As a electrician for over forty years a PROPERLY INSTALLED wire nut is by far the SAFEST

Do not pre twist As an electrician for over forty years , a properly installed wire nut is by far the safest.

I have a Fluke T5-1000, which is the same as yours, only good to 1000 instead of 600. As an electrician, these meters are great for my everyday general use, but I find them lacking when it comes to automotive diagnostics since they only read in whole values. I'd be much more comfortable seeing 14.5 volts from the alternator than 15 volts, for example.

Well, if you get into union electrical work, they make electrician flyers in order to twist them and then cut it off even because they don’t always twist the same without doing that. You have no idea what they’ve done when you just twist the wire.

dude, where do I connect the hose, you didn’t show how to open the bleed valve

Screwing a hot girl condem unnecessary but you may get aids

I worked as a commercial electrician. We seldom used 14 gauge wire, because our receptacle circuits were 20 Amp. That was an "Ideal Twister" wire nut, my favorite wire nut. I used my 5/16" nut driver to twist them on. When we used other wire nuts we twisted the wires together, cut off the tip, and then installed the wire nut. That also might be my method when struggling to get several wire tip ends even.

what about the cabling?

Great explanation! Thank you.

It will work fine but in my area thie would need to be inspected and approved if not you would have an issue when and if you ever sold the property.

Thanks for a info

Thanks for the 1/4 technique with the spark plugs

Informative video that everybody can use and was looking for

Have a 2018 GMC Terrain. I'm a manufacturing rep and I travel a good deal. I have 170K on it with probably over 70% of those being highway miles. Hell my Michelin tires that i got in 2021 have nearly 100k miles on then and they still look great. I'm hoping I can possibly get another three years out of this car. Which would probably be around 250K miles I probably get 5 oil changes a year.

Question, by having the toilet drain higher than the shower drain wouldn’t the water from the toilet seep out thru the shower if there was a clogged down stream?

An extension cord is useful in t'shooting in more ways than one. If your panel is further away from the suspect outlet (and/or you're working by yourself), you can run the cord as close to the panel as possible and plug in a radio. Turn it on and go through the breakers one at a time until it shuts off. However, ALWAYS, check with a multimeter first before you go sticking your fingers in the outlet box. When working with AC power, it really doesn't matter red or black. You'll get the same reading: 110-120 VAC for power. DC power does matter. Red is positive (hot) and black is neutral. (Because I'm a dinosaur...) Keep a sheet of paper or pad and number/label the breakers and keep it on or near the panel. Typically, odd numbers of the left and even on the right, starting at the top and working down. Sorry, I gotta switch to decaf now...

so if i switch the 2 prong outlet to a 3 prong outlet and i ground it to the metal box it will be grounded?

You can prevent overloading your breaker by doing 0 outlets per circuit.

Very sound advice. Amazing how much packed into less than 3 minutes. Thank you very much.

Did you see they say to "lead" a stranded wire so what would you do there?

Love to have a digital breaker where it can tell you the loads and on the outlet.

Soooo the black lead goes to hot??

This is the best discussion I have ever heard about wire nuts. All key points are duly noted. And the demo with the weight, while not intended to be funny, made me laugh out loud. Great video!

The old team I worked with did not put more than 4 on a new 15 amp and 5 on 20. Allow room for possible future needs.

Well done

Thanks for the pointers!

could it be mix? 15 and 20 on one 20amp circuit?

what about led. they don't even sell incanesnesnt bulbs anymore

Thanks...very helpful

Brass = hot Silver = neutral

I can't help it, my jounreyman taught to pretwist, even if it isn't technically necessary, but then again, I'm in high-rise so some of the junction boxes can have connections with 4 or more wires, but helpful tip if im just gonna do something quick at home, in say a potlight or something

Makes sense and it's best to be safe.....electrical fire isn't something that is cheap

Great video i apreciate you pointing out the timing chain etc parts even tho unrelated to your video.

Chevy Cruze... My PCV valve is fine. My problem is when I remove the oil dipstick that is when I hear the air suction sound. Any suggestions on what it can be.

Though late in years very valuable to me. Thank you for a very clear and concise video. Greatly appreciated.

Concrete heaves 3/4 ..7/8 in winter

I'm pretty sick of every video suggesting the GFI outlets as a solution. It's really not. For people like me, who really want it done the right way, I want to know what it would take to run a ground through the house and modernize the electric without having to spend tens of thousands to have someone come out and do it. Running electric in my house should be easy. I have an unfinished basement with a 6' high ceiling. No ladders needed. All of the electric is run along joists and then simply run straight up to where the first outlet in the string is located. I have 2 grounding posts already outside my house from a previous install. My 2nd floor is grounded with boxes outside the walls. The first floor and basement are NOT grounded by have GFI outlets. One of the grounding posts outside has a ground wire attached. The 2nd one does not. My second floor has normal grounded outlets. My first floor has some 2 prong outlets and and others are GFI. Some have 3 prong outlets but I don't get a ground reading when I test them. Naughty. My old house is a cluster of DIY projects with people who didn't care if they did stuff correctly or to code. And I'm not paying anyone to come in my house and start quoting $10,000 do do work when material costs are only 10 to 20 percent of that quote.

Thank you for the clear explanation - very helpful!

Exactly right !!!

Thanks for the info!!!

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Perfect explanation. Thank you.

That’s not code

The only time I pre twist is if I am connecting 3 wires that are too short at once just to make sure all 3 stay in place as if there is not a lot of room to hold them. Other than that in my 20 years of doing electrical work I've never pre waisted a simple connection.

Is it ok if I just don't replace it?

I also have watched a ton of videos and THANKS to YOU I figured out my electrical problem!! Everything is working good right now. Two bedrooms were without power except one outlet and that was the issue. Put a new one in there and power started to flow again. THANKS AGAIN for AWESOME Content!!!

Thow out these old, old, old, school wire nuts and take a leap in to the 21st century America. In Europe we use Wago Connectors for the last 30/40 years. We never ever use an old school wire nuts anymore!

3/4" of an inch per foot could cause solids to separate from the water and cause blockages. 1/4" is the sweet spot to keep solids moving.

BOOM, MIC DROP YOU PRE-TWISTING MUTHA TRUCKAS!!!!

I'm in the camp that says "OMG I just spent THOUSANDS of dollars getting the actual pole barn and concrete built! finding it very hard to spend all that money on more wood."