It's been a while since the video was uploaded... a little house keeping. I am now finding 2 prong outlets in hardware stores. Link to video that explains ground wires kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKd_udGQpsfAYqw.html More Know How Now videos about electrical repairs kzread.info/head/PLvce66kQTjJRW9NTDylDjzdViSx4xDl-i

Good video..finally someone who realizes they are talking to novices who need advice..thank you for clear cut instructions.

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, George. When explaining anything electrical, I spend a lot of time on the details. I have some other videos for electrical repairs. Click on the channel name, there are now over 200 videos that are organized by playlist.

Nice video. Finally, I found someone who knows that a.c. has no polarity, so it doesn't matter which color lead you use, but as you mentioned put the probe in the hot side last. So many people falsely state that the black lead must go in the neutral or ground slot. I even found on an electrical contractor's website no less that if you put the black lead on the hot side and the red on the neutral and you get 120v that your hot/neutral are reversed. Crazy.

@Know-How-Now

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment, Ted. I do my best to insure that the videos don't contain incorrect information.

Finally, an electrician with a sweet voice and good novice advice.

Wow awesome tutorial! I managed to check, test my wall socket. Managed to fix the actual wall socket. Many thanks from London.

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Thank you for the kind words. Way to go on fixing the wall socket!

SUBSCRIBED!!! Great stuff. To the point. An AC guy used my voltmeter and I thought it was some sort of joke. I never knew you could plug these skinny, flimsy wire prongs into 220/115 volt plugs and not get shocked to death.

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! Agreed, it's kind of scary putting the test lead probes into a live socket.

@roberts7107

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! That's why I use a butter knife.

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

lol! As a child my brother stuck a metal key into an outlet. That was before anyone invented those plastic plugs. I suppose he thought he was starting a car. Good thing he wasn't grounded, there were a lot of sparks and black marks.

Very precise description! Thank you so much for safety tips...

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, Behrad. Thank you for taking the time to comment and the compliment.

Very methodically done. Thank You ! :)

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment, Mark. There are other electrical videos on the channel. If you go the the channel (click on the name) and look for playlists, you will find a playlist for more videos on electric.

Very helpful and easy to understand. Thank you.

Great video! Very informative and helpful, especially for someone like me who is a first timer at this stuff. Thank you!!

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for the compliment.

Very well done, good information! Thanks!

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, Walkin' Man!

Perfect explanation, thanks!

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Awesome vid! I know how to use my voltmeter for auto, but had no clue Bout home. Thanks for sharing! You gets a subscriber!

@Know-How-Now

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment and subscribing!

Excellent explanations! Thanks!!

@Know-How-Now

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I try to make high quality videos.

Thank you, very helpful video and its narration slow, nice!

@Know-How-Now

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, Rogelio. Have a great day.

Very good video keep them coming

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

Thanks for the quality channel. You have to be from Philly or around the Delaware Valley.

@Know-How-Now

6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, and thanks for the compliment, Jon. I'm having a lot of fun making the videos. You've got the accent correct, I live about 50 miles from Philadelphia.

Great information, thanks, 👍👍

@Know-How-Now

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, Tman. Nice to hear from you, have a great day.

I have a 1950 s house with the ground in the EMT . there s no ground wire but it tests as correctly grounded because of the conductive connections to the metal boxes and EMT

You should explain why the neutral and ground wire are tied together at the breaker?

I got one of the cheap multi tester from harbor freight, I can't figure it out. I tried doing what I thought was correct, well Sparks and pops and smoke is all I got oh and the wires got pretty warm too. I may need to stocking to testing batteries...

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

I don't have one of those meters, though I heard people say they do not have a fuse. So if you do something wrong instead of the fuse blowing (protecting you) you get fireworks. I would suggest spending a little money, around $40-$50 and buy an auto ranging one. It will be less confusing to learn how to use. Fluke makes a basic meter: Fluke 101. The meter will have fuses so you are protected. There are KZread videos on how to use a mulitmeter.

So glad that you pointed out to put one of the prongs in the neutral or ground hole FIRST! Is there any reason why I need to have a 3-prong outlet tester too?

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Randall, if you want to check out many outlets, a tester would likely speed up the job and is a little safer than using a multimeter.

@randallbaker4293

4 жыл бұрын

@@Know-How-Now Thanks for letting me know!

I used my DMM to check if my outlet is grounded by using the method demonstrated in this video. I'm getting a reading of 122v, therefore it is 'grounded'. The problem is that the box does not have a cover and I can see that there is no wire connected to the ground screw. What is going on here? Is it still safe to use three prong plugs and/or a surge protector?

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Rodrigo, I have a video that explains how to connect ground wires and another that explains how a ground wire can protect you from getting shocked or possibly killed. I'll put a link to the videos below. I have over 200 videos, as many others have done, please subscribe. It's free and you will easily be able to find the videos. If you have more questions after watching the videos, I will try to answer them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKd_udGQpsfAYqw.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6OfuZVsZajTnMY.html

Hi , My outlets are ungrounded (built 1950’s), is there a way to check my 3 prong receptacle if the Hot wire is connected to the smaller slot and the Neutral to the longer slot?

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

If you don't have a multimeter, you can use an outlet tester. They are inexpensive. I have a video that shows how to use an outlet tester and how to troubleshoot common problems. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4mexs6igrLPhdo.html

Great video. You put the red in the ground, Instructions I find are opposite. Can you help me understand please, my ignorance is obvious. the following is instructions I found: How to Check if an Electric Wall Outlet Is Grounded Connect the multimeter's probes to the main body of the meter. ... Turn the multimeter to the highest AC voltage range available. ... Insert the two test leads into the hot and neutral parts of the outlet. ... Remove the black lead and put it in the ground outlet.

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Suzanne, you might try buying a tester. It will be safer for a novice, I have a video that shows the tester. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4mexs6igrLPhdo.html

I just tried this on one of my outlets and it read 145V on the recipticle and the ground. Any idea what this means?

@Know-How-Now

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kelly, sorry for the delayed response. The first response hit a youtube glitch, here's the 2nd try. Are you sure you are reading your multimeter correctly? Have you tried measuring voltage on a known good outlet? If you are getting a correct reading, it's impossible for me to guess what is wrong without being there and hunting down the problem. If you don't have any experience troubleshooting wiring, it might be best to call an electrician.

Do you have any videos on aluminum wiring?

@Know-How-Now

3 жыл бұрын

No, I don't have anything on aluminum wiring.

When testing the ground, what does it mean if the reading is 70 instead of 120?

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kelly, I'm not clear on where you have your meter leads placed. So that I can give you an accurate answer, please clarify where you have the two leads when you read 70 volts.

@Kelly-sw7fb

4 жыл бұрын

@@Know-How-Now I had 1 probe in the ground slot and 1 probe in the hot slot (small slot)

@Know-How-Now

4 жыл бұрын

Verify you have the correct voltage, put a lead in the neutral and the other in the hot. If you read around 120 volts (this can vary maybe -5 volts/+5 volts due to your electrical company supply), that is good. If you are not reading 120 +/- 5 volts, then I'd suspect you don't have a good ground. If you don't have a good ground, then you'll need to tear the circuit apart and trouble shoot it.

Hot slot.....giggle giggle.

Black lead into neutral and red lead into hot

Just FYI, you CAN still buy 2 prong outlets at Home Depot....

@Know-How-Now

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, someone else mentioned that too. In the past I couldn't find them.

@trankt54155

2 жыл бұрын

@@Know-How-Now I was browsing around at Home Depot yesterday and came across that and I was surprised. I was looking to buy three pronged outlets and saw that. The salesperson there said they still have a lot of people buying them because they have broken two pronged outlets from houses built back in the 1940s and 1950s......so there you go....if there is money to be made companies will make them. I live in New England and houses built after WWII (my house built in 1945) are considered young because lots of houses here go back to the Colonial time. Have you heard of the Colonial time?

Im studying COMPTia and they are teaching us this well guess what. Me wont be doing touching any outlet I will get a train electrician to do it. Oh Yeah!

How do you test an outlet who has no power though.

@Know-How-Now

2 жыл бұрын

If the outlet has no power, then either the outlet is bad or there is a problem with the wiring connecting to the outlet.

In an instance when a receptacle has been removed to test the wiring and there is 113V Hot-to-Neutral, 80V Hot-to-Ground, and 33V Neutral-to-Ground, do you think there is an opened Ground somewhere or Hot-to-Ground short?

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

If you didn't have a ground you should read no voltage when measuring between ground and hot or ground and neutral. Maybe it's not a "good" ground. The hot to neutral voltage is OK. Are you sure your meter and the leads are good?

@leotexas3485

5 жыл бұрын

I’m using a Klein MM700 meter. I’ve used it on different other sockets and light fixtures throughout the house that are on different circuits and I am not getting any indication of voltage abnormalities across those wires. It’s just this one area of the house that I’m getting a voltage drop from Hot-to-Ground.

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

You'll have to figure out what is on the circuit and track down the problem by breaking the circuit apart. I wish I had a simpler answer, it will take some detective work. Something is not right. If you had a hot to ground short it would trip the breaker (if wired correctly). Be careful.

@leotexas3485

5 жыл бұрын

I won’t turn this into a lengthy thread, but just to add an interesting observation: There are 4 outlets in the living room, a 110V outlet in the kitchen (for a gas range), a ceiling fan w/light in the kitchen, and a LED ceiling light (previously converted from a fluorescent fixture) in the kitchen. The kitchen 110V gas range outlet, ceiling fan, LED light , and their light switches are the only wires that show voltage drops from Hot-to-Ground on that circuit. The voltages for the outlets in the living room are normal, even though they are all on the same circuit with the kitchen wiring.

@Know-How-Now

5 жыл бұрын

Start digging where the circuit leaves the living room and heads to the kitchen.

An electrician will literally come to your house, press reset on a gfci and charge you 200$