My son who is 4 1/2 years old has been watching your videos regularly and repeatedly for about 3-4 months, and he's developing quite the little obsession with fire safety systems, extinguishers, lighting, etc. Lately we've been going around our house testing all the GFCIs thanks to one of your videos where you casually test one during a monthly alarm system test. Everything you do is very thorough, thoughtful, and your work is definitely meticulous. In fact we originally thought you were about 40 years older, so that's a compliment to your overall maturity and mastery of all this stuff. A tip that I got from an electrician in my 30s that I wish I knew sooner is that when using silicone around a flush mounted box like that just go around the top and sides and leave the bottom open. Then if water does eventually find its way behind that box at any point, it has an exit at the bottom and doesn't get trapped causing more rot. Keep up all the good work and we're always looking forward to your new stuff. Happy New Year!
Thank you for your kind comment! It always makes me smile to hear about younger people becoming interested and learning skills from the hobby. Good tip about the silicone, definitely a good idea.
We recently had our outdoor outlets replaced since none of them were GFCI ones. Not sure if they were on a circuit that had a GFCI, but I’m glad we got the replaced! You did an awesome job with this! Hope to see some security system stuff from you soon.
I, myself am autistic, high functioning so I do a lot outside. Outdoors is where I do a lot of my work. And, I have to tell you that the GFCI has saved my skin several times. C9 Christmas lights strand had a cut in the wire from a squirrel chewing. I failed to see it and my feet were in the mud. Only my pride was hurt, thanks to the GFCI. Second time, my dog was chewing on a cord and what do you know...GFCI. Third time, Christmas tree. A strand of LED Christmas lights had a problem. Wire came dislodged from the LED, and touched the aluminum frame holding up the tree and GFCI. Fourth time, my adoptive sister's house. Me and her were making my niece's birthday cake in the kitchen and the cord got pulled and the mixer fell into the sink and guess what it did...it set off the GFCI. GFCIs have proven themselves as life saving devices and it's no surprise that they are found everywhere. My own private bathroom has one. My central vacuum wall valve has one. My adoptive sisters hair dryer has one built into the wall base. My portable hair dryer, which I use for thawing the refrigerator at work, has a GFCI as well, in the plug. My small apartment has a GFCI as well, in the bathroom.
You are lucky. Be careful as GFCI is a life savings device you can't depend on it to always save your life. My body locked up from electricity when I was sitting on the basement floor playing with Christmas lights. It wasn't until I took my motors and drives class in college when I learned that concrete conducts electricity. Now when I play with them I use an isolation transformer so current does not have a path to ground.
1:30 Raise your hand if you would have just cut the wire Andre strip them🤚 Also me personally I would have installed a metal cover they're much more expensive but a a lot more durable they also won't fade however they do oxidize. But I'm sure you could paint the outside portion of it with a good quality paint. But it's kind of silly that they put a outdoor receptacle on a 15-amp circuit. I don't know the layout of your yard but some people will plug something in like a pool pump or power tools that draw a lot of power. But I'm sure if you had a say you probably would have put it on a 20 amp circuit I also don't think it'd be a bad idea if someone was building a new house to have all the outdoor receptacles on a dedicated 20 amp circuit that's protected buy a GFCI and afci circuit breaker. But overall you did a fantastic job I can tell you take pride in your work👍
I almost never cut and restrip unless the cable is oxidized or corroded or otherwise marred up. I hate to shorten the cable any more than it is. And yes, metal covers are certainly good
Please don't JUST put a pen tester up to an outlet to confirm powers off, they like to sometimes not work and fail. You should (or at least I) always put a multimeter up to it incase there is any backfeeding or stray voltage in the circuit. Could save you from getting shocked or a trip to the ER
I understand most people are too lazy to do this. But it's just best practice to make sure your safe 100% of the time when working on electrical equiptment
Eh, I wouldn’t be concerned. I already knew this outlet was on that breaker and just the non contact tester was enough for me. It’s really just a sanity check if anything, especially for a box like this with one cable going to it. Even then a 120 volt circuit really won’t do a whole lot of damage, will just be uncomfortable while touching. But yes, usually I use an outlet tester to verify that power is off.
My son who is 4 1/2 years old has been watching your videos regularly and repeatedly for about 3-4 months, and he's developing quite the little obsession with fire safety systems, extinguishers, lighting, etc. Lately we've been going around our house testing all the GFCIs thanks to one of your videos where you casually test one during a monthly alarm system test. Everything you do is very thorough, thoughtful, and your work is definitely meticulous. In fact we originally thought you were about 40 years older, so that's a compliment to your overall maturity and mastery of all this stuff. A tip that I got from an electrician in my 30s that I wish I knew sooner is that when using silicone around a flush mounted box like that just go around the top and sides and leave the bottom open. Then if water does eventually find its way behind that box at any point, it has an exit at the bottom and doesn't get trapped causing more rot. Keep up all the good work and we're always looking forward to your new stuff. Happy New Year!
Thank you for your kind comment! It always makes me smile to hear about younger people becoming interested and learning skills from the hobby. Good tip about the silicone, definitely a good idea.
We recently had our outdoor outlets replaced since none of them were GFCI ones. Not sure if they were on a circuit that had a GFCI, but I’m glad we got the replaced! You did an awesome job with this! Hope to see some security system stuff from you soon.
Woah, this cover looks really cool!
Good thing its now on code, great job!
Nice job looks good!
I, myself am autistic, high functioning so I do a lot outside. Outdoors is where I do a lot of my work. And, I have to tell you that the GFCI has saved my skin several times. C9 Christmas lights strand had a cut in the wire from a squirrel chewing. I failed to see it and my feet were in the mud. Only my pride was hurt, thanks to the GFCI. Second time, my dog was chewing on a cord and what do you know...GFCI. Third time, Christmas tree. A strand of LED Christmas lights had a problem. Wire came dislodged from the LED, and touched the aluminum frame holding up the tree and GFCI. Fourth time, my adoptive sister's house. Me and her were making my niece's birthday cake in the kitchen and the cord got pulled and the mixer fell into the sink and guess what it did...it set off the GFCI.
GFCIs have proven themselves as life saving devices and it's no surprise that they are found everywhere. My own private bathroom has one. My central vacuum wall valve has one. My adoptive sisters hair dryer has one built into the wall base. My portable hair dryer, which I use for thawing the refrigerator at work, has a GFCI as well, in the plug. My small apartment has a GFCI as well, in the bathroom.
GFCIs are certainly really important. You seem to know that firsthand, lol. Good thing they worked and did their thing, thanks for sharing!
You are lucky. Be careful as GFCI is a life savings device you can't depend on it to always save your life. My body locked up from electricity when I was sitting on the basement floor playing with Christmas lights. It wasn't until I took my motors and drives class in college when I learned that concrete conducts electricity. Now when I play with them I use an isolation transformer so current does not have a path to ground.
1:30
Raise your hand if you would have just cut the wire Andre strip them🤚
Also me personally I would have installed a metal cover they're much more expensive but a a lot more durable they also won't fade however they do oxidize. But I'm sure you could paint the outside portion of it with a good quality paint. But it's kind of silly that they put a outdoor receptacle on a 15-amp circuit. I don't know the layout of your yard but some people will plug something in like a pool pump or power tools that draw a lot of power. But I'm sure if you had a say you probably would have put it on a 20 amp circuit I also don't think it'd be a bad idea if someone was building a new house to have all the outdoor receptacles on a dedicated 20 amp circuit that's protected buy a GFCI and afci circuit breaker.
But overall you did a fantastic job I can tell you take pride in your work👍
I almost never cut and restrip unless the cable is oxidized or corroded or otherwise marred up. I hate to shorten the cable any more than it is. And yes, metal covers are certainly good
@@FireAlarmDude5967 yeah that is a fair point.
Please don't JUST put a pen tester up to an outlet to confirm powers off, they like to sometimes not work and fail. You should (or at least I) always put a multimeter up to it incase there is any backfeeding or stray voltage in the circuit. Could save you from getting shocked or a trip to the ER
I understand most people are too lazy to do this. But it's just best practice to make sure your safe 100% of the time when working on electrical equiptment
Eh, I wouldn’t be concerned. I already knew this outlet was on that breaker and just the non contact tester was enough for me. It’s really just a sanity check if anything, especially for a box like this with one cable going to it. Even then a 120 volt circuit really won’t do a whole lot of damage, will just be uncomfortable while touching. But yes, usually I use an outlet tester to verify that power is off.
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