8 videos later, I find this video; the only video that solved the problem! I also could have listened to my wife, who has zero electrical experience. It was “just a feeling.” Thank you again! And men, let’s listen to our wives a little more
Fucking great, I didn't know why the newly installed gfci was not working at all, I had power coming (yes, I got shocked like 5 times) but couldn't figure out the problem until I watched your video. Switched the wires and voila, solved.
This fixed my issue as well. Thought I just bought a bad GFCI but when the second one did the same thing I knew something was up, just didn't know what that something was. Thanks to this video I was able to swap the lines and it worked just fine. Thanks !
Can't thank you enough!! Nearly drove myself crazy trying to figure out what I did wrong. Switched the wires from bottom to top and top to bottom, and replaced my first GFCI outlet!
Thank you!!!! I replaced the GFCI myself but when there was no power, I was ready to give up and call an expensive electrician - CZcams to the rescue!!! Everything working fine now! What a relief! 😊
I just spent 2 hours losing my mind because the words on the new outlet are upside down and I wasn't paying attention when I turned it around to put the wires again... 2 damn hours! Thank god I found this video because I was getting so frustrated.
Thank you, i just installed a new onw and could not figure out why it wasn't working until this video, switched the two black wires and works great now.
30 minute job turned into a whole weeks trying to figure it out. Had a couple guys help me simply install a few new outlets in the office of a building we are remodeling. Turn the main breaker off replaced all the outlets, the same way we took them off. Installed all the covers. Turned on the breaker with no power.. we installed the 20 outlets I didn’t know where to start so I pulled them all out. All the wiring was correct and uniform. Electricians were installing LEDs in the building. They checked it out they were stumped. Opening all the junction boxes, it was a mess. Until I saw this video. 😅
Thank you for this... Why in the name of God would the manufacturer do this? I specifically bought the same part number from the same manufacturer... And then they arbitrarily swap everything! Wtf!
How helpful! Who's gonna notice that yellow tape across the terminals on the new one? Thank God for this video! Probably prevented thousands of casualties; injuries and/or death. 😮 😂
Wow!?!? I am so glad I seen this video.. A million things came over my head, I started panicking when it didn’t want to work. I’m glad I took pictures before removing the old GFCI. All I had to do was flip my wires just like you mention in the video!.thank you!
I just finished installing electricity to my garage and installing a GFCI outlet and all the words were also upside down so I just put it with the ground hole facing up lol.. made more sense that way to me anyways
I installed as instructed with two different gfci and both failed test. Its a brand new line and the ground wire is attached with another ground in the breaker box. What could be going on. Its a 20 amp line.
I have an issue like this. The gfci outlet works, but the regular outlet on that gfci blows the breaker Everytime something is plugged into it Would this be the same issue as in this video? I'd my entire house reqired, but the one outlet didn't work, unfortunately electrician had moved out of state by the time I'd noticed.
They were forced to put a few of these in my new shop building in order to get power hooked up. Even though the building has no water. The problem is that on a 15 amp breaker, about 80% of the time my saw will trip the GFCI. The real problem is that when my wife and I were out of town for a week there was an interruption in our power and, though the power came back on, All of the GFCI outlets tripped, and two of them were connected to a freezer. We lost a lot of food. My solution. Removed and replaced with normal outlets. Problems solved.
I put them in proper, worked ... found 2 outlets before the gfci, eliminated one, now the gfci isnt working .. . Weird. Will be there tomorrow to look into it.
Is the lil green light supposed to always be on on the plugs. Cuz I swapped my old one to new one nd it’s constantly on doesn’t turn off, I have no problems getting power just curious about that? I put copper wire to bottom green screw, white wire to silver screw and black to copper/nickel screw. Ty
Didn’t identify colors of line and load. You’re “gunna-wanna” x 3 love it! Also, if you don’t tell me the color codes I need to watch another video. But thanks for the old/new comparison. It would also be helpful to know about when the wiring change took place. Which decade would even be helpful.
There is no color code. Most homes are wired with white and black wires. But you may have a red wire in there there's no way to know how yours is specifically wired up, you just need to get the line with the line and the load with the load
Load brings in electricity from the beaker line brings the electricity to another outlet nearby, like a fridge, a oven, the gcfi will stop any shortages and cut off electrical power to both outlet
I swear the electricians organization that sets standards deliberately made this change at some point to get an extra $10k/year in house calls for their fellow electricians. A lot of frustrated DIY guys who can't understand why it won't work when they think they rewired the new one exactly like the old one.
No the black and white wires go together. The black to the hot side and the white to the neutral. There will be two sets of wires, each set will have a white and a black. One set is the load and one set is the line
@@handymanjourney so if you only have 1 white wire and 1 black wire they are both to be connected to the Line for each wire and never the Load? Mine won’t work - bought 2 new ones and won’t reset and only see faint red light no green light at all- thanks
Current GFCI has white and black on load, I want to run a new plug, so I plugged my new wire in the white and black on line (on my current gfci) and ran a new outlet, and plugged in the white and black on line on the new outlet, but it has no power? Help!
As you may know by now the black and white wires on the line side go where the outlet says line . But yes one black and white wire on top and one black and white on bottom.
Ok sorry but i try all diferente way and still don't work the Green light is on but no power !!!! So explain please rhe two white whe they are going now ??
Something still has to be wrong. I would say if it's tripping it's probably wiring correctly. Make sure all the blacks are on one side and all the whites are on the other side
@@handymanjourney i have the inlet power on the top (line) and the outlet power (load) on the bottom, all whites are on same side and blacks are on the same. The previous gfci outlet just went out but before that it worked great for years. Am i overlooking something?
@@handymanjourney figured it out. The outlet wired after the gfci was burnt up in the wall causing the short. Got them all swapped out with new and everything now has power. Thanks again
In this situation just switch the wires and then make sure they are labeled/taped black for hot (gold screw) and white for neutral (the silver screw). Everyone gives advice as if every home is wired with standard Romex or correctly. Always make sure you’ve correctly identified each wire regardless of color. Use a multimeter to be sure. Then do your best to color things correctly once you’ve identified them, will make things easier in the future. Leaving this comment to help the next amateur on the path to self sufficiency.
@cnemelue Thank you so much for your response. The information you provided is very helpful and so kind of you. Your kindness helps make the world a better place for me. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Seems like your speaking chinese...here's how to explain..a black may be load or power and white be no power or line..therefore to correctly connect a gfi.. put the black on load and white in line..persay..not just showing a model diff!!!
8 videos later, I find this video; the only video that solved the problem! I also could have listened to my wife, who has zero electrical experience. It was “just a feeling.” Thank you again! And men, let’s listen to our wives a little more
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Fucking great, I didn't know why the newly installed gfci was not working at all, I had power coming (yes, I got shocked like 5 times) but couldn't figure out the problem until I watched your video. Switched the wires and voila, solved.
I am glad this was helpful for you!
This fixed my issue as well. Thought I just bought a bad GFCI but when the second one did the same thing I knew something was up, just didn't know what that something was. Thanks to this video I was able to swap the lines and it worked just fine. Thanks !
Witch wires you switch,,
Fantastic! Kept me from a mental breakdown after swapping two of them and not working!
Glad I could help!
Appreciate the video. I would have sat staring at my outlet for hours trying to figure this out.
Glad to help!
Can't thank you enough!! Nearly drove myself crazy trying to figure out what I did wrong. Switched the wires from bottom to top and top to bottom, and replaced my first GFCI outlet!
Fantastic! So glad I could help!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, after trying to replace mine, I hadnt noticed the newer ones were reversed. Saved me a lot of money in a electrician.
So glad this helped!
Thank you!!!! I replaced the GFCI myself but when there was no power, I was ready to give up and call an expensive electrician - CZcams to the rescue!!! Everything working fine now! What a relief! 😊
So glad I could help!
I just spent 2 hours losing my mind because the words on the new outlet are upside down and I wasn't paying attention when I turned it around to put the wires again... 2 damn hours! Thank god I found this video because I was getting so frustrated.
Thanks 🙏🏽 I was going to call the electrician then I watched the video and after 5 minutes everything was done. More videos sir
Fantastic! I am so glad this was helpful!
Thank you, i just installed a new onw and could not figure out why it wasn't working until this video, switched the two black wires and works great now.
Glad this was helpful!
30 minute job turned into a whole weeks trying to figure it out. Had a couple guys help me simply install a few new outlets in the office of a building we are remodeling. Turn the main breaker off replaced all the outlets, the same way we took them off. Installed all the covers. Turned on the breaker with no power.. we installed the 20 outlets I didn’t know where to start so I pulled them all out. All the wiring was correct and uniform. Electricians were installing LEDs in the building. They checked it out they were stumped. Opening all the junction boxes, it was a mess. Until I saw this video. 😅
Glad this was helpful!!!
Thank you for this... Why in the name of God would the manufacturer do this? I specifically bought the same part number from the same manufacturer... And then they arbitrarily swap everything! Wtf!
Super helpful! Solved my problem, thanks so much!
Thank you I was reading open hot with zero damage to the line.
How helpful! Who's gonna notice that yellow tape across the terminals on the new one? Thank God for this video! Probably prevented thousands of casualties; injuries and/or death. 😮
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Dude, you are my hero for today!!!!
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Take me 3 months to figure out the problem until I watched your video
Glad I could help!
You're vid just saved me. Thanks a bunch.
Your so welcome! I am glad this video was helpful for you
Is there a full video beyond this short? Good info!
Wow!?!? I am so glad I seen this video.. A million things came over my head, I started panicking when it didn’t want to work. I’m glad I took pictures before removing the old GFCI. All I had to do was flip my wires just like you mention in the video!.thank you!
Fantastic! I am so glad this video helped you fix your issue!!
Thanks my guy. I couldn’t figure it out.Got a new circuit breaker for no reason.
Thank you so much!
Huge help. Thanks so much!
Your welcome! I am glad this is helpful!!
Damn this solved my issue. Thank you!
I am so glad this was helpful!
Thank you this was very helpful!
Crimine!!! Thank you!!!!
Your welcome
HEY BROTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIFE SAVER
Saved this DIY NOOBIE. Thanks!!
Good video. thanks for sharing.
Your very welcome! I am glad this video was helpful for you!
😂...well l will 😮 be changing my outlet a little later on today great thanks 🎉
Thanks a million. Short and simple
I just finished installing electricity to my garage and installing a GFCI outlet and all the words were also upside down so I just put it with the ground hole facing up lol.. made more sense that way to me anyways
Glad everything worked out
Thank you so mucho 😅
Well damn... didn't think it mattered. Probably why mines not working also.
Woo thanks you so much you save lot money 😊
Your so welcome! I am glad this video was helpful!
Lol I just started using these new ones the other day, and I was freaking out that none of them were working.
Glad this was helpful
Gfci have failsafe if you wired it incorrectly
Just open your eyes and read the back of the outlet when you do a change out, remove the wires one at a time. line goes to line and load goes to load.
Yes!💪
I understand the blacks are hot but is one the main line and the other one is for other outlets it’s in my garage?
@handymanjourney I still don't get it I just installed a new gfci and didn't work so I took it back to home depot😂😂😂
Saved the day!!!
I am glad this video was helpful for you
You are my angel!!! Thank you!!!
I installed as instructed with two different gfci and both failed test. Its a brand new line and the ground wire is attached with another ground in the breaker box. What could be going on. Its a 20 amp line.
Thanks bud 👍
Your so welcome! I am glad this video was helpful for you
Why did they change it? Thanks for the video. But now I'm having trouble squeezing the outlet back in.
No clue why it's different!
I realized that installing my new one....but the outlet doesn't work....it won't reset...button doesn't do anything. Feel like its a faulty outlet.
I have an issue like this. The gfci outlet works, but the regular outlet on that gfci blows the breaker Everytime something is plugged into it Would this be the same issue as in this video?
I'd my entire house reqired, but the one outlet didn't work, unfortunately electrician had moved out of state by the time I'd noticed.
Thank you
Your so welcome!
They were forced to put a few of these in my new shop building in order to get power hooked up. Even though the building has no water. The problem is that on a 15 amp breaker, about 80% of the time my saw will trip the GFCI. The real problem is that when my wife and I were out of town for a week there was an interruption in our power and, though the power came back on, All of the GFCI outlets tripped, and two of them were connected to a freezer. We lost a lot of food.
My solution. Removed and replaced with normal outlets. Problems solved.
Oh man, losing food is never fun!
Got to look at back of them before installing
Yes, definitely
When was this change made?
I put them in proper, worked ... found 2 outlets before the gfci, eliminated one, now the gfci isnt working .. . Weird. Will be there tomorrow to look into it.
Did you have to reset your breakers?
I didn't get it, so just switch the wires on the yellow tape or am I missing something
Hi Lee, thanks for sharing this. In CA do you need an electrician license to do this as a handyman?
You do not
TECHNICALLY, you need a state license to do ANY electrical work, but.....
I don’t have a license and can do this. So no.
I'm still learning from you all the time.
Amazing
Thanks
Is the lil green light supposed to always be on on the plugs. Cuz I swapped my old one to new one nd it’s constantly on doesn’t turn off, I have no problems getting power just curious about that? I put copper wire to bottom green screw, white wire to silver screw and black to copper/nickel screw. Ty
People do tend to avoid reading those words.
Definitely
Looks like they're marked on the back. Why is there a problem?
Ty! Nailed it
It’s almost like the instructions are there to prevent you from doing an install incorrectly 😂
Thanks!
So do both the black and white have to be moved or just the two blacks?
Both black and white. The pair need to stay together
Didn’t identify colors of line and load.
You’re “gunna-wanna” x 3 love it!
Also, if you don’t tell me the color codes I need to watch another video.
But thanks for the old/new comparison.
It would also be helpful to know about when the wiring change took place.
Which decade would even be helpful.
There is no color code. Most homes are wired with white and black wires. But you may have a red wire in there there's no way to know how yours is specifically wired up, you just need to get the line with the line and the load with the load
Please explain LINE & LOAD
Load brings in electricity from the beaker line brings the electricity to another outlet nearby, like a fridge, a oven, the gcfi will stop any shortages and cut off electrical power to both outlet
Line is power coming in. Load carries power to the next location.
@@unishking163, That is incorrect.
I swear the electricians organization that sets standards deliberately made this change at some point to get an extra $10k/year in house calls for their fellow electricians. A lot of frustrated DIY guys who can't understand why it won't work when they think they rewired the new one exactly like the old one.
So load is the black wire and line is the white wire?
No the black and white wires go together. The black to the hot side and the white to the neutral. There will be two sets of wires, each set will have a white and a black. One set is the load and one set is the line
@@handymanjourney so if you only have 1 white wire and 1 black wire they are both to be connected to the Line for each wire and never the Load?
Mine won’t work - bought 2 new ones and won’t reset and only see faint red light no green light at all- thanks
Nice
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You saved me
Glad this helped!
Do both the black and the white wire go in line?
Yes
Thank you for your help! It worked :D
Current GFCI has white and black on load, I want to run a new plug, so I plugged my new wire in the white and black on line (on my current gfci) and ran a new outlet, and plugged in the white and black on line on the new outlet, but it has no power? Help!
Check the yellow tape 😅
The two white cables on the top ?
No, there should be a white and black on top and a white and black on bottom. If both whites are on top it is incorrect
As you may know by now the black and white wires on the line side go where the outlet says line . But yes one black and white wire on top and one black and white on bottom.
Ok sorry but i try all diferente way and still don't work the Green light is on but no power !!!! So explain please rhe two white whe they are going now ??
Theyre the same if your building upside down
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Great video, but can no one read😅
I'm glad this video was helpful
I have all the line and liads in the correct spot byt it keeps tripping?! What am i doing wrong
Something still has to be wrong. I would say if it's tripping it's probably wiring correctly. Make sure all the blacks are on one side and all the whites are on the other side
@@handymanjourney i have the inlet power on the top (line) and the outlet power (load) on the bottom, all whites are on same side and blacks are on the same. The previous gfci outlet just went out but before that it worked great for years. Am i overlooking something?
@@handymanjourney and i do appreciate you responding. Thank you sir for trying to help
@@handymanjourney figured it out. The outlet wired after the gfci was burnt up in the wall causing the short. Got them all swapped out with new and everything now has power. Thanks again
I'm so glad you got it figured out!
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Why would they just rsndomly change it
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Now im showing hot/neu reverse. 😢
Black to hot and white to neutral
In this situation just switch the wires and then make sure they are labeled/taped black for hot (gold screw) and white for neutral (the silver screw). Everyone gives advice as if every home is wired with standard Romex or correctly. Always make sure you’ve correctly identified each wire regardless of color. Use a multimeter to be sure. Then do your best to color things correctly once you’ve identified them, will make things easier in the future. Leaving this comment to help the next amateur on the path to self sufficiency.
@cnemelue Thank you so much for your response. The information you provided is very helpful and so kind of you. Your kindness helps make the world a better place for me. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Load? Line? Explain what that is, break it down more.
Line is the live power coming in and Load is going out to give downstream receptacles GFCI protection.
No I can’t see
Noticed this as I was reading the packaging..... Mine was just blown
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Seems like your speaking chinese...here's how to explain..a black may be load or power and white be no power or line..therefore to correctly connect a gfi.. put the black on load and white in line..persay..not just showing a model diff!!!
Sorry but this is incorrect. You will have a load for both black and white and you will have a line that is both black and white as well
Yea but he not explaining how to switch it is it by removing the yellow tape and wire it there,,don't understand
Are most people that ignorant?
Sob thanks
Dam people are stupid 😂 I wouldn't mess with electricity unless i study exactly what im doing and im an electrician common people 😄