed but the outlet was wired correctly.
I did not see the wires touching in the box so I should check the main breaker?
And also that same breaker connects to the living room but it checks out fine with the circuit tester
Awesome job.
Nice work , you were very fortunate to find the loose neutral ! you know a lot of the times it ain't that easy! I couldn't get over the way they stuffed the romex in the panel! That really needs to be redone correctly ! maybe you could give them a quote on redoing it.
Great video for electricians. Novices need an explanation of what wires or terminals you are testing and why. and the results and what they indicate.
Did you not check the hot on the breakers seeing that most of the neutrals were loose and were those drywall screws holding the outlets in the box?
I hate it when someone uses drywall screws instead of 6-32s to secure devices to the box. Totally amateur!
Always a great video! I reached out on IG a couple of days ago, was wondering when do you usually go live please and thank u!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Working on putting a flyer together for a zoom or twitch so we can all be on camera together.
That’s definitely the way to go about it!!
Great to see- Great work! Stay safe!
I Love your work too!!! 😘
Really enjoy the vids keep them up
Love watching your videos...that ringtone kills me tho 😂😂😂
Great video
You wanna' see loose connections...when I began working in the late 60's the use of aluminum wiring was rampant. Aluminum shrinks in plain regular atmosphere. So loose connections was an everyday occurance. So much so that homes were burning on a regular basis. Use of penetrox was implemented to help avoid future issues. And that is penetrox on the outlet connections as well as the panel side. And if you found one such on a call, all had to be done. Your service call could wind up taking days to complete. One loose circuit in a 50+ year old panel is mere child's play to an experienced electrician like me. Most of the aluminum wiring issues have since been resolved, one way or the other, by now. Thank heavens. I remember one service call in a home in suburban Washington DC back in 1977 where wire running from a service disonnect to and electric furnace was glowing red in the furnace closet. It looked like a toaster. And luckily it hadn't set fire yet. I think that was around the time that aluminum wire in low amp circuits was outlawed. Still in use by the power company or in large size runs though.
Would you not also go ahead and tighten up the connections on the breakers as well since you found loose screws?
That’s definitely a best practice, especially when you have found a loose one. But, I’m also guilty of not always tightening them all up…
Omg I love these types of videos
Love you videos wish you made more , very very good detail brother 🎉❤😊
You can tighten those screws at the panel without shutting off the main breaker?
Thanks for your knowledge
You should have checked the screws on the breakers as well, especially finding so many loose screws on a neutral
I was troubleshooting on the whole room like one of your other videos and circuit breaker still keeps popping any advise
It probably goes into another room also.
How much you charge for work like that
Thank you bro!
What was your reasoning for checking the two pole breakers as well?
I know you're getting some hate but F that noise bro. AFCI has become a nightmare for us. We have spent over 2k in washing machines in our new house from 2020 because the afci keeps tripping for no fucking reason. The first washer failed after nuisance tripping and now our 2nd washer has some sort of error issue we have to fix because the breaker keeps tripping. I am sure the AFCI is ruining my equipment and the electrician cannot find any reason why. He is frustrated because he wants to put a regular breaker in and can't. He said according to the manufacturer I need to buy ANOTHER fucking washing machine instead of addressing their AFCI garbage. Our first machine worked for a year in our old home with regular breakers and never tripped once while waiting for house to be finished. The AFCI killed it from tripping within the first month of moving in. It trips every 5 or 6 loads so I don't think it's the washer. My electrician also said there is rumors floating around of the code changing so that the main breaker for the whole house might have to be AFCI. He said good luck finding an issue when it kills the whole house. I say good luck with it not killing all of your equipment in the house. Oh and for those who screaming about safety. How many millions of homes in the North American continent that was built before AFCI code exsisted are around and are fine? How many critical electricians have immediately RAN OUT to ALL of their in-laws, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins houses to immediately re-wire all of their houses and change them over to AFCI because of the SAFETY factor they are so concerned about? I am willing to bet most of them are living in houses with standard breakers! I say until they do that ...
They are hypocrites.
Poppa, any new electrical services would have to have the AFCI main installed IF your local AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) approves it for their new rules. Existing work is usually exempt ("granfather-ed in"), so check with local ordinances, you may not need the AFCI, if the line was already installed. I agree that AFCIs are a PITA and there are some problems with them. Think of an arc fault as a low current (not enough to trip your breaker) high temperature incident (hot enough to cause a fire). Like a mini welder in your wall. Some towns allow the homeowner to do their own electrical work. I don't think a properly operating breaker (AFCI or not) is capable of ruining your equipment. Good luck.
If tested hot to ground at receptacle, you would have realized the open neutral.
Dude, never have something you can move behind your legs when working a live panel.....you get an arc flash, it's backwards on your head !
Hey man, been awhile! Hopefully you do another live stream in the future.
Imma try an kick one this weekend
Good job, and TY
So if you show low voltage that’s a neutral issue ? Again get the Klein 450 tracer you won’t regret it could have just plugged it into the problem outlet disconnected that burnt neutral and 100 located it just in case that wasn’t the issue u could then tell them you repaired soso wire which controlled a specific area
I am just a rando, I watch your vid to fix my gcfi problems, instead of messing around and opening up outlets, the first thing i check now is the panel, if there is power , i move the the nearest gcfi and test it
Good find! Gotta love easy money:)
Good job
Is this mesquite Texas?
Good one.
I wish you had a company in GA, i would love to work for you
Why you working with the lights off?
New receptacles, no gfci devices, no arch fault protection, all sorts of wrong on that “remodel”
At 3:26 if that noise started going off while I was measuring in a panel, I think I’d die of a heart attack.
You'd lnow your own ringtone or alarm sound on your phone and would know what it is.
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THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED💪🏾💯👍🏾❗️❗️❗️
THANKS BRO💪🏾💯💗👍🏾❗️❗️❗️
You’ve Got My Subscription, AND THE NOTIFICATION BELL💪🏾💯👍🏾💗❗️❗️❗️
Now, I Can Go Fishing🎣💪🏾👍🏾💗❗️❗️❗️
Loose wires cause fires good catch
Nice video
Yeah, that is Mesquite. I know the house. I can give you the history and what you got wrong about the remodel.
That house was built in 2001, no drywall was redone or wiring moved. Most of that was untouched work from the builders in 2001. Things that changed with the electrical over the years were an outlet was removed for an island that was removed in the kitchen, and there was a sub panel that was added for a large building in the backyard, then removed. That sub standard work passed multiple inspections and someone obviously should have gone through at some point and tightened up the screws. That gfci was never moved, that's exactly where it was and how it was wired since it was a new build.
I would have torqued the neutral buzz bar screws to proper specs.
You the fucking man. I knew I wasn't crazy bro.
Maybe I am a total novice but looking at receptacles and touching the meter leads to some point and not telling you want to look for or the purpose of the test is not useful for a new DIY.
But totally appreciate the efforts
Having this issue only stove come on and the light from ceiling
Why did you go to the panel last it should of been first
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Cut the wire and splice it in panel! What”s. The big. Deal. Try tightening everything in the panel. Also!!!!😢
All those loose landings are f'n crazy
Hands down the worst phone ring tone ive ever heard on my enitre life
"...not having the proper inspection when the house was purchased". Have you ever had an inspector check the inside of breaker panel during a home inspection for possible faulty circuits??? Try NOT, NO, NEVER. That panel looks like it's 50 years old. The discoloration of the bus bars indicates it was around for many years. One wire not tightened down all the way on the neutral side is NOT indicative of "shady" workmanship. Sorry, buddy, been around for too many years to bite on that jive. Perhaps in your classroom experience where everything is clinical and pristine the perfect world exists. It's a loose wire. Nothing more, nothing less. Heating due to resistence is the result. Fix it and stop condemning a 50+ year old panel install. If it worked this long it isn't shady. I see nothing unusual other than the loose wire. Perhaps repeated over-amping the circuit heated and shrank the wire in the connector. Who knows? Fix it and move along. Nuff said.
That panel was installed in 2001 when the house was a new build and the remodel he's alleging happened never actually happened.
Say what you are doing all the way through the video..don't whisper...couldn't watch any more.
Brother please start a nonprofit apprenticeship program for low income, online learning trust me you can do it