Why a photocell? Have you ever walked around your home during the late evening or middle of the night and wished you had some light? Just enough to reach ...
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What Stove Plug Do I Use? So you just bought a new stove. And now you're really confused on what plug to install. Chances are your old stove was on a 40 amp breaker ...
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Using A Multimeter In this video, I show you the basic functions and how to test using a multimeter. It's not as hard as you might think. You don't have to spend a lot ...
Continue readingHow to Install a Whole House Surge Protector
Installing a whole-house surge protector (HEPD) is extremely easy. What is a HEPD? Well everyone nowadays knows what a surge protector is. Most of us have one connected to our computers and maybe our expensive TVs. But ...
Continue readingAdding more or Relocating Recessed Lighting / High Hat Lights
It's just so easy to add another high hat to your existing recessed lighting. Lot of times the builder just didn't add enough of these or was just trying to be cheap. Well lucky for you I decided ...
Continue readingHow to Add More Outlets to your Garage
Most garages only have one or two outlets at most. But let's be serious now. Why would a builder only install one outlet ?. Simple, because he's only doing what the minimum code requires. We ...
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Below is a list of PDF files of the NEC electrical code. I will be adding more of them as time goes on. If there is one you don't see please send me an email what you're looking ...
Continue readingWall Plate Covers
The different outlet cover plate sizes Did you know? Did you know that wall plate covers come in three different sizes? Well, they do. Three to be exact. You ...
Continue readingInstalling a Whole House Fan
A whole fan can cool your house off on those summer days in a matter of minutes. Now if it's hotter outside of course you wouldn't want that hot air in just yet. A whole ...
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In this how-to install a sub-panel installation I will guide you through the complete installation of a subpanel step by step. The first question is why are you installing a subpanel. There are either one ...
Continue readingInstalling / Replace With A Three Way Dimmer Switch
Ever wonder how to install/replace a three-way dimmer switch on a three-lighting circuit. Well, think no more. One of the biggest questions I get asked is when someone replaces a dimmer switch and now their ...
Continue readingHow to check the amps being drawn from a breaker
If you're pulling too many amps from a breaker it will trip. And the easy way to check this is to use an amp tester. Inductive testing like the one I use in this video is the way ...
Continue readingHow to install A Arc Fault Circuit Breaker / Interrupter Video
An Arc Fault Circuit Breaker / Interrupter AFCI Arc fault circuit breaker types are now code. In the past, it was up to the local building inspector. But times have changed and they are ...
Continue readingHow to install a 220 Volt 4 wire outlet
4 Wire Outlet The wire. If you were installing a four-wire 220 outlet chances are it's for a stove/oven. Now, this could be either 40 or 50 amp. So either #6 ...
Continue readingHow to install a 220 volt outlet
Installing a 220-volt outlet isn't all that hard at all. Following the instructions in my video and you'll be fine. So here's the deal on installing more than one per circuit. It's all math by ...
Continue readingwiring diagram for a stove plug
Please keep in mind, this is for a 4 wire cord and the outlet for a stove/oven. This is very easy to do but yes it can seem very intimidating. You just came home with ...
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