Thanks a lot. You saved me from a lot of unnecessary costs associated with calling an electrician. In my case, it was a GFCI that tripped but it was no way near the receptacle that suddenly stopped working. The GFCI that tripped was about 150 feet away in the garage while the bad receptacle was in the patio. Thanks again for this very helpful video.

@Microphunktv-jb3kj

9 ай бұрын

this video assumes everyone has this electrical setup... wtf u have sao many breaker switches? in my apartment building i have to literally go burden my downstair neighbours hallway, to flip switches if electricity goes out and only have like 2 switches... (i guess u live in some massive sized house... ) my socket is literally circuted or whatever the term is.. if u plug something in sparkles, like something about to explode lol... and the upper light switch knob literally doesnt work, like a spring is dead or smt, is it possible that its switched on but connectivity is poor, thats why it's "short-circuting" , not sure if i should even touch it... my mother is always pissed that she cant help from me when things like these happen and has to call over someone... the thing is, i dont want to touch electrical things... when i was 3 i plugged wires in the socket and got electrocuted, my fingertips were literally black... i think i stil lhave subconcious trauma about electrical things and fire... (also almost burn down the house when i was 10 playing with matches...) how should i check if the wires are correctly connected ... wich side is negative and wich one is positive , the wires dont even have fcking colors... . the system is from like fcking soviet block building system.. built in 1991~ or smt... 1:59 dont even have outlets like this... not sure what country video this is... systems are clearly different... fingers crossed.. i wont electrocute myself : ))))))

@jreneau6441

7 ай бұрын

Your video helped. What I didn't realize is that if the breaker trips it can only move the breaker half way. I didn't notice just by looking at it, but after seeing your video that's what it was. Thanks my guy!!!

@ELimlove

4 ай бұрын

Lol same situation 🎉

@vincemorgan6781

Ай бұрын

Thanks a million! I’m Not sure if was me flipping the switch in the fuse box OR pushing the button in on the outlet located downstairs from the problem box as I did both before going upstairs to confirm it was working- but regardless - SUCCESS! Thanks again!

I am literally subscribing because the GF reset helped save me from calling an electrician.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION!!!! I was agonizing over the fact that I would have to call an electrician and how much it would cost😩 but you fixed my problem! I really appreciate it!!!!

THANK YOU! It was my GFCI. Been without electricity in half my kitchen for almost a year and decided to fix it. All it took was a 3 minute KZread video. 😂

@JuliusVillamor-rm1fj

10 күн бұрын

❤❤

As a single woman who lives alone and doesn’t have anyone to help with stuff like this…Thank you! You helped me fix it. ❤

@miguelayala3374

10 ай бұрын

U hot? Wsup I can fix stuff for you 😅😂

@destined4gr8n3ss2

5 ай бұрын

As a singe man who doesn’t know a lick about electric work I concur 😅

@bulidtool

5 ай бұрын

​@@destined4gr8n3ss2you 2 should date

@jhunpascual1989

3 ай бұрын

You guys can be together

@xxxiownuxxx

Ай бұрын

Happy Father’s Day 😒

It was the CFGI! You’re a hero, and prevented my beer from warming! THANK YOU! 🙏🍻

Thank you!!!! It was the trip. I was so close of replacing the outlet. Thanks for saving me time and money.

My master bathroom power outlets weren’t working. I listened to your advice on resetting the GIFCI outlet in another room and sure as heck, it worked! Thank you !!

These outlets be trippin

@gregoryhudson4334

7 күн бұрын

😂

Thanks for the tips about outlets not working. Your tip about checking the GFCI outlet not in pxomity to the outlet that failed to provide service was the answer. The GFCI involved was all the way across the kitchen from the non-working socket. I reset the GFCI and, presto, it restored power the outlet that was not working. I bet you saved a couple of hundred dollars because my electrician charges $90 just to knock on the door. Thanks again!

Thank you so much. My deck outlet stopped working and I had no idea why. Your suggestion to check unassociated GCFI outlets led me to a tripped outlet which I reset and it fixed the issue. Thank you for saving me from calling someone out for a very simple fix.

Thank you sooooo much!!!!!! 4 hours of going between electrical panel outside and bathroom upstairs- who would have thought that resetting gfci in the bathroom downstairs would solve it! I’m so grateful for your advice today

@probexpd1916

4 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to me today - what a lifesaver this guy is

@victorcretu7741

22 күн бұрын

I have to thank you both! I read comments while I'm watching/listening videos. That's how I have realized "It's me! I'm the problem! It's me!" I have 1 GFCI outlet at the front of the house, and 2 non-GFCI outlets at the back. The outlets from the backyard stopped working a while ago. The one from the front works fine but I prefer to keep it OFF to trick people (children) as they do not know there's a reset button that can turn the outlet ON. But I did not realize that I'm turning the other 2 outlets OFF. I thought that probably they have an internal fuse. I mean how come these outlets are rated 15A, 20A without a precise fuse? I was looking for a video about their replacement when I found this one.

Thank you! Outside outlet had quit working, no breaker tripped, no hot wire to the outlet. Yep! Found the dead GFCI breaker in a small bathroom. Didn't even occur to me that it was on the same circuit. So really appreciate the video. Nicely done... clear, well shot and easy to understand! Now a subscriber!

@WordofAdviceTV

5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you were able to find it! Thanks for subbing, have a great day!!

Thank you! The outlet I was having trouble with had working outlets on either side of it. After watching your video I found a tripped gfi on the other side of the room. Reset it and now have power to the outlet. Saved me some money, thanks.

you saved me- thanks! Would never have thought I'd need to check/trip a different GCFI outlet without watching your video.

Awesome advice, I was about to rip my breaker box apart thinking it was a bad breaker. It turned out to be a GFCI outlet. Thanks again!

Thank you, man. This really helps! I almost called an electrician the next day. My Garage outlet stop working and I never thought the GFCI can be that far away. After I watched your video, I just checked all my GFCI and finally located one in my 2nd floor bathroom. It was tripped somehow and after I reset it, garage outlet works.

Thank you so so much!! The outlet for our TV stopped working, which also housed the PS4 and Nintendo Switch. A very important outlet for a family household as you could assume! My mother was so worried we would have to spend a bunch of money to call an electrician, but I thought to look up a video first. I was so worried I would have to go through the hassle of replacing an outlet. Turns out the problem was the GFCI outlet in the living room hiding behind the couch! Thank you so much for helping out my whole family, I'm subscribed now and you'll be hearing from me again when another problem arises!

Man, you save me money. I was bout to call an electrician to come help out. Luckily I found the GFCI. Problem solved in seconds. Thank you!

THANK YOU! You saved me $120!!!! lol It was the reset button from one of the outlets on the second floor! I didn't know one outlet can control multiple rooms!

EASY FIX! I tried a few GFI switches -- no go -- then found the one on the steps leading to the basement -- FIXED!!! Thank you!

Thank you. It was a GFCI outlet in an adjacent bathroom. You hit the nail on the head. Many thanks. Craig

Thank you a ton! I just had an issue with three outlets in my place. They were apart throughout the house and therefore I did not think they would have a similar connectivity. Looked at all three and reset every GFCI outlet, or so I thought. Found one in the second floor in a room far away from the other three outlets. It had a red light and sure enough, just needed to reset it and everything started working once again. Thank you much!!

This guy is the real deal! Saved me $160! Subscribed 😊

Thank you. It was the “reset button” on the other outlet. You saved my Sunday. Im so grateful for your video

Thank you for this information! It’s been storming all day and suddenly the electricity on one side of the house went out. I checked the circuit breaker and sure enough that solved the problem.

Haha I know more than the average. But this video still helped! I never thought to look for a random tripped socket that was “unattached” to the one that didn’t work. Thanks man!

Before asking my mom to check her apartment GFCI outlet, your story makes me laugh 😃. Thank you

Brooo thank you so much! im over here living in 2023 and still dont know how simple life is! Thanks for this video... I changed breaker and everything... just to find out its the GFCI... I never even knew what a GFCI was. Thanks for the video again!

Thank you! Your advice saved me from calling an electrician.

Thank you so much! I had two outlets in my kitchen, on the same wall that went out. I tried opposite wall GFI's in my kitchen. I clicked off and on (even though they looked fine), and everything works again now!

I’ve heard of circuit breakers tripping but never an outlet that was my issue. Appreciate the video!

Thank you so much for this video. My outlet stopped working when I plugged in my treadmill in the living room. I had no idea that there was a GFCI outlet in my kitchen that was the source. Hit the reset button and Im good to go. Saved me from calling an electrician!

@WordofAdviceTV

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!! Glad to hear you were able to find it and get it to work again!

You saved me a few hundred dollars. I had 4 GFCI’s, one in the bathroom, 2 in the kitchen and the last one a bedroom. I was not aware that I had kitchen ones since the color was the same across the whole plug. It looks like one of the kitchen one switched off. Thank you so much for your insight and help!!!!

@WordofAdviceTV

5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! You're welcome!

Very informative and saved me a call to an electrician- thank you!

Thank you! 2 outlets in my garage stopped working. Your info on the GFCI switch was spot on!! It's funny cause the only one I found was the upstairs bathroom and it worked!

Thank you! I was able to locate the GFC outlet in another room and reset it, and it worked like magic!

Thanks man! This got me to look for all the GFCI and resolved my problem. $150 saved!

Thank you for the tips! Turns out it was a gfci outlet that was tripped. Great informational video!

Thanks a lot! I was about to call an electrician, but your video helped me figure it out! Found the tripped receptacle in the garage and all the ones that were not working turned on! Thanks again! BTW...the joke was a good one!

Genius, thank you! I have an outside outlet that's really low to the ground and it was covered by leaves. I bet during a recent rain some water got in there and tripped the GFCI, stopping power to my mystery outlet. Thanks for the suggestion!

Thank you so much!!!! I had three outlets out, I reset the breaker and nothing happened. Watched this video and started searching to see if I have any GFCI outlets, sure enough, I found them. The test and the reset buttons are white so they blended well with the outlet. Thank you again, I reset them and problem solved. What an embarrassment if I had an electrician come over for this. SMH!!!

@NorahAB13

11 ай бұрын

Is not an embarrassment since we, women, never been teach how to del with certain things

@fatimahshinaba3583

Ай бұрын

Same here. Thank you!!

Thanks, I I just learned something new about GFCI outlets. Luckily, this was what was wrong with my outlet in my garage. Located my GFCI that was in my bathroom and reset it, and now my outlet in the garage works again.

Thank you so much! I was about to throw money at some new outlets and eventually a professional testing tool Everything works fine actually.

Thank you! The simple trick of resetting the GFCI saved me from paying for an electrician.

Big KUDOS! Thank you for this video; I had no idea that so many outlets could be controlled by one main. Thank you. Just saved me big bucks!

You just answered a problem we had. The outside of house GFI had tripped. Maybe now I will have a working bathroom outlet. Yea! Thank you!

You are a champion, thank you so much for this video and helping those of us who are still learning!

Did home inspections for about 15 years, checked an outlet in the kitchen with a GFCI tester and a trip. I had a hard time for the next half hour because the homeowners weren’t home. Found it behind the refrigerator. What a pain. 2:58

THANK YOU! You were right. I looked high and low and found a GFC outlet in the garage. It caused two outlets in completely different rooms inside to stop working. Nothing else affected. Strange way to wire up a house???

Wished I would have watched this 6 months ago - tripped gfci - you rock!!

Excellent info as usual ... I unplugged my ph charger in the bathroom and the prongs were red hot and it burned my finger. So I took the outlet out and the wire on the neutral side was loose . I replaced outlet made sure screws were tight and no problems since ... I bet Sherlock doesn't camp outside any more 🤣😅😂 Aloha my friend ...

@WordofAdviceTV

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Eddy! Thanks for sharing your experience, glad to hear you caught that before anything started melting! Haha I would have to agree, glad you liked the joke. 😄 Aloha from (the currently very rainy) Hawaii my friend!

I’ve learned so much from your videos 👍🏻 appreciate your expertise!!!

Thank you so much! I was just about to call an electrician. Single woman, first time solo home renter

As a weekend warrior and enthusiast, I want to say that you saved me $20. Thanks brother 👍🏼

@P9rkour90

4 ай бұрын

nice you can buy yourself an extra beer now this saturday night!

This worked!!! My power went out and took out both bathroom outlets I found the GFCI outlet in my laundry room now they work again!!!!

Your video saved me so much time, and I got my outlets working again. Thank you so much for uploading this! :)

@WordofAdviceTV

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it helped!

You confirmed what I wa thinking! I stayed for what I thought was an extra tip! Lol- so many galaxies! 😅

Thanks man, you just saved me a call to the electrician!

When Jay speaks, I stop what I'm doing and I listen.

@kele1264

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Very intelligent and experienced young man. Excellent teacher.

@WordofAdviceTV

Жыл бұрын

I feel the pressure now and hope to not disappoint. 😅 Thank you both for tuning in for the videos!

@davidmckinney6577

Жыл бұрын

Jay is the best 👌 I've watched him for a long time now and I can say he's the nicest most genuine man on KZread and in life, a true inspiration to me and a very true blessing he has been a very good friend ❤️ actually he is my best friend and he and his family feel like family to me I love them very much ❤️.

@kele1264

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmckinney6577 Awesome!

you dont know how much you have helped me thenk you very much

Just heading out to help my bro diagnose a similar problem. I’ve done this several time over the years, but it’s been awhile. It’s great to be able to come here for a quick refresher. Good video, solid advice.

I almost undid my whole outlet but then I watched this and I just had to flip a GFCI in my bathroom and my garage outlet works again. Thanks

This was soooooo helpful omg it definitely was the GFCI in my garage by the water heater😮. I would have never found that but its near my water heater so it had the reset button. Thank you soooo much.

@WordofAdviceTV

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!! Glad to hear the video helped you find and fix the problem!

Thank you. Was able to troubleshoot and fix the outlet myself! 💕💕💕

Tripped GFCI got me too, big thank you brother!

Thank you. I fixed mine by your tips. Saved money.

Big thanks!! I had no clue that the gfi outlet controlled all the outlets in my kitchen

Thank you so much. The GFCI in the hall bathroom tripped and shut off the outlet in the master bath outlet. Now I'm wondering why a GFCI would just randomly trip. I've been in this house for 30 years and it's never happened before. I need to make a list of different things for an electrician to work on, and then call them out to fix them all, because just making a visit to the house is a $100 fee.

Thank you for these videos. I've learned a lot from you. 👋

saved me from wasting another couple hours. It was a tripped gfci for me. thanks

Bro thanks bro! I had a tripped gfci and it was in the garage . You the man

Amazing, the trip was set off and this helped me a lot!

An excellent video.Jay. I want to point out one slight difference between the new Smart GFCI to the old version. The newer GFCI outlets work the same you press the test button and they trip out cutting off the AC power. When you reset the new smart series you must hold down the reset button for several seconds up to 5 or 10 seconds before they will reset the power. The normal way they snap on instantly if the outlet is good and if defective they will not reset. The new Smart GFCI will self-check itself before resetting. If you push and release the test button the reset will fail. If a person not knowing this it will lead them to think the GFCI is defective when it's actually good. My advice when buying new parts read over the instructions for anything new and be safe replacing the device. I know it's shocking news, Mr. Watson. Lol your joke was way to funny🤣

@WordofAdviceTV

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! And I appreciate you explaining this in detail. That is very helpful and good to know! Haha and glad to hear you liked the joke 😄

Thanks--sure enough, found the GFCI breaker for our master bathroom (with no GFCIs!) in the guest bathroom across the house!

GFCI outlet was my issue, thank you so much!!!!

thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

Excellent insight just fixed my outlet issue thanks you!

I wish i could give this a thousand likes 😅 Three outlets in my kitchen have been out for two weeks. Went to my breaker box and checked for tripped switches, and pushed the reset buttons on two outlets, nada. Only today, after seeing this video, did I try the reset on one additional outlet...SUCCESS 🎉 Thank you so much! 🙏🏽

Fixed my problem! I never would have checked the one in the bathroom!

Thanks bro. Not sure why all 4 of my bathrooms are connected to the same GFI but we are good now. God bless!!!!

@WordofAdviceTV

4 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! We receive the blessing, God bless you and yours as well!

Thanks for this info and have a great day.

@WordofAdviceTV

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for stopping by!

Thank u for your video was able to resolve prob without having to replace the outlet.. it was tripped by the outlet in garage I just had to reset. 👍

Thank you very much for the troubleshooting steps.

Ha, I just had that happen 2 months ago. Reset didn't work. So I had to replace it. Bought the very best/most ex$pensive of course replacement. Great video! 👍🏻

@WordofAdviceTV

Жыл бұрын

Only the best for you I see. 😄 Glad to hear the problem didn't go any further than a bad outlet for you. Have a great weekend good sir, thank you for stopping by!

Thank you for this video. You explain things very well!

@WordofAdviceTV

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!

thank you! i was able to get my washing machine going! i was at first thinking I needed a new appliance. whew!

This was very helpful. My electricity went out and after power returned some outlets didn't work. Reset the outlet in powder bathroom now upstairs bathroom outlets are all working 🎉🎉🎉

@Manager_Mister

Жыл бұрын

If it goes out again i suggest to track down why it is tripping. You may need a new GFCI. If you replace be sure to tape the screws. It could avoid a short I had one recently that went bad and was showing up as Open. It needed replacement.

Thank you so much!! I was going days without my air fryer. 😂

@WordofAdviceTV

6 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! 🙂

I plugged a heater into an outlet with 2 adapters and I heard a loud pop and became very anxious because my pc was also connected and the pc suddenly turned off too. Luckily this video solved my problem thank you

This video tipped me off that maybe that scary noise the breaker switch made earlier was a huge sign of something. Right on.

Thanks, it was really helpful with all your tips. I appreciated it saving me Money.

Thank you. Video was very informative and I fixed the problem

Brother thank you for that quick fix, new sub here.

perfect and clear instructions. funny lil story at the end lol

@AB-ux5mp

5 ай бұрын

omg the breaker was tripped. I checked it 100x but this video helped me know what a tripped breaker actually looks like 😅 thank you! saved me the embarrassing $80-120.00 I was going to have to pay an electrician. on to the next task!

We have one outlet out that was not remedied by checking the breaker or the other thing. Unfortunately, the way the house is wired, we have no idea which breaker to turn off to replace the outlet. I guess we could turn off everything, but I hate to disconnect the fridge and freezer.There is only one GFCI in the entire house. We have been here 30 years, so I am sure of at least that much. Thank you for the video

Thanks for the tip this video was extremely helpful!

@WordofAdviceTV

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great useful information as always.

I subscribed because not only of helpful tips but because of your funny joke 😂

Your tips worked! Thank you!!

@WordofAdviceTV

Ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it worked for you!