How to Wire Outlets, Series vs. Parallel. whats the difference?
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2019
- Are you looking to wire outlets in series or parallel? In this video, we're going to show you the differences between series and parallel wiring, and explain which is better for your needs.
We'll also show you how to wire outlets in series and parallel, and explain the different benefits of each type of wiring. After watching this video, you'll be able to choose the right type of wiring for your needs and get started on installing your outlets!
How to wire outlets. wiring outlets in series or parallel made easy.
What is the difference in electrical installation of outlets and the benefits of series or parallel.
Residential Electrical understanding is key to safety and electrical installation go hand in hand.
Ima be honest I just did 6 months of electrical engineering thru HBI Build Strong Academy and I learned a lot tbh but I'm definitely learning more from your videos and to be quite frankly I wish u had been my instructor, also you got great sense of humor. thank you for your great videos.
Just finished wiring my lair in the basement. I watched a LOT of CZcams vids on wiring but your vid is the one I turned to most often to get the job done. The explanation of series vs. parallel was great. Thank you!
Glad it helped thank you!!!!
The easiest example of SERIES VS PARALLEL circuit.🤝🤝
glad you understood!
This was the BEST explanation for a caveman like myself to understand the difference between series and parallel thanks so much!!
I sincerely thank you very much. I am 45 years old. My father is a plumber and taught me everything about the water. I can fix everything in the house, car and I like playing with wood. However I have always ran away from the electricity, when I say run I underestimated. I have talked to bunch of electricians and they all tried to explain me the basics, nothing made sense. Now, watching your videos I started to wrap my head around it. I am remodeling my house and I am doing a new addition. I have to change my panel and rewire the kitchen and do the new dining room and the new garage. With your lessons I feel confident and I will attempt to do it myself. Thank you for the time and inspiration.
Rafa Rafa wow thank you so much. That really means a lot! Good luck moving forward and we never stop learning.
This is Gold. Thank you from a previously confused homeowner.
so glad I could help!!! thanks for watching.
Bro break it down so easy, better then any professor I've had so far in class for electrical apprenticeship. Thank you you're greatly appreciated
wow thank you. I never thought of myself as a teacher but its people like you that maks me want to do more. thank you sooooo much.
This is the best explanation on CZcams I have watched every video on installing outlets and you were the only electrician who explained series and parallel. Good Job! Keep up the good work!
Wow, thanks! i really appricate those kind words!!!
Thanks for carrying about us veterans.
@@DocWatson-mp5ey thank you! I going after raising money to train vets full time now so full steam ahead.
I'd like to thank you more than you can possibly imagine ....I have ADHD and I have a very hard time learning from books..I and almost everyone with ADHD learn at high speed with the right person explaining it to us you gave a simple visual that in our minds we can see it ... and as soon as we see it we instantly learn it ... ..I'm going to be a follower of you channel and I'm going to promote it amongst several groups I'm associated with..thank again ...
wow thank you soooo much. thats so good to here. I have ADHD as well, its so much better when someone reads to me other wise I cant retain the info. thanks again!
Thanks for the depth of this lesson. Parallel is definitely superior. Everything was great except the backstabbing. That should have never been integrated in devices. Can't recall how many service calls I've had because an outlet or switch randomly stopped working 30+ years after it was originally installed simply because the wire wiggled out of the back. As long as the screw is torqued enough in the terminal it will almost never pop out
Thanks for showing both ways and explaining why! Most just do it one way or the other not telling you what or why! I didn’t piece it all together till I watched your video. Much more sure of how to wire properly now! Thanks!
well thats awesome!! post your project on my facebook if ya get a sec. i like to see the projects.
facebook.com/starvingelectrician/ thanks for watching!!
Thank you kind sir for sharing your knowledge. I really appreciate how you keep it simple. This is a perfect breakdown on series and parallel circuits. Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching and if I made it simple I did my job.
I agree with you on. I always twist the wires before putting the wire nuts on. Our city electrical inspector said that it was not required to twist the wires because the wire nut holds everything together. I just smiled and agreed. I have seen wires just held by a wire nut come lose.
oh yea. theres so much left to chance just holding the wires with a wire nut and not twisting them together. thanks I hope all is well
If you do it right they wont come apart. Your pliers are scoring the wire just as much as any razor knife would.
I am wiring a camp and this video just helped me a bunch! Thanks
Glad it helped!!! good luck
you should have a tip jar of some sort brother, this is valuable stuff. appreciate the share. helped me
Lol that would make me feel like a stripper!
Danish Shaikh lol I’m bouncing it around. I answer on average about 15 questions a week. I mean long explanations!
The score the wire trick has changed my life...its great
lol thats awesome!!!
Box bond has to be a separate pigtail where I operate😢 No more shortcut ground wrapping. No backstabbing either.
Thanks for explaining it so well. I really thought it was the same thing since all the wires are connected through the outlets. Now i see the different. The sprinkler analogy helped a lot.
ahhhhh right on you get it!
Always think of electricity as water. I deal with automotive 12 volt DC. People can't grasp that a positive word can carry negative and vis versa. I always tell them, can I put water through a hose the wrong way? Once they understand that, it's easier to understand why electricity can flow backwards (unless you have a check valve called a diode with DC)
Thank you so well explained and you solved a problem I was having wiring my cargo trailer.
I love your humor it is great. I am a retired veteran from the Army and I can't say thank you enough for your thoughts about helping veterans through training and experience by electricians and other tradesmen like you. I am trying to finish my basement and you definitely have given me help in this video and others you have done. My father helped me wire the rest of my house a while back but he has passed away so I'm trying to do it myself. My question for you is when I am twisting 3 or more wires together I sometimes am having trouble making sure when I am twisting this 12 gauge wire that the wires are twisted equally so no plastic from one of the wires is touching a part of a stripped wire. Sometimes this is only 1/8th or 1/4 inch at the most. Does this matter that much or cause any problems or possible hazards. Thanks again, you are the Man!
thank you for your service and kind words. good luck with your project. as far as the wire so long as the wires are twistedtogether withour bare copper showing you are good. I would say you should use a bigger wire nut if you are unsure. the go orangs, yellow, tan,red,grey, and blue for sizes. i would use reds on #12. hope this helps.
@@StarvingElectrician @Starving Electrician Thank you for your quick answer. Your answer sure helped, maybe I am obsessed with doing the job as well as you can. I have been mostly using red and yellow wire nuts and I have been able to twist the wire nuts tight enough so no copper is showing. My other problem I saw was from a sheet rocker that I noticed had chewed up an plastic electric box. He cut it bad enough so a couple of small blue pieces about the size of a quarter was chipped out of the box. Would you suggest taking another blue box and trying to anchor it to the 2x4 stud with a couple metal screws? Also, it sounded like this is a new program for veterans you were trying to set up. If you are looking for donations maybe I can help some.
@@tompogachar4763 thank you so much! as far as screws, code says you cannot alter the Ul Listed boxes and that includes running screws through them. I go shot down for that and learned a painful lesson. thank you for wanting to donate but we arent asking for money just yet but thank you for being so generous!!
@@StarvingElectrician Thanks again for your answer. I feel it was an honor to serve my country while I was in the Army. I just am so thankful for people like you that are willing to help veterans out. Any suggestion of how to best take care of a electrical box that has been torn up like I described. I am sure it probably isn't good to put in a box without attaching it somehow. Thanks again.
@@tompogachar4763 thank you. for the panel just make sure theres no water in it, use an anti oxident on aluminum wires and if you are having problems with supports they make great led anchors with a nail in the middle. they expand as you pound in the nail. hope this helps!!
Good job explaining series vs. parallel, like your humor!
I appreciate that!
Finally i found the answer to pigtailing is parallel iwas going crazy distnguishing series and parallel i understood the theory of it the physical wiring is wat made me question it thanks!
Glad it helped!
Love the ground wire trick. will use it today!
Christopher Rubeo lol good for you! Next ya have to do the taco and beer trick. I’m gonna put on a damn magic show right now and make them disappear! Thanks for the comment.
Amazing explanation! So clear and easy to understand. Thank you a million, mate. :)
Thanks for explaining! did better than my instructor
Glad it helped!
great video ! although I am doing my electrical on such a small scale (262sq ft) I like the idea of having parallel fed receptacles for ease of troubleshooting down the line as well as it just makes better sense . Hilarious you talkin' to the beer at the end LOL
lol thanks!! I dont have a lot of friends but those beers are always waiting for me and make me feel better!!!
Thanks a lot. Clearly explained with humor....or at least attempted humor :) Much appreciated
lol thanks I try!
what a great explanation of series and parallel circuits , thanks so much i can now understand it ,
be well
Great to hear! thats what i want
Very, very well explained !! 👍
Electrician here, by the way.
Cool, thanks, i am currently recruiting for a giant outfit in vegas. the have openings in Vegas, Reno, and Salt lak city if you want a change of pace. great benifits and arent afraid to pay good money for good people.
Informative AND entertaining. Thank you, Amigo!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As I am an engineer and not an electrician, I was going to state emphatically that receptacles are all wired in parallel. But, I looked at it from an electricians point of view, and I can see why you would call them series and parallel. I really liked the ground wire splice method. I didn't like your voltage drop explanation though. One method over the other really doesn't affect voltage drop very much. The bad thing about what you call series, is as the receptacles get closer to the panel, the amps keep adding and carried by the device. They are rated for the heat created, but better if not running through the device. The meat for the tacos looked great! Keep the information coming! Kevin
Kevin Coop ok I feel ya. Man as you see I mis spell shit and I drink so I need some slack! Lol I’m. Not good with details because I’m so burnt out it is about second nature. I’m just trying to give a little advise and be entertaining. So thank you for the input and advise. At least I got the tacos right!
@Kevin Coop : I don't understand what you mean by "all receptacles are wired in parallel." and that by looking at it from an electricians point of view you could, "see why [electricians] would call them series and parallel." ?? Series to the circuit breaker would be series throughout the entire branch circuit, unless you change it along the line to parallel? From experience, I have seen receptacles in pure series set up. Where the entire branch circuit is off because either a wire came loose, an outlet burned out, or worse yet, the light that was included in the circuit was also in series. Or, someone, not knowing what the bridge on the receptacle is for, removes the electrical bridge on the sides of the receptacles, but continues the circuit from the secondary screws to the next inline receptacle.
As for voltage drops, I don't follow that either. Would that not depend upon the wattage used by the items attached to the receptacles (considering the circuit is *indeed series* only)? Would that not result in less available voltage for a device that needs the (or more than the) 120vRMS? Whether or not the drop is significant can be a discussion, but a voltage drop of any sort should occur, right?
These are questions only. Not condemnation to your response. (FYI [just in case]) : I'm an Electronics Technician, dealing with DC voltages instead of AC voltages. Which is why I watch S.E.'s videos for the electrical (AC) side of things I am not sure of.
igounfazed I can appreciate the question. Since you are electronics oriented, great. In electronics you can wire components into a circuit as series or parallel. Think of multiple resistors in each method. So the resistance is additive, correct? I normally look at a a receptacle as being wired parallel, all hots to the hot terminal, all neutrals to the neutral terminal on the device. The load (resistance) connects hot to neutral in all cases. A switch would be a series device only connected to a hot conductor. As I said I can see the series thinking because as one goes out, the devices past that point go out as well. But in a true series circuit, would not ALL devices drop out? Now for voltage drop. In his wiring diagram, we have no distance or length information. Voltage drop is a function of resistance of the conductor, length of the conductor, amps of current, and the voltage applied to the circuit. If you plug the same loads in the same locations, in the "parallel" wiring, would the same load in amps have to return on the trunk of the circuit? So if it takes more copper to wire in parallel, voltage would actually drop. Unless you have a very large house, or you are going all around the outside of the house, or some other situations causing very long runs, the difference is negligible. In the NEC, voltage drop is"suggested" to be 3% or less. Most people do not understand why. Electrical equipment will normally run from 100 volts to 130 volts. Therefore the 3% has nothing to do with voltage at the device. The reason for voltage drop concern in NEC is amps on the circuit breaker. A fully loaded breaker based on 120 volts, will trip when voltage drops enough, because amps go up. Hope this helps!
Thanks for the response. In electronics, the current path is typically considered insignificant. Even in data lines passing DC voltages. It's the actual components that create the voltage drop. If an outlet is wired in series to another outlet, the outlets and romex would be insignificant to the voltage checks. But when devices (that are on) are plugged into the outlets, voltage drops from their resistive (as far as comparitive potentials) loads should occur?
While the standard 120v outlet may no longer be wired as a standard in series branch circuit, they still have 5 screws to do so (2 for black and 2 for white, with 1 ground). I believe GFCI's are still wired in series to any outlets past its installation, identified on the outlets as 2 line sides and 2 load sides (1 for each white line and load and 1 black line and load ). ??
I don't know... I just find it wierd to see a statement saying electrical branch circuits are never in series when the outlets are designed to accomplish just that very thing.
???
igounfazed In a normal house voltage drop is typically not a problem. So in the type of work I design, if you have a load of 1800 VA at 120 volts. You have 16 amperes. If that load is 1000 feet of conductor from the panel, it will be a problem of voltage drop. So the only way to overcome the issue is lower resistance I.E. larger conductors. Now for series, in the circuit, the receptacles are just a connection point much like solder points in a circuit board. If you have several table lamps plugged into several receptacles they all get 120 volts correct? This has to be parallel connected or the voltage would be dropped across all the lamps. 10 Lamps in series would be 12 volts at each lamp. So the devices are connected parallel to the load, but could be considered series device to device. Hope this settles the question.
Great tip bud! My friend wants me to wire his GFCI plug/pole light in Parallel series. I hope it works!
well the GFI its self is always waired in series. so the power goes to the line side and everything else its feeding is on the load. you can wire everything after the gfi however you want. follow me?
I am impressed. You my friend eat very well.
I finally have better understanding about Parallel vs. in Series circuits.
Thank you so much!!
Buen Provecho!!
Glad it was helpful!
Terrible understanding (explanation)of series circuits.
Look at some automotive DC wiring courses.
Understand series DC circuits is how the locate automotive
electrical problems.
Enjoyed your video, and your explanation of series/parallel. Since a receptacle has a bridge connecting the top screw to the bottom screw your are in parallel using the receptacle as your “wire nut” that is until you burn one receptacle enough to break that bridge, then you are in series the rest of the way with no power.
Therefore it is best to do as you say “pig tailing” all the way through. Parallel circuit Voltage equal throughout the branch, Series, total current equal throughout the branch.
that tab never burns. its not like a fuse. i dont know if you are trying to teach me but its simply not correct and all im doing is explaining the difference.
@@StarvingElectrician Thanks for replying, the more I looked online the more I see it pertains more towards y’all’s trade lingo and I was referencing theory as a series vs parallel circuit but again, by using pig tails it certainly guarantees complete circuit continuity and is the best way of if not the right way to go as you stated and now I’ll refer to it as series vs parallel and parallel is the way to go. I in no way meant to imply that the bridge was like it a fuse and only mentioned it because that’s is the way they are manufactured and it is visually the weakest point electrically to carry current. I’ve seen a few burnt up receptacles on line as well and they were completely destroyed indicating they were loaded way past their current carrying capability.
Thanks again and I look forward to more of your videos .
Great video! Parallel = wiring to a device rather than through it. Pigtails
thanks. pig tails are better if you ask me but either way is fine.
excellent video. made it very easy to understand. thank you!
thank you so much.
Great video and keeping it simple and to the point.
thank you. thats the mission.
Steel stud and romex is a yucky scene no doubt but I like the the content provider. One of my new favorites!
Thanks for the vid. It helped me wire my basement.
well thats good to hear. thanks for watching.
If you do end up moving, Keep making the videos man, I subscribed, I really like watching them. You crack me up! I can tell how sometimes you are trying really hard to watch what you say. I know how us electricians talk on the job,,hahahah
yea I studer through it. i don't have a script and have to think off the cuff. brain is slow with tacos and beer clogging it up. I will post more coming soon. sorry I just saw your comment. thanks for watching.
This reminds me of a day I was trying to explain to some Navy Electricians how they put the Refrigerator power switch in parallel instead of in series to the device they wanted to turn off. Took me several minutes and several drawings to try and show them what I meant before their supervisor told them to just go and wire it the way I told them to without asking any more questions.
I know... Unrelated to receptacles... but man... The forgotten memory it spawned was great to recall.
igounfazed lol just listen to me!!!! Don’t ya hate trying to convince people that you know what ur talking about?
@@StarvingElectrician : It's what helps make life grand! :D
You did a great job explaining this
thank you
Stumbled upon your videos which are EPIC BTW while looking up info. Than I find out you are almost in my backyard!
New construction garage I will be pulling wire in. Did many wiring jobs as a DY'er but want to make sure I am doing it correctly 😉
thanks marty. well im sorry I didnt respond sooner but any questions you have I will be happy to answer for ya! good luck.
@@StarvingElectrician the video answered my question 👍
I watched a few more and subscribed to the page.
Now to get DTE to stop giving me the run around and run the powerline I will be HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.
@@martywillim8067 lol good luck. the trick to DTE is tell them you saw sparks. they will come running!!!...lol well im now telling everyone to post pics so I can see your work. facebook.com/starvingelectrician/ sorry if I already told you im going through a ton of e mails. thanks for the sub. ill get off my ass soon and do the live show!!
Best explanation I have heard. Thanks!
thank you very much!!!
Retired Fire Marshal...Good analogy.
thank you so much!! means a lot.
Good thing you retired
Theres a reason there are different types of wiring methods
Its to keep people safe
Always great insight, please post more frequently sir the tacos and beer must be keeping you busy
Randy Williams I’m headed downtown for tacos in a few mins! So the more I post the more tacos I get. Hmmmm there’s somthing to that. Lol thanks and I plan on being more consistent. Thanks
Thank you, for now and on I'm going to do parallel except for the GFI
right on, you got it!!
Ok, is the Carne asada recipe going to be shared soon? That looks tasty as all get out. Loving your videos, and they're helping me out a lot. Just bought my first house 1950s era, and well...lots of two wire...and Federal Pacific Stab lok baby! Looks like I'm doing more than dimmers and outlets now. Looking forward to watching more, you're definitely a breath of fresh air on CZcams.
thank you so much and i'm glad I could help
The only difference there is a screw head vs a wire nut. Makes changing out that device easier and you dont disturb the disturb the downstream devices. At the end of day it's all parallel I believe...
What explanation definitely is simple .thank you so much.
You are most welcome
Awesome on the explaining the difference
sorry just got an alert that 30 comments were pending so I just saw your comment. thanks for watching
Thank you for support veterans 🙏
im trying brother!
Great vid. funny, easy to follow & not a lot of over explaining or un-nessesary jumbo talk. TY. I am a veteran explain that vet thing better please, I DTY everything vet dis. on fixed income & I work for free lol. For my nightmare home I purchased its old wire, new wire, ect. furnance died didnt know how to swim when city rain water turned my house into a moat & waterfall in basement. Its space heaters & heating blankets. I have lots of questions onwiring. especially a sub panel I need in my garages. How to wire from main house
wow thanks for sharing. I have installing a sub panel on my list. the parts are expensive but I can show how to wire one in under quick. then what do I do with the sub panel? lol
@@StarvingElectrician I just replaced my old water heater (tank) with a tankless on demand, What a differance. Never having to rush a shower is great. The new tankles requires 3 seperate double 40amp breakers. each had to be wired by themselves with blk wire. white,blk & red. 2 wires went to break & one to ground thats what confused me I tried to wire my plugs in 1 garage to a double 30 like that & I saw smoke & flipped it off so I guess blk wire goes to breakers so does plugs work on a double 30, 40 or 50 as long as you use two different plug lines or lights to each 30 ect on double, Im tring to get rid of reseting breakers when they flip. space heaters suck. The sub panel in my garage was old so was the other breakerbox in other garage it took round fuses & tootie roll fuses I called them very scary indeed. But someone wired old blk electric wire to new white 12/2 wire together with elec tape Im not sure how to replace that wire since its the load for the sub garage & the load for other garage is (by house) from house main breaker (confused yet?) I sure am lol. But a good taco or enchilada make all things better & sour cream & Guak
@@StarvingElectrician Ask a friend if you can borrow their sub-panel for a classroom video I suppose lol. or you can borrow mine & help a vet out lol. I live in IL not far from great lakes
I love this one thank you thank you. Definitely not doing the series
thank you. and parallel is the best!
Thank you for this video. Extremely informative and well done my friend
Glad it was helpful!
thank you sir. you just cleared all my confusion. i wish my professor had your teaching techniques. #futuresparky
well im glad. learning should be fun and easy!!!
Great video! Very informative and funny! Keep them coming!
Thanks! Will do!
Thanks for the video. Gave me what I needed to learn. I have an issue currently with an open ground and all the outlets in the series are showing this fault. I am going to wire them parallel since I have to open each one to see where the loose connection or bad outlet is located.
with an open ground you can install a GFCI at the beginning of the circuit and install 3 prong outlets. its legal
@@StarvingElectrician The issue is that I have a ground connection but somewhere down the line there must be loose connection. I looked at the set up and they are all in series and I feel that one of them is causing my reading.
Veteran here and would love to have your school here in Western Massachusetts!
Well I’m trying to make it where we can do satellite schools everywhere. Lots of nuts and bolts but we’re trying! Thanks
Best and easiest explanation!!!!!👍👍👍👍
Thank you. So many comments picking me apart for anything. I’m doing what I can to help people. So thanks again!!!
@@StarvingElectrician ...wow surprised I got a response ...definitely my go to guy ...lol👍👍👍thanks dude.
Thank you, I’m doing my own wiring
There you go! Nice
Excellent! Thank You.
Fabulous video- thank you!!!
Love the personality bro
thank you. im a bit of a knucklehead. lol
Thanks for the good info, and I learned a few new techniques watching how you did the wiring. But please, invest in a mic or something cause the volume is up and down and some of it can be hard to hear without jacking the volume way up on the other stuff.
Working on it! damn i am bad at the video part. you arent the first to comment. lol
I was about to wire my garage work bench in series, but now I think I'll do it in parallel. Sounds like it's easier to diagnose a faulty receptical that way.
Yes for sure!!! A little more work but in the long run it’s the better way to do it! Thanks for watching
Thank you so much for this.
You are so welcome!
I feel better now about doing mine the 'hard way' !
whatever works right?
Series plugs are like old Xmas lights. A pain in the behind to find the outage bulb.
EXACTLY!!!!!! I should have used that one!!! damn it!...lol
I've always had to reconceptualize the difference between parallel and series wiring and which one maintains constant voltage across every junction, and I think your water pressure analogy will finally make it stick!
Question: Is there *ever* a case when wiring in series has an advantage (other than simpler effort)?
Christmas Tree lights are frequently wired in series. Although they are on a 120 volt AC circuit. comment please
saved me bro, thanks!
Glad I could help!
good stuff, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Theres a woman in my HVAC class, any time before my instructor tells a joke he has to apologize first 😂
That blows!!! im working with a woman right now with a filthy mouth. better get used to guy jokes in the field or shes screwed. lol
Thank you!!! Would I be able to wire multiple GFCI in same circuit in parallel and if something trips using the gfci, only THAT gfci is tripped? I don’t want the previous GFCI to trip like it does now.
Yes, absolutely. it gets expencive bt yes you can.
If the screws on each side of the outlet are connected by a tab then I believe that the 'in series' method you demonstrated is still running in parallel because the tabs keep the flow of electricity to the 2nd outlet even if something is wrong with the 1st outlet. Correct me if I am wrong.
there is no second outlet. that tab is in casy you want to switch that plug like for a lamp. series and paralelle im speaking of is how you wire it not how to split hairs about the plug its self.
@@StarvingElectrician Sorry, I was not clear. At @12:20, you discuss if one plug goes out then the subsequent plugs would not have power. I believe the subsequent plugs would not have power only if the tab connecting each screw on the one damaged plug is broken/burnt out.
@@sonyyoung1036 Your original statement is absolutely correct.
@sonyyoung1036. You are totally correct.
@@surferdude642Correct. the instructor does not understand SERIES circuits. Take some automotive DC electric trouble shooting courses.
They used series trouble shooting techniques.m
Tengo una duda. Si lo conecto en serie y un receptáculo se daña, ¿por qué se interrumpe la corriente en los subsiguientes si la placa común sigue intacta?
That looks delish man but wait a min! Snow ❄️ in background? Thought ya were in Cali? Like los ang area?
lol that video was recorded in michigan. burrrrrrr
I laughed at you at the 6 min mark , you wrapped neutral wire around screw backwards ,,,LOL then proceeded to do the hot correct while telling us why you do it that way !! I know you were just in a hurry but i still laughed...
yea im not much for brains!!...lol
just bustin ur balls, it must suck doing things from behind and around a camera and trying to talk and keep things straight at times.
The little hole makes you hotter. Thanks; I won't forget that again. What about lamp cord, ribbed versus not-ribbed; do you have one for that?
lol maybe ribbed for your pleasure but thats the neutral.
Also, each outlet in series will be supplying 120 v devices, one will drop 120 V and the each following device is going to be fighting for that supply voltage I believe.
Great channel. Just found it. New subscriber
Awesome, thank you!
Little holes make me hot 😂 Excellent presentation. Thank you sir.
Thanks for the lesson 🌮 🍺
jon garrison it’s just an excuse for me to have tacos and beer. I’m not fooling anyone! Lol
I have a lot to learn about electrician "stuff" in fact I like learning about lots of "stuff"
I like the part about helping veterans. If I was younger I would jump on what you are offering veterans, but I still like to learn, and I like your style...............................
Where are you at in Michigan, I am in Houghton Lake
Do you answer any specific question?
Thanks
Mike
thanks so much. the non profit is still located in michigan. were trying to raise money for training. i offer specific answers but it depends on how involved the question is. thanks
Thanks man! Great video 👍
Glad you liked it!
@@StarvingElectrician Sorry forgot to subscribe. Subscribed now!
@@IamFreeRu you are one awesome bean! Lol thank you
I didn’t read all the comments but if run series you risk opening up the neutral and now you have 240 run through the circuit if the neutral is shared with the other hot leg.
no not at all. the only way to get 240v is if you have two circuits on different poles in the panel but it has nothing to do with a neutral. those are on a bus bar and not a breaker. i have no idea what you mean about opening up a neutral. neutral comes off then the circuit will only read hot with an open neutral.
Love your channel. I was in the trade for only a few years in the early 90s all EMT work. It interesting seeing all the Romex work
@@StarvingElectrician sorry it’s been awhile since I was doing this work:). If you cut the neutral wire that is used on two circuits (one on each leg) the circuit is now 240 on both circuits. I did this in a job where the garage was wired with the two hots sharing the neutral. I got sloppy and cut the neutral. All the lights went bright and then the lights popped. Some mistakes you never forget. Hopefully Im making sense here :)
@@opietwoep1247 you can get 240 volts even if the neutral isnt cut. two circuits on different poles will do it. lol ya popped the lights. i did it on a power board for all the trades. they plugged in their tools and they went really fast and smoked!!!
@@StarvingElectrician I miss being out in the field after 30 years it still feels like yesterday. I had to stop because work slowed and i was not good on ladders. So it’s nice see your videos. Love you helping the vets to. Im in my late 50s so seeing how bad the treated the Vietnam veterans was something I grew up around. I hated then and hate it now.
Good stuff thanks
thank you so much!!! one day ill get off my lazy ass and make more!!! lol
Pigtail is KING for many reasons!
in the parallel setup, I didnt see what you did for the grounds and what happens at each plug ..maybe you showed or mentioned it, but i somehow missed it...Thanks!
Sorry about that yea someone else mentioned that. the grounds are always parallel so because I was showing the different I wasnt thinking about the grounds. I always think people can read my mind!!..lol sorry bout that. always parallel the grounds. twist them together and leave a pig tail for each device. if you have any real time questions www.live electrician.com ....thanks
Confused about this part before should I connect them in series or parallel. now I know..
either way. its preferance.
Awesome video! Question though. If you were to do a duplex receptacle using the parallel method do you follow the same process, but use the unused screws to jumper to the next plug? Thanks
Your Average Dad absolutely! Wether you stab or wrap the wires the all go to the same place. Thanks for the question
Fellow michigander!! Love your videos. I know all this stuff, but still love watching... Any work down by Detroit? Not much at all in the Tri-cities. I worked down in Novi, and Northville years ago when Pulti builders were throwing up all those subdivisions. But In Bay City, not much work at all. hell, I had all of last week off. Sucks!
jarry Dee there’s tons of it down here. I live next to where you were at. I’m bout ready to move to vegasand can’t find anyone to take over what I have. May have to walk away from the biz here. I could go after more work but I can’t find help.
@@StarvingElectrician Wish I was closer. I used to drive every day from Bay City to brighton, get the work van, drive to the job, work 12 hours, back to brighton, get my car, and drive back to bay city. Did it for years. I worked for Certified Elec, then jumped over to Genesis tech. Got so sick of driving. That is going to be a real bummer if you have to closed up shop.
I am just hoping I pass this J-man test. I took a LONG break, and raised my kids while the wife worked. Now I am back at it. What sucks is you are trained what to do, and it just becomes muscle memory, you just know what to do... Now I am taking practice test and they want to know WHY you do it..lol So I am studying everyday, damn brain hurts.
If you have an outlet on either side of a kitchen sink I believe they both have to be gfi. At least an inspector made me do it that way. In that case would you not go parallel from one gfi to the next gfi? Great video
the code now reads that anything in the kitchen has to be GFI protected. thats the garbage disposal and dishwasher too. yes you go series line then load to the gfi and then wire the other plugs any way you want. they are protected. the code also states the you have 2 20 amp small appliance circuits. dont know if thats what he wants. either way once you wire the gfi properly it protects the outlets down stream. hope this helps.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
First off i want to say how great of a video you made. My question though is with parallel sometime I see diagrams that use 12/3 or 14/3 instead of #/2. What is the reasoning of this?
thank you.. not sure I understand the question. the size of the wire doesn't matter when making your wires paralell or series. if you are talking about a 3 wire maybe you are talking about the circuit sharing a neutral. its legal but you have to put the two hot wires under a double breaker and gfi breakers will not work on that circuit because they are sharing a neutral. hope this helps.Thanks for watching. look for my virtual electrician coming soon, answer questions, help with your project, let you know prices and what to expect when hiring an electrician and just someone who will shoot you straight.
Thank You Sir ...
Most welcome.......I need to apologize again because of how long its taking me to get back to all of the questions and you and everyone else will get this same part of the response lol. I have created a blog for questions and answers so more can people learn and also a live electrician portion for more advanced questions. I now offer phone consultations as well as zoom video for the advanced questions and so I can take a look and advise. www.liveelectrician.com or starvingelectrician.com I would appreciate further questions there. Thanks for watching!!
Good video
thank you
Question: The series circuit was grounded to box and pigtailed to outlet but with the paralllel it was grounded to the box only. Did i miss something?
you ground to the box if its steel. series or paralelle doesnt matte with grounds
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Is this true for most if not all series wired circuits. If one goes out they all go out. Like the plug scenario you gave us, same as with shut off switches (boilers/furnace). Wire In Series to shut off the equipment from either switch
well not exactly. if the outlet goes out in a daisy chain of outlets, only the outlets down stream from the power sours will go out. it all a matter of which of the outlets go out. if its the first outlet of the circuit then yes all the rest will go out. way harder to troubleshoot.