This videos nearly 6 years old at this point, but I’ve just stumbled upon these and found them incredibly helpful. One minor thing I will note is that “upside down” outlets are actually technically correct. They’re installed upside down just in case they become unplugged slightly and something conductive makes contact with the prongs. With “upside down” outlets, you will make contact with the ground and either the hot or neutral. With a regular plug you run the chance of contacting the hot and neutral and shorting the system out.

I'm done hiring people who charge an arm and leg to to simple electrical work. This will help me remember what to do! Thank you

Excellent video. I’ll be watching through all of them

Great job, Guy and thank you. Sometimes it good to get back to basics.

@GuyBrown

8 жыл бұрын

+freddie sims Thank you!

@Scorpiomaj27889

8 жыл бұрын

+Guy Brown Good video, but depending on who you ask, the ground should be on the TOP - this is according to my brother's IBEW training.

I just smoked a joint watching hunting videos, now i'm watching this. How did I get here?

@brianmyers9989

5 жыл бұрын

@Edward Tyler....dude, you must be my lost twin. That is exactly something I would say.

thank you . these are so good.. really helps

Really helpful! Thank you so much!

awesome video... and other series, a must for home diy

Well done. Thanks for basic information

Thanks for the concepts you have discussed here.

Thanks for the suggestions you have shared here.

Thank you for very informative and helpful video with draws of plugs. 28.06.2020

Great quick info!

thank you....following your program

Just subbed. Look forward to watching more videos

Wow I learned so much tonight without getting ass! Thanks !

@GuyBrown

6 жыл бұрын

+Barry is cool!

Love your videos! I am re-wiring some parts of my house because our three bedroom, kitchen, and basement, are all wired together on the same circuit breaker and it trips frequently. I want to put in junction boxes so I can have the bedrooms, the basement, and the kitchen to each have their own 15 amp circuit breakers. I know I have to go through and confirm where all my current wiring is going and create separate circuits for each of the three 15 amp breakers, install junction boxes, and run the lines to the breaker box. What tips do you have for completing this job? Would you upgrade the wiring to 12/2 and a 20 amp breaker?

Thanks for the info. 👍

Nice info)) 👍👍

thanks. very informative

I've seen a video where the inventor of the duplex plug was originally meant to have the ground hole on the top..... What does the electrical code say now & what made it change? Your drawing is how me house is wired but years ago it was the reverse of your drawing. What difference does it really make anyway. Thanks for the videos!

EXCELLENT

nice one !

Good job brother

Thank you!

Super explanation thanks

great video.

WOW ! " BLACK TO BRASS " to SAVE YOUR ASS ! How could anyone " EVER " forget that ?! .... I think you just saved my life ! Thank You Very Much !👍

I needed a good mnemonic for which wire is hot. "Black on brass to save your ass". I'll never forget that. Thanks!

Thanks, good class,

encompass group thanks for the video do you have a video on how to change a bad breaker from the panel box?

Very good

really good video

great

thanks!!

Another awesome video . Cant thank you enough for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience. Your giving knowledge and power to others for free . Thats a very noble thing to do with your time . Specifically wgen time is money and knowledge is wealth. Most trade schools charge for these basic lessons around 400 for each part of the 100 series 200 series and so on !!!

Great job ...definitely a quality video not quantity. ...keep ur hard work coming ..subscribed

@GuyBrown

8 жыл бұрын

+Blackhawk ghuman Thanks alot! Thanks for watching!

This was an awesome video! Ive been installing hvac units and still have a hard time understading what each wire really does, thanks! Helped me alot!!

thanks a lot....

thank you sir

Great vid.

@GuyBrown

9 жыл бұрын

IsawThisAlready Again Thanks for watching!!!

How does this type of outlet differ from a GFCI? And what circuit analyzer would you most highly recommend for professional use?

@raymondmarell

8 жыл бұрын

+Norinn Radd GFCI is Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter. If any kind of short to ground is there it will trip the receptical other than the breaker

Hi Guy Brown, Question; if it is AC 60Mz. why do we still call it Hot and Neutral? What is the difference? I mean if it switches polarity 60 times in a second, it sounds like they are both hot.

Thanks

i love

1:01 Someone call a ghost hunter XD

Black on brass to save your a**. I like that. Thanks for the electrical tutorials. We're looking at doing some major electrical work here and this will help. Any tips on installing 220 economically? Our current breaker box isn't big enough I'm told. Plus we have old electrical with just the two prong outlets with no ground.

@GuyBrown

6 жыл бұрын

+MiWilderness sounds like you need a total overhauling. 2 things sorry for the 4 year late response second I am a sub to your channel. Love your vids. I'm in MI too if you ever want to do a cola let me know. If you still need help with the electrical let me know. Thanks for watching.

awesome video! very helpful, I recommended your videos to my classmates.

what do you mean by black? is the slit literally black?

This one was pretty informative thank you

Hello Mr. Guy: obviously these are questions not comments. 1 can you use carrier's non-programmable digital thermostat with carriers single stage 16 seer units? 2 will this void the warranty or make buying the performance or infinity series design features not work? so i am trying to ask if you want a simple original equipment thermostat do i have to stick with the comfort series. the final free question is are the higher level units built with better parts. thank you.

@GuyBrown

7 жыл бұрын

can you send me the model # to everything?

great job man keep the vids comming

@GuyBrown

9 жыл бұрын

robert jimenez Thank you. I need to do more videos for this playlist. Thanks for watching!

@naturalbornhusalah

9 жыл бұрын

I just started a class on electric

Great video! However, I have a stupid question. Why is the hot side of the circuit the only side that is dangerous, while the neutral side is not? If AC current is truly alternating, then shouldn't both sides be equally dangerous as the current cycles back an forth? Probably something about AC current that I'm not completely understanding?

@msj21

7 жыл бұрын

hot side means the forward and return path of charge as charges completes a cycle , so in dc live , nuetral are both dangerous

@katana1457

7 жыл бұрын

thats the phase,the N servers as more as a tool to open electricity,the Phase is the power

@craigpatterson1547

6 жыл бұрын

I think also to keep people from getting confused. It saved my life I'll tell ya that ! This is one thing that did confuse me sometime ! , but knowing which side the bad guy is on ( the hot side ) I think I'll live a little bit longer . This is a great video I think .

I think the US should switch to the British style of Plugs. They don't stick out from the wall like the American style plugs do, and they look a lot nicer. Plus, there is a fuse inside the plug to assist in shutting off the circuit, incase of ground faults and short circuits.

@gregberban9273

5 жыл бұрын

Will get right on that

Hi Guy Brown. I saw your video and would ask help. I am electrician but don't studied in United States i'm cubano technical in Control automatic my knowledge connection de contactor magnetic. I built panel the control for many machineries. I worked with motor AC / DC and variator the frecuencia, PLC and other sistem electric and electronic. Now live in NY state and don't found work because i haven't licence. What can i do to obtain some work. My time en u.s.a is only 7 month sorry my english not is good. can you help me maybe a advise

@GuyBrown

7 жыл бұрын

osmani enriquez have you tried to apply at any manufacturing plants? are you citizen or green card?

@osmanienriquez2545

7 жыл бұрын

no.I haven't citizen or green card but. I have permit employment if you want advice me.I left my address osmanienriquez@gmail.com

Very informative. Black on brass to save your ass. I'll make sure i remember that.

in egypt we don't have the ground terminal just hot and neutral

@jack_3xs133

7 жыл бұрын

Mohamed Magdy why

A little confused about how the AC fits into this. Isn't AC just going back and forth over the "hot" and "neutral" wires? What makes one hot and the other neutral?

@surferdude642

3 жыл бұрын

It's complicated, but basically the hot will have 120v with respect to ground. The ground wire, neutral wire, and earth ground are bonded at the electrical panel, so the neutral wire will have 0 volts.

@Guy Brown i'm very interested in becoming an electrician right now and i'm super curious where to start. As to whether using your courses to become selft taught and build my own projects and portfolio for employers or to just get an apprenticeship. Its been hard on me to find anything in Texas because i'm not sure where to start. Feed back is appreciated.

@jayrprado8799

7 жыл бұрын

Dan Flores I'm in the same boat. there's courses to help you pass the test.

What about line and load?

Why there is orientation between hot to the right and neutral to the left?

@cgworkman

8 жыл бұрын

+telosfd for plug polarity

I have 2 black wires and a copper one is that right?

@njsongwriter

3 жыл бұрын

You must be referring to a switch.

The hot/feed wire can also be blue and red from what I've learned

@gregberban9273

4 жыл бұрын

Voltage doesn't know what color it is.

@Nick-bh1fy

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Berban I think he meant wire colour 😂

Is the "Hot" side also called "Line"? Thanks!

@GuyBrown

9 жыл бұрын

they are both the line. like in power line. the thing you are powering is the load.

@joebananatube

9 жыл бұрын

EurekaRecycler Yes the "hot" is also referred to as "line". (in fact on GFCI's it's labeled "Line in", and "Line out" and can't be interchanged)The neutral is ALWAYS referred to as the neutral. In a single phase panel you'll typically have two "Lines", each a different half of one sine wave.(Some call them "A" and "B" phase, but it's all one phase to neutral).

@njsongwriter

3 жыл бұрын

@@joebananatube GFCIs are labeled "line" and "load" not line in and line out. Outgoing cable can be connected to the line side of the GFCI or to the load side, depending on whether you want it to be protected by the GFCI or not.

The reason the ground is supposed to be up, is so if something falls over the plug, it doesnt short out the common and neutral and instead safely hits the ground side.

@captain150

8 жыл бұрын

Is there any study or statistics that actually prove that shorting of the hot/neutral is a legitimate risk? In reality the vast majority of right angle plugs have the ground on the bottom.

@nicwright09

8 жыл бұрын

A study? I have no idea. But I have seen it happen to a college student at a dorm. I happened to be visiting a friend and her room mate came in crying saying the wall exploded... Come to find out something fell over the receptacle/ plug and shorted out the neutral and hot together, causing an arc that burnt the wall. It never even tripped the breaker.

@jgroenveld1268

7 жыл бұрын

Can't speak for the US - but that is the reason why sockets in the UK have them oriented with Earth on the top.

I love this vid learnt a lot black on br ass the save ur ASSP

YaYYYYYY

on both previous comments...BOTH leads are dangerous

@griffmustard

7 жыл бұрын

......Not true at all. The neutral by itself, which is bonded to ground at the panel, is not dangerous. With the neutral bonded to ground, it is at Zero potential as it relates to the Hot wire. In order for current to flow, you need a difference of potential and a completed circuit path for the current to flow back to the source. Technically, in a 120V circuit, where you have 1 Black, 1 White, and 1 Green wire, the White wire should not be called a Neutral, but instead called the Grounded Conductor.

Are you a state licensed electrician?

do you mean socket?

@jamesbattista1466

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! A plug is not an outlet. A plug is the thing at the end of a power cord, which is plugged into an outlet. And if you measure the voltage, it is around 120volts, not 110, even though I realize that it is customary to call them 110 and 220 volt circuits. Should be 120/240 volts!

My teacher called the hot wire a feed wirel

Why are recepticles all on 20 amps? Where does one use a 15 amp breaker.

@jamesbattista1466

3 жыл бұрын

Usually, in a household setting, 20amp circuits are used for kitchen small appliance circuits (outlets near countertops), or refrigerators, etc. but lighting circuits are 15amp

@njsongwriter

3 жыл бұрын

Not all receptacles are on 20 amp circuits.

That is not a "plug" it is a socket! The plug plugs into a socket. The plug is on the appliance cord.

@GuyBrown

8 жыл бұрын

+Charles Tait actually its called a receptical but thanks for your input. Thanks for watching!

@TheMarkoPoloProgram

8 жыл бұрын

+Guy Brown hahaha I caught that pun.

the one i heard is blck like gold whiteman like silver they all kindly have bad sayings includeing the one for reisters

There is no correct position for the installation. Receptacles are permitted to be installed ground up, ground down or even horizontal.

@24vignettes94

2 жыл бұрын

In less expensive track homes, a lot of builders would skimp on lighting. You would walk into a room with a wall switch but no light on the ceiling. Many times you would locate a receptacle that was upside down because it designated a switched outlet that allowed a person to put a lamp in the room that was switched by a wall switch. I haven’t seen that in a while though

Remember this one. Black people like Gold(brass) and white people like white (silver)..

Like the explanation. Thanks... Black on Brass to Save your Ass...

Wrong!!!!..The recipticals should be upside down where the ground plugin is on top.Because if the plug started to pull out and an object small enough fell through there and touched the ground,It ill be fine.But if the ground plugins were at the bottom and the plug started to pull out and an object small enough touched the hot then it could lead to a fire.

@raymondmarell

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Bishop (Blazor101) thats mostly in hospitals in office spaces where that is spec in the job. but i agree the ground should be up

@gil-juniorriseabovebetraya5972

6 жыл бұрын

You are right. Upside down is the correct way to install them for shock safety, but most ppl install them with ground on bottom for looks. Just cuz it looks better it became somewhat the norm. Its not a code or required to install upside down though. go to safeway or Costco, they have the plugs with the ground on top. Well at least around my area they are.

If you are supplying a 20 amp circuit to the receptacles, then the receptacles should be rated 20 amp as well. Also, in this description, there is no neutral in the circuit. It is not a 3 wire circuit unless the receptacle gets split and a second phase is added. The white is the Grounded Circuit Conductor.

@GuyBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Hugh Sutherland you are not making any sense. Also not sure what you are trying to get across here.

@njsongwriter

3 жыл бұрын

It is perfectly acceptable and common for 15 amp receptacles to be on a 20 amp circuit. Anything appliance that is drawing close to 15 amps or more should be on it's own dedicated circuit with a 20 amp breaker.

@hughsutherland500

3 жыл бұрын

​@@GuyBrown CEC 26-700, (2) Except as provided for by other Rules of this Code, receptacles having configurations in accordance with Diagrams 1 and 2 shall be connected only to circuits having a nominal system voltage and ampere rating corresponding to the rating of the configurations. This is according to the CEC.

@hughsutherland500

3 жыл бұрын

@@njsongwriter CEC 26-700, (2) Except as provided for by other Rules of this Code, receptacles having configurations in accordance with Diagrams 1 and 2 shall be connected only to circuits having a nominal system voltage and ampere rating corresponding to the rating of the configurations.

@GuyBrown

3 жыл бұрын

I don't live in Canada

I'm black so I'm dangerous, lol but nice video neutral guy

@GuyBrown

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Walker lmao Eric. thanks for watching man!

@griffmustard

7 жыл бұрын

If you think that's bad, here is the mnemonic to remember the color bands on a resistor: Black = Black Boys = Brown Rape = Red Our = Orange Young = Yellow Girls = Green But = Blue Violet = Violet/Purple Gives = Gray Willingly = White

As i all way say BLACK TO BRASS TO SAVE YOUR ASS

Trump had me very upset with white people but your cool and yur given anyone a chance to learn a skill thanks 😇

@GuyBrown

6 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Thompson no problem! I enjoy making these videos and helping anyone who wants to learn. Do you have anything specific you would like to see me make a video on? If so let me know. Have a great day and thanks for watching!

Why aren’t you brown ):

Who died and made you God?

@GuyBrown

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me!?

this guy is not an electrician.

@GuyBrown

3 жыл бұрын

Never said I was. Actually I'm a commercial and industrial HVAC technician. My field requires me to know electrical and controls inside and out. Actually HVAC technicians know more about electrical circuits and troubleshooting than most electricians. Sad but true... hey thanks for you comment. Have an awesome day.

@njsongwriter

3 жыл бұрын

It's obvious isn't it?