You're also helping out some single mothers who don't feel like running to an electrician every time they want to change an outlet 😅. I'm so glad I stumbled on your page. Changed out all the outlets in my 35-year-old house and I don't have to tape the plugs to the outlets anymore! 😂 Can't wait to watch more videos and fix more stuff around the house.
I recently became a single mother and having to learn so much on my own and I just wanted to say thank you for this video ☺️ I just changed my first plug-in all by myself 🥳
My dad taught me A LOT. He’s 500 miles away and still teaching me things. Including how to take projects on by myself. So now that I own my first home, you can imagine there are many things that often need fixing. This was my next project as I have the same issue with plugs being loose and coming out. He gave me the confidence I needed to do this and you gave me a very simple video to follow step by step. Thank you 🙂
Thanks for your video. Everyone is too busy to help me and CZcams videos have taught me how to do all the household repairs my ex-husband used to do. It is very empowering to do these things myself and not have to rely on anyone.
I'm in the SAME boat!! But I am learning alot from CZcams. ❤️ Being a woman, most try and overcharge me for everything!!! But I know better! 💯 Also divorced! Happily 😁
I’m going to learn most of my skills though the internet. It’s people like you who are going to singlehandedly teach the upcoming generations. Thank you!
5:27 the lower common wire is wrapped counter clockwise around the terminal screw. You always want to go clockwise so as to pull the wire around the screw while you tighten it, rather than pushing the wire away. This can cause a faulty connection. Also, you should point out that having too much insulation and catching it under the screw is as bad as leaving too much bare wire exposed.
Also you want to make sure that the right wires are in the right spot.the power goes to the bottom screws,the next set goes to the top set.so by that I mean black power goes to the bottom of the receptacle and the white one goes to the silver side on the bottom.keep going around the room till the last one and with that one the power goes to the top screws.just thought I'd help a little bit.
Grounding conductor. Not called a common. Also there is a tab that connects the top receptacle to the. Bottom on the side so unless you're using 2 different circuits and cut the tab, top or bottom doesn't matter on a regular duplex.
My socket was slightly different (only one hot and white wire and no ground wire), but your demonstration worked perfectly. Thanks a bunch for this video!
Then you were likely on the terminating outlet...the last outlet on that run for the circuit. When you have two sets... you have one coming in from the previous outlet, and one going out to the next outlet. What he didn't show is that your circuit is just a long line of outlets in a series. So when you see two sets you know you are in the middle somewhere with a previous switch or outlet, and an additional outlet that is fed by the one you are working on.
Thank you so very much for this video. Easy to understand and straight to the point. I am a 60 year old single woman, and my house is from 1959, so all outlets need to be replaced. I will follow your instructions and get this job done. You earned yourself a new subscriber. Thank you Sir.
Shaun, thanks so much for this video. I am a single woman and new homeowner of an older home and I want to do as many of the updates and repairs myself. Now I believe I can do this.
As a retiree on Social Security disability, this definitely helped me out. I could afford $2.00 for a receptacle but not the $40 an hour to have an electrician install it for me. The hardest part for me was getting down to the outlet and back off the ground. lol My outlet is fully functional again. Thank you so much.
Marybeth Sears right!? My boss is a painter and he makes bank but his place is so shitty, no joke. All he does is drink lots of beer and go to the bars when he gets home.
With electrical problems? please watch this video... this video literally saved me over $800... to the guy who made this video is prey you recieve over a billion blessings... amen... Thank you... oh yeah did the job myself with only $20... wow
Instead of running back and forth checking if the breaker is correct, just plug a radio in, turn it up, and flip breakers until the radio shuts off. Edit: when you plug the light in to test if the outlet works, plug the light into another outlet to see if it works so that way you know for sure it’s not a bad light.
@@jerryelsea8126 I said circuit TESTER, they are under ten dollars and every homeowner should have one. If they can afford a house, they can afford a circuit tester. A Circuit tester lets you know if your AC outlet has power and also checks to see whether it's connected properly behind the wall, all the way to the breaker panel. It's a low cost low technology, highly reliable device. Very common & available at Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, ACE hardware, Amazon....probably even your grocery store.
Thanks man. That video helped me a lot. Changed all the outlets in the basement using this tutorial and they work great now. No loose connections anymore. 😎
Thank you so much. It's really hot here in Texas and I have a plug that was a definite fire hazard. My late husband used to do everything around the house, now I'm on my own. When I opened the plug there were 3 different sets of wires... I panicked. I tried calling every electrician in town with no response at all. I started looking on CZcams and found you. You are such a blessing!!!!
Please always follow the 5 golden rules of working with electricity, of which only 1, at max 2 are shown here; 1. Remove Fuse (turn off w/e) 2. especially when living / working with other people, make absolutely sure that no one can turn the fuse back on (either remove the fuse entirely and leave a note behind, or lock the fusecabinet, and tell everyone that no one is allowed to turn the fuse back on; in short, prevent reenabling of fuse 3. make sure that the outlet in question is out of juice, a lamp is probably fine, a better and safer way is a multimeter to measure voltage, resistance, etc. 4. Short the outlet, even if your chosen method of looking for electricity told you there is none, always short anyways, in the offchance something went wrong on step 3 5. (not so important in home use), cover or close off other active parts of the system you are working on. Electricity is NOT A JOKE, and it does not care if you are an amateur or a pro, if you respect it, and follow these rules practically nothing can happen to you, but do not take 230 Volts and multiple Ampere on the light shoulder. Take it from someone who works daily with electricity, and who had 230 Volts in his system, its not fun and you do not need that experience. If you ever have the displeasure of 230 Volts, if you feel funny for longer than a few minutes, call an ambulance, if anything in your left side starts hearting, especially your chest and arm, call an ambulance, and never, I repeat NEVER be alone for the next 24 hours. The current fucks with your sinus rythm of your heart, and that can show up to 24 hours after the incident, even if you felt perfectly fine for the first 23 hours. And you do not want to be alone with practically a heart attack. Again, follow the golden rules and nothing outside of human failure can happen, but never forget that electricity does not fuck around. Stay safe!
An easy test is plug in a baby monitor or something similar and once the image disconnects, voila! You found the breaker...saves you from going back and forth
Thank you for the easy to understand demonstration and explanation! I’m going to be switching out all the outlets and light switches at my house from off white to bright white outlets and switches!
A better way to always remember which wires go where to an outlet, just think, "White guys where Silver, and Black guys where Gold" ; white wire to the silver screws, black wire to the gold screws, and your ground aka the straight copper wire, always goes to a green screw, a ground screw. Also a convenient tool to have is a voltage tester, you can get one at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. and for the breakers, really if you don't know which switch it is, just kill the power to the whole house and turn it back on when you're done.
Abraham stevens thanks for setting a terrible example of using race to remember where your wires go.... Hey kids how about this? Black goes on right, white goes on left and ground goes on green screw
As a black guy,I can say I'm in no way offended by his 'black guy/white guy' statement. It's just a way to remember something. Also, there's absolutely no problem with white or black people wearing silver/gold. Geezanages, people acting like pussies over colours for electrical outlet wires. 😒
Very helpful; thanks. I did 12 outlets in the house so far. I didn't have to cut any out, thankfully. The hardest part was getting the new one screwed back in. And don't screw in the face plate too much or it'll crack.
Thank you. With this video, I was able to replace a loose outlet with a modern one. It was a real pain, though. My wires were much shorter than in this video, so I had to struggle hard to connect them all.
Thank you Shaun!! Changing my outlets seemed like a daunting process beforehand, but after watching this I feel more than capable doing it myself. You are awesome. 👍
Not one to comment on videos on CZcams much, but this helped me a lot! My fiancé has been making excuses or pushing off changing the outlets in my daughters room since we moved in here. So I took up doing little projects around the house to keep me busy. This helped me since my fiancé hasn’t been much help. Thank you!
Thanks for this video! Our house has relatively new wiring for its age, but it has every color possible for outlets and switches. We're changing them all to white and this gave the confidence to start.
It's also a good idea to tape off the receptacle by running a loop or two of electrical tape around it covering the screws, prior to pushing in to the box. It adds a safety layer over the screws preventing shocks if it is handled live or for some reason the cover plate is removed while live.
I don't think any electrician would recommend this. The outlet should never be handled live to begin with. Electrical tape gets nasty and sticky over time when applied this way and this would be a detriment to the condition of the outlet over time.
John Lillyblad don’t think. It’s not your forte. Leave the advice to people with more than gut feelings and opinions. People could get hurt listening to your nonsense.
gavin crump people can also get hurt by not abiding by code. Wrapping a receptacle in electrical tape is not code. Don’t make an assumption that just because someone says or actually is an electrician that they always do things the proper way. So please keep “thinking” as it is always a good thing to think twice when working with potentially dangerous or hazardous projects.
Thank you for a great video! I watched a couple other ones and they didn’t explain how to do it as well as you did. Now I’m confident I can change an outlet! Thanks again!
You wrapped the bottom hot and neutral wires on the receptacle the wrong way. It should be clockwise like the top terminals. As you turn the screw, it will tighten around the wire securely.
Thanks man. Had our outlet start smelling like an electrical fire. It’s been there for years. Whoever wired it up put the white and black wires on opposite sides. Glad I watched this first before just putting the new one back the way the old one was.
I want to point out 1 thing, im not an electrician and I did the same thing thing your doing... I thought i was being super safe, shut the breaker off plugged in a radio to make sure it was off... it was, so as I was pulling it out I ended up touching the black wire at some point and got a shock from hell. I didnt understand, I shut off the breaker and tested it with a radio. Well turns out that a wire from another breaker that was life was wired into the receptacle with the one I shut off so the outlet didn't work but there was still live wires. Anyway I will never trust the outlet power again by plugging something in. Get a 15 - 25 dollar voltage tester, there is tons of them on amazon. Even walmart has them. Its worth it
Hey I cant understand how when you tested with a radio, it is off first time , and then you test it out second time its still on again. Something is missing in your comment.
@@danalex2991 I just used a radio to see if I had the right breaker turned off and the radio wasn't powering up when plugged in so I assumed the power to that outlet was off. But I didn't have a voltage tester and there was a live wire so I got shocked when I touched it. I'm just saying get a tester don't trust just plugging something in. I see what you mean I missed something tho. I read my comment back and I could have been more specific
@@hxd9321 some people definitely should do that, im good tho, thanks for caring. The house I was working in was early 70s built. Common sense wasn't around much the further you go back
Great & helpful video. One of my sockets was not working properly. The top would not work, but the bottom one had power. I followed this video and when I removed the outlet from the wall, I noticed the top white wire was a little loose and not as tight. There were no signs of burnt, discoloration, or wear & tear. I made sure that loose screw was on snug/tight as he mentions in the video. It turned out to be the problem and it's working again. Little victories. Thank you!
My house is so old like 50+ years haha. But whatever is plugged in is so loose the slightest bump it turns all my tvs etc off. I'm guessing I need to replace my socket???
@@chrisrod657 I got 1 socket replaced. Had to call a electrician. I tried doing it myself except when I opened it up .. it had 8 or 10 wires... and the ground wire was really skimpy just 3inch length wrapped around what i assume was a ground. So the electrician said it was just a mess.. but got it all fixed and properly grounded. And that was 1 socket... in a 3 floor house :/
Always wrap around the whole outlet with electrical tape to protect the wire! Not 100% necessary but any electrician that may take a look at it will give you props.
Thank you! I just bought my first home and the last owner left an outlet that must've had a ground fault cus it constantly tripped the breaker even with nothing plugged in, no lights no nothing. I watched this and was able to safely install a new outlet and get it working right again!
Thanks boss. I hope you know you are helping a lot of children with out fathers in their lives like me.
Yeah no doubt its hard figuring it out by yourself
You're also helping out some single mothers who don't feel like running to an electrician every time they want to change an outlet 😅. I'm so glad I stumbled on your page. Changed out all the outlets in my 35-year-old house and I don't have to tape the plugs to the outlets anymore! 😂 Can't wait to watch more videos and fix more stuff around the house.
Trust me there’s hardly any fathers who teach their kids anything that’s like this
Yeah this was a simple yet informative video
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ffs! This is hilarious
The fact that this guy didn't have a British accent blew my mind. Thanks for the video.
Tyler Benton ikr
What? Why? He looks like any regular American to me.
@@tzermonkey must just be my personal experience. I mean zero offense by it. Brits are the best
Same, I took one look at him and said “oh, he’s British” and the American accent actually threw me off. Not sure why.
That's hilarious! 🤣 Good video though for sure.
This guy is such a dad and I love it.
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I recently became a single mother and having to learn so much on my own and I just wanted to say thank you for this video ☺️ I just changed my first plug-in all by myself 🥳
Same here..just replaced one for the first time..lol
Ok now that i see this i feel better gonna try tomorrow
My dad taught me A LOT. He’s 500 miles away and still teaching me things. Including how to take projects on by myself. So now that I own my first home, you can imagine there are many things that often need fixing. This was my next project as I have the same issue with plugs being loose and coming out. He gave me the confidence I needed to do this and you gave me a very simple video to follow step by step. Thank you 🙂
Thanks for this video. Saved me time and money. Just had a big snow storm and power outage with a surge. I need to replace an outlet.
Thanks for your video. Everyone is too busy to help me and CZcams videos have taught me how to do all the household repairs my ex-husband used to do. It is very empowering to do these things myself and not have to rely on anyone.
You're awesome Anna
Fuck yeah you go Anna
way to go
I'm in the same exact boat, Anna! He left so now I'm doing it all solo. I feel much stronger and happier when I can fix things MYSELF. 😁
I'm in the SAME boat!! But I am learning alot from CZcams. ❤️ Being a woman, most try and overcharge me for everything!!! But I know better! 💯 Also divorced! Happily 😁
To save trips between the outlet and the breaker box plug in something that makes noise-like a radio at full volume.
That's a great idea
I just flip every single breaker. Make sure there’s no power to the whole house. I hate doing electrical work and get scared haha
Smmmmmmmmmort
@@toyota4x460 yup when I work on electrical in my house no one in the house gets power
@@toyota4x460 could just turn the main breaker off instead of every single breaker. Lol
I’m going to learn most of my skills though the internet. It’s people like you who are going to singlehandedly teach the upcoming generations. Thank you!
Same here got my first place and I’m going to town
You look like jimmy neutrons dad 😂😂 great video 👍🏽
5:27 the lower common wire is wrapped counter clockwise around the terminal screw. You always want to go clockwise so as to pull the wire around the screw while you tighten it, rather than pushing the wire away. This can cause a faulty connection. Also, you should point out that having too much insulation and catching it under the screw is as bad as leaving too much bare wire exposed.
Great point, thx
Also you want to make sure that the right wires are in the right spot.the power goes to the bottom screws,the next set goes to the top set.so by that I mean black power goes to the bottom of the receptacle and the white one goes to the silver side on the bottom.keep going around the room till the last one and with that one the power goes to the top screws.just thought I'd help a little bit.
Grounding conductor. Not called a common. Also there is a tab that connects the top receptacle to the. Bottom on the side so unless you're using 2 different circuits and cut the tab, top or bottom doesn't matter on a regular duplex.
I have a question. I bought outlets with differing wattage. When is the stronger one used
@@bigduke1984 why is this necessary?
I like that he goes step by step slowly as to make sure people understand how to do it correctly.
My socket was slightly different (only one hot and white wire and no ground wire), but your demonstration worked perfectly. Thanks a bunch for this video!
Then you were likely on the terminating outlet...the last outlet on that run for the circuit. When you have two sets... you have one coming in from the previous outlet, and one going out to the next outlet. What he didn't show is that your circuit is just a long line of outlets in a series. So when you see two sets you know you are in the middle somewhere with a previous switch or outlet, and an additional outlet that is fed by the one you are working on.
@@jamesbarber5820 so
If you do have 2 on each, does the order matter at all ??
Thank you so very much for this video. Easy to understand and straight to the point. I am a 60 year old single woman, and my house is from 1959, so all outlets need to be replaced. I will follow your instructions and get this job done. You earned yourself a new subscriber. Thank you Sir.
My dad said I couldn’t do this Bc I didn’t know I watched on CZcams and successfully changed 4 outlets
I’m here for the exact same reason lol it’s been 7 years since my dad said he’d help me and still hasn’t. This is my weekend project!
@@lisazalic24 who needs dads when you got these guys
Reject dad, embrace youtube
MY GRANDMA SAID THE SAME THING
@@V1C1233 litterally
Real men help other men 👏 thanks for the video saved me some money and time
Thanks for the refresher, it had been a hot minute since I’d replaced an out let ! It was a real confidence booster.
Shaun, thanks so much for this video. I am a single woman and new homeowner of an older home and I want to do as many of the updates and repairs myself. Now I believe I can do this.
As a retiree on Social Security disability, this definitely helped me out. I could afford $2.00 for a receptacle but not the $40 an hour to have an electrician install it for me. The hardest part for me was getting down to the outlet and back off the ground. lol My outlet is fully functional again. Thank you so much.
Thanks! I live with an electrician but they don’t like to help lol. This is why I love the internet!
i would of kicked him out
XKILLER007X I live with a commercial contractor, nothing gets done here..
That’s why I’m watching CZcams.
Marybeth Sears right!? My boss is a painter and he makes bank but his place is so shitty, no joke. All he does is drink lots of beer and go to the bars when he gets home.
My stepdad is a mechanic and doesn’t even change my moms oil 😂
He wouldn’t get fed🤬
Thank you sir. I was payed two years ago 50$ a outlit. Because of you I completed my first one for free! God bless you for the video to the public
Fantastic video. Clear, simple, and easy. Appreciate the video Shaun
My father passed away July 1st couple days ago and he’s shown me twice about this but I forgot it’s been a year so I’m here reviewing :)
With electrical problems? please watch this video... this video literally saved me over $800... to the guy who made this video is prey you recieve over a billion blessings... amen... Thank you... oh yeah did the job myself with only $20... wow
@FRAPPaddict 😒😆😂😂
I just changed an outlet, cause of you and this video! Thanks a lot for uploading and teaching people. So much thanks to you!! Take care
Instead of running back and forth checking if the breaker is correct, just plug a radio in, turn it up, and flip breakers until the radio shuts off.
Edit: when you plug the light in to test if the outlet works, plug the light into another outlet to see if it works so that way you know for sure it’s not a bad light.
If only i had a radio sitting around
Hair dryer works or anything that makes noise!
I was thinking the same thing, use a radio, if not then make sure the light is still good. Or better yet, plug a circuit tester into each socket.
@@johnepperson8867 most people don’t have a circuit tracer, good ones can run $1000+, a radio just a quick way to know
@@jerryelsea8126 I said circuit TESTER, they are under ten dollars and every homeowner should have one. If they can afford a house, they can afford a circuit tester. A Circuit tester lets you know if your AC outlet has power and also checks to see whether it's connected properly behind the wall, all the way to the breaker panel. It's a low cost low technology, highly reliable device. Very common & available at Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, ACE hardware, Amazon....probably even your grocery store.
This one was easier to see and you, Sir, explained it very clearly. Thank you!
Thanks man. That video helped me a lot. Changed all the outlets in the basement using this tutorial and they work great now. No loose connections anymore. 😎
Thank you so much. It's really hot here in Texas and I have a plug that was a definite fire hazard. My late husband used to do everything around the house, now I'm on my own. When I opened the plug there were 3 different sets of wires... I panicked. I tried calling every electrician in town with no response at all. I started looking on CZcams and found you. You are such a blessing!!!!
Great to hear this.
Thank you!!!! I've never done this before and was kind of nervous to do it. I watched your video. You made it look so easy! I did it!!! Thank you!
Inspired me to change my loose plugs! Thanks Shaun!!!!!
thanks to you i was able to replace my old and loose outlet, and i didn't burn down the house!!!!!!!
I am planning to replace mine this weekend. I just watched three other videos, yours was, by far, the most comprehensive. Thank you!
Great vid, man. Appreciate u putting this out.
Entertaining and helpful. I laughed so hard at the reaction to the dog licking his face at the end. Same thing I would do.
Thank you for this video!! I’ve changed outlets before but not like this one - you made it so easy! 👍🏻
Well done. Right to the point. No fluff. Clearly articulated.
This video/ tutorial was so helpful. Thank you so much, I fixed it, thanks to you =)
Please always follow the 5 golden rules of working with electricity, of which only 1, at max 2 are shown here;
1. Remove Fuse (turn off w/e)
2. especially when living / working with other people, make absolutely sure that no one can turn the fuse back on (either remove the fuse entirely and leave a note behind, or lock the fusecabinet, and tell everyone that no one is allowed to turn the fuse back on;
in short, prevent reenabling of fuse
3. make sure that the outlet in question is out of juice, a lamp is probably fine, a better and safer way is a multimeter to measure voltage, resistance, etc.
4. Short the outlet, even if your chosen method of looking for electricity told you there is none, always short anyways, in the offchance something went wrong on step 3
5. (not so important in home use), cover or close off other active parts of the system you are working on.
Electricity is NOT A JOKE, and it does not care if you are an amateur or a pro, if you respect it, and follow these rules practically nothing can happen to you, but do not take 230 Volts and multiple Ampere on the light shoulder.
Take it from someone who works daily with electricity, and who had 230 Volts in his system, its not fun and you do not need that experience.
If you ever have the displeasure of 230 Volts, if you feel funny for longer than a few minutes, call an ambulance, if anything in your left side starts hearting, especially your chest and arm, call an ambulance, and never, I repeat NEVER be alone for the next 24 hours. The current fucks with your sinus rythm of your heart, and that can show up to 24 hours after the incident, even if you felt perfectly fine for the first 23 hours. And you do not want to be alone with practically a heart attack.
Again, follow the golden rules and nothing outside of human failure can happen, but never forget that electricity does not fuck around.
Stay safe!
I don't understand "shorts"
What does short the outlet mean?
Thank you Shaun! This video taught me exactly what I wanted to learn!!!! Nice easy step-by-step
OMG! I love this guy! Informative and funny! Thanks for the video and I am going to start replacing all my old outlets!
An easy test is plug in a baby monitor or something similar and once the image disconnects, voila! You found the breaker...saves you from going back and forth
That's a nice pro tip
Game changer. Thanks
Loud radio works too
I just have my my wife scream down when the appliance goes off lol
@@pewbangpew8109 lmaooo
Simple. Informative. Thank you :)
A minute in and I love Shaun. Thank you for making this tutorial and having a personality.
Thank you for the easy to understand demonstration and explanation! I’m going to be switching out all the outlets and light switches at my house from off white to bright white outlets and switches!
A better way to always remember which wires go where to an outlet, just think, "White guys where Silver, and Black guys where Gold" ; white wire to the silver screws, black wire to the gold screws, and your ground aka the straight copper wire, always goes to a green screw, a ground screw. Also a convenient tool to have is a voltage tester, you can get one at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. and for the breakers, really if you don't know which switch it is, just kill the power to the whole house and turn it back on when you're done.
Wear not where. Pendejo
Abraham stevens thanks for setting a terrible example of using race to remember where your wires go.... Hey kids how about this? Black goes on right, white goes on left and ground goes on green screw
As a black guy,I can say I'm in no way offended by his 'black guy/white guy' statement. It's just a way to remember something. Also, there's absolutely no problem with white or black people wearing silver/gold. Geezanages, people acting like pussies over colours for electrical outlet wires. 😒
Sean He did a fantastic job at explaining. Don’t be so sensitive.
@@GlitchedPepsi yeah stop being such a sensitive vagina
Thank You for posting this video. It was beyond helpful for my husband and I as we know nothing about this stuff. It was tremendous help!
What a great example of how to explain directions to people. You are a great teacher who showed and explained everything perfectly. Appreciate you!
Thank you!!! You were very explicit and clear. I had no problem understanding exactly what to do.
BRO YOU SAVED ME $2500!!!! I DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO THIS BY MYSELF AND I DID!!! ONE DOWN 8 TO GO. YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!
Very helpful; thanks. I did 12 outlets in the house so far. I didn't have to cut any out, thankfully. The hardest part was getting the new one screwed back in. And don't screw in the face plate too much or it'll crack.
I prefer metal coverplate. Never had one break yet. 😄
Thank you for making this video!
Awesome 6 years later and you just helped me. You are awesome
Great job 👍🏾 I like how you took your time through this process. Very inspiring I'm going to give this a try.
Thank you. With this video, I was able to replace a loose outlet with a modern one. It was a real pain, though. My wires were much shorter than in this video, so I had to struggle hard to connect them all.
If I want to be electrocuted, I simply skip step one, correct?
Very thorough explanation and demonstration. Thank you.
This video is extremely clear and easy to understand. Thanks so much.
Awesome!
Thanks brotha!
Needed that!
Thank you Shaun!! Changing my outlets seemed like a daunting process beforehand, but after watching this I feel more than capable doing it myself. You are awesome. 👍
Just what I needed. Was going to return the slightly different model but the video saved me! Thanks a bunch!
Not one to comment on videos on CZcams much, but this helped me a lot! My fiancé has been making excuses or pushing off changing the outlets in my daughters room since we moved in here. So I took up doing little projects around the house to keep me busy. This helped me since my fiancé hasn’t been much help. Thank you!
Thanks for this video! Our house has relatively new wiring for its age, but it has every color possible for outlets and switches. We're changing them all to white and this gave the confidence to start.
I’ve replaced a few in my lifetime and I have a bad heart now from getting shocked so many times.
How did you get shocked? Sorry that happened to you!
Excellent video! Very straightforward and easy for any beginner to follow.
This guy is a hero! Helping people who grew up without fathers! I learned how to replace them after watching this vid
Very helpful, thank you.
Perfect, thank you!!!
Utube has really help me save alot of money and time watching how to do videos thanks so much
Good,clear, & succinct explanation-thank you Sir !
I'm currently practicing to become an Electrician so this is VERY helpful. thank you.
nice video shaun good work i love it
Dude, super simple and straightforward! Thank you so much!
This was exactly my case most other videos I found it was to screw the wires on the side. Very helpful
I did..replaced one like he had in vid but just used the screw way.
It's also a good idea to tape off the receptacle by running a loop or two of electrical tape around it covering the screws, prior to pushing in to the box. It adds a safety layer over the screws preventing shocks if it is handled live or for some reason the cover plate is removed while live.
I don't think any electrician would recommend this. The outlet should never be handled live to begin with. Electrical tape gets nasty and sticky over time when applied this way and this would be a detriment to the condition of the outlet over time.
I am electricain
And I will wrap tape around them
John Lillyblad don’t think. It’s not your forte. Leave the advice to people with more than gut feelings and opinions. People could get hurt listening to your nonsense.
gavin crump people can also get hurt by not abiding by code. Wrapping a receptacle in electrical tape is not code. Don’t make an assumption that just because someone says or actually is an electrician that they always do things the proper way. So please keep “thinking” as it is always a good thing to think twice when working with potentially dangerous or hazardous projects.
Thanks, dear. Bless you.
Thank you for a great video! I watched a couple other ones and they didn’t explain how to do it as well as you did. Now I’m confident I can change an outlet! Thanks again!
Really appreciate the help here, thanks! Such a cool dude, love your attitude
You wrapped the bottom hot and neutral wires on the receptacle the wrong way. It should be clockwise like the top terminals. As you turn the screw, it will tighten around the wire securely.
Darren Woloshyn I was wondering where I would find this comment.
Yea all us electricians cringed at this video but atleast he tries.
4:47 you do not want the insulation of the wire to go under the screw, it will make a poor connection that will be prone to arch.
he meant cut the tip off enough to not have bare wire exposed. you may need to strip the wire again after cutting.
I did not know this. Thank you!
Dude. You helped me fix my problem. Saved me a ton on an electrician. Thank you.
Thanks man. Had our outlet start smelling like an electrical fire. It’s been there for years. Whoever wired it up put the white and black wires on opposite sides. Glad I watched this first before just putting the new one back the way the old one was.
Thank you you saved me 200$
That's one expensive electrician honey.
Love the facial expression dude
Thank you, this was super simple and clear as far as instructions go.
Thanks for the easy and clear directions here
Pro tip "your wire strippers can be used as a set of pliers".
Really!
@@kathleennorton6108 yup!C: “the more you know”!
I want to point out 1 thing, im not an electrician and I did the same thing thing your doing... I thought i was being super safe, shut the breaker off plugged in a radio to make sure it was off... it was, so as I was pulling it out I ended up touching the black wire at some point and got a shock from hell. I didnt understand, I shut off the breaker and tested it with a radio. Well turns out that a wire from another breaker that was life was wired into the receptacle with the one I shut off so the outlet didn't work but there was still live wires. Anyway I will never trust the outlet power again by plugging something in. Get a 15 - 25 dollar voltage tester, there is tons of them on amazon. Even walmart has them. Its worth it
Hey I cant understand how when you tested with a radio, it is off first time , and then you test it out second time its still on again. Something is missing in your comment.
@@danalex2991 I just used a radio to see if I had the right breaker turned off and the radio wasn't powering up when plugged in so I assumed the power to that outlet was off. But I didn't have a voltage tester and there was a live wire so I got shocked when I touched it. I'm just saying get a tester don't trust just plugging something in. I see what you mean I missed something tho. I read my comment back and I could have been more specific
@@pronkstar It’s best to just turn off the main breaker to the whole house. No need to risk it.
@@hxd9321 some people definitely should do that, im good tho, thanks for caring. The house I was working in was early 70s built. Common sense wasn't around much the further you go back
@@pronkstar Uhh didn’t you say that you got shocked? lol
Thanks for the tutorial - very concise and helpful.
THiS. This video saved my life so many other videos lost me!!
Thank you shaggy
Great & helpful video. One of my sockets was not working properly. The top would not work, but the bottom one had power. I followed this video and when I removed the outlet from the wall, I noticed the top white wire was a little loose and not as tight. There were no signs of burnt, discoloration, or wear & tear. I made sure that loose screw was on snug/tight as he mentions in the video. It turned out to be the problem and it's working again. Little victories. Thank you!
You seem like a really cool guy. Thanks for the help bro
Followed this step by step and everything turned out perfect. Thank you and God bless.
1:23 “you’re sliding on thin ice buddy”
When you’re a meme and don’t even know it yet lol
My house is so old like 50+ years haha. But whatever is plugged in is so loose the slightest bump it turns all my tvs etc off. I'm guessing I need to replace my socket???
Same its very annoying
@@chrisrod657 I got 1 socket replaced. Had to call a electrician. I tried doing it myself except when I opened it up .. it had 8 or 10 wires... and the ground wire was really skimpy just 3inch length wrapped around what i assume was a ground. So the electrician said it was just a mess.. but got it all fixed and properly grounded. And that was 1 socket... in a 3 floor house :/
@@johnw3794 was it expensive
Check the outlets for loose connections. If none, replace them.
No... I’m this case you need to replace the whole house.
That was very simple & clear. Thanks!
Thanks man, great video. Straight to the point. Super helpful!
Always wrap around the whole outlet with electrical tape to protect the wire! Not 100% necessary but any electrician that may take a look at it will give you props.
I've never done that and I'm 74 and never had a problem.
Thank you! I just bought my first home and the last owner left an outlet that must've had a ground fault cus it constantly tripped the breaker even with nothing plugged in, no lights no nothing. I watched this and was able to safely install a new outlet and get it working right again!
Hey,
Did you ever find the issue? Was it an issue with your ground?
Very good video. Thanks I needed to understand how the wires went.
You are a good teacher!!! Thanks for instructing me--I need all the help I can get! Great video!