Very incredible I as well retrofit new work boxes as old work. Very helpful 😎👍
@christophereaton46943 жыл бұрын
Don't let the inspector see it. Can't legally run screws through the box unless it's designed for them. But, but, but.... The Evenrued principal.
@thomasmagda45803 жыл бұрын
This has to be the easiest case scenario. How about without attic access and perfect mounting points?
@aurvaroy66703 жыл бұрын
Tons of holes to patch on walls and ceilings...
@romuloromero22682 жыл бұрын
Right?
@Maxid110 жыл бұрын
Another best case scenario job. The common answer to "What's upstairs." is some combination of, two angry cage fighters, 15 badgers, a lice filled flea farm and Chucky.
@JoeOklahoma7 жыл бұрын
Lol'd at this, but when I saw "and Chucky" I lost it. About to move into my own home soon... hoping it's a best case. But then, I dig the Child's Play series and would totally be down for a Good Guy doll up there.
@muhammadsultani60786 жыл бұрын
Maxid1 .
@MamaJade12 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@x2malandy4 жыл бұрын
Open attic, nice.
@andyneipert25272 жыл бұрын
I like the lights he poot in
@RobertLeBlancPhoto4 жыл бұрын
Easy when you have an open attic. ;)
@davidfelton5648 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video it was done correctly
@jacobmyer74814 жыл бұрын
Looks like Joe Exotic is doing well
@meicealways58424 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@merlonglighting48102 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your share .
@manuelsalgado85105 жыл бұрын
I have 1 light in my kitchen and want to add 3 pendant lights . Can I use the same switch?
@RobertLeBlancPhoto4 жыл бұрын
Sure. The circuit is simple. Parallel the hot wire for each additional light to a hot wire going to the load side of the switch, and parallel the neutral of each additional light to a neutral wire that's tied into the neutral of that circuit. If your circuit is grounded, tie in the ground wires as well. I recommend using fixtures that have dimmable LEDs and use an LED compatible dimming switch.
@Wannagobackto19805 жыл бұрын
Putting 2 14/2's in a pancake is illegal. But I cant say I havent done it. Sometimes you get in a pinch and have no choice. Overload the cubic inches.
@GlitchedPepsi4 жыл бұрын
Davey28car not illegal everywhere
@denislamarche46564 жыл бұрын
Definitly against cec
@Nick-bh1fy4 жыл бұрын
@@denislamarche4656 1000% 😂
@mr.g9373 жыл бұрын
@@GlitchedPepsi Where isn't it illegal?
@oriannahernandez82194 ай бұрын
Agreee!! The wires and wire nuts could barley fit and I thought he was a licenced electrician
@YeseniaMariee4 жыл бұрын
how much would you say cost, to have done by an electrician
@benefactionhindrance4 жыл бұрын
$$$
@budrick20033 жыл бұрын
500$???
@星海音乐7 жыл бұрын
Where did you find the electrical box which is very shallow? Most of the boxes are very thick and if they are installed under the wood just like you did, the box will be pop out of the ceiling. So they have to nail it beside the wood which is not as good as beneath it. Where I can find the shallow electrical box? Thanks!
@donl14107 жыл бұрын
Pancake or ceiling boxes. The big box stores or hardware stores.
@anshugarg27272 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@mcarroll5983 жыл бұрын
Why wouldn’t this guy get a 3 gang plastic old work box for the switches?! Would be a lot better install.
@Dredpath16 жыл бұрын
Ok well if I’m correct, that box is no longer UL listed because he drilled through the box into the stud. He also cut off those 45 degree tabs for the nails. He should have used an old work box.
@VolpeInCalze5 жыл бұрын
He should have went for an old work box with the tabs that flip out. Would have also been more secure and less floppy
@EVGSTORE3 жыл бұрын
he cant use the nail tabs without cutting off more wall. It worked for the situation.
@meicealways58424 жыл бұрын
I have questions i need answered My new home is not prewired for pendants...if you could give me an average price of how much it costs to install the lights of the home isn’t prewired for pendant....my lights will be about $100 a light..may you just estimate cost of labor and cost of it not being pre wired for the lights
@slappadabass32902 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@meicealways58422 жыл бұрын
@@slappadabass3290 u laughin but it’s already compete lol Go look at the videos 💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️
@slappadabass32902 жыл бұрын
You were asking TOH to give you an estimate 😂😂
@meicealways58422 жыл бұрын
@@slappadabass3290 Chile anyway ….
@jgroenveld12683 жыл бұрын
Definitely not to code. You needed to apply the peanut butter BEFORE Jelly to the bread.
@Ariztid3 жыл бұрын
She should've worried about getting new cabinets and counter tops before getting these installed.
@NinoValleyTv6 жыл бұрын
I LOVE HOW THEY DONT SHOW YOU THE LITTLE PROBLEMS THEY RUN INTO...I.E. FIRE BLOCKING WHEN RUNNING WIRE IN THE WALL...SCREWING THE BOX INTO THE STUD WITH A SCREW AT A SLANT SO YOUR BOX ENDS UP CROOKED AS DO YOUR OUTLETS AND COVER PLATE....C'MON
@spencerwyche25523 жыл бұрын
They never show things like that,that's why DIY'ers screw up there houses and end up calling us,real electricians.
@sever4273 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh so that's how you use a plumb bob#chiggycheck
@PSNCraCkBaBy134 жыл бұрын
2:40 that shepherd hook 😳👀😬
@Bendc1970A14 жыл бұрын
What would have happened if there didn't happen to be a ceiling joist to screw the pendant mounts into? My luck i'd plumb bob up to the ceiling and there would just be drywall there.
@RoastBeefSandwich4 жыл бұрын
Use an old work light fixture box, those won't hold a fan but will be plenty for a pendant light.
@JimDean0022 жыл бұрын
Use a fan bracket. It's basically a threaded rod that wedges into the ceiling joist on either side and once it's there you clamp the ceiling box to it. Installed probably they'll hold anything you want to hang on it
@altecdarpa2110 жыл бұрын
if that outlet next to the switch is that close to the sink should it not be GFI?
@boris93058 жыл бұрын
+altecdarpa21 It's most likely a split receptacle and I have never seen a split GFI. So you would have to make it 2 switches each a GFI. Anyways the electrical was most likely done before the GFI code was instituted, and it is not retroactive.
@Sparky-ce9yy7 жыл бұрын
Yes
@steveloux47093 жыл бұрын
All receptacles serving counter surfaces in the kitchen must be GFCI protected, as well as the dishwasher circuit.
@Dredpath17 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else notice that he used 14/2 on a circuit that has 12/2? i hope thats not a 20A circuit because 14AWG wire is not rated for 20A.
@MIW_Renegade6 жыл бұрын
It’s a light the wire probably came from a 20 amp circuit somewhere else like the outlet next to it the lights not gonna draw 20 Amps it’s gonna draw less that 5 amps
@prodigy2k76 жыл бұрын
Safeman4202 technically it is rated for it(via the table) but they have a special code for small wires and that’s where they don’t allow it. For some reason....
@prodigy2k76 жыл бұрын
SomeRandomGuyWithAChannelOnKZbin that doesn’t mean it’s ok
@x2malandy4 жыл бұрын
I did notice that. I figured they wanted to make it a "combo light and heater". Ha
@adammorgan9304 Жыл бұрын
#14 thhn is rated at 25 amps but has overcurrent protection limitations
@pappabob2910 жыл бұрын
looking at the K.O. spacing on those pancake boxes, they sure look like 3 1/4" pancake boxes. Those are only acceptable as a "end of the line" outlet (one romex only) because of their conductor fill capacity. Even than, # 12 overfills the box but it's commonly overlooked. Two romex's in each pancake "overfills" the boxes even with #14 romex. Also, did all three boxes land on a ceiling joist?? Why not move them over 1 1/2" and use a standard 1 1/2" deep box or use a junction box in the attic with a single romex to each pancake box???
@nbarges9 жыл бұрын
Pappa Bob Thanks for adding this comment, now I know exactly what to do.
@boris93058 жыл бұрын
+Pappa Bob It's different codes in different states/provinces. In Ontario you can put 2 romex wires in a pancake and use the pancake box wherever you want.
@pattremper85398 жыл бұрын
That's not code. You can't put screws through the box should have used a 3 gang old work box
@kleung3478 жыл бұрын
if you look closely at the 3 gang box he used, all he did was take a 3 gang new work box and cut the brackets off of it.
@donl14107 жыл бұрын
I don't think the sheetrock srews are likely to become energized
@ericwotton20466 жыл бұрын
If the screws are in the back 1/4 of the box it's okay or if it's a listed box with built in screws (smart box makes some) this guy didn't have an old work box so he hacked off the wings of a new work box.
@justincaver49586 жыл бұрын
That is to code.
@lilkid84866 жыл бұрын
This is definitely not code compliant. Once he cut the brackets off and screwed through the box, he voided the UL listing.
@anne-marielynnsettano32457 жыл бұрын
How long should it take
@DavidLucBelanger5 жыл бұрын
About an hour if you don't stop working and everything goes according to plan, but if not maybe 2h-3h.
@MattBruns9 жыл бұрын
Is the red wire a 2nd hot wire?
@Dredpath17 жыл бұрын
it's acting as a switch leg
@wyldebill41782 жыл бұрын
Wiring by Joe Exotic
@venividivici42534 жыл бұрын
When you hooked that wire onto the screw terminal, why didn’t the electrician clamped it down with the piers to close the loop around the screw then tighten the screw? That’s pure laziness what the electrician did.
@GlitchedPepsi4 жыл бұрын
Not really its clockwise so its fine
@TNtoolman10 жыл бұрын
The electrician's ear rings clash with his outfit...
@Chuck59ish10 жыл бұрын
That's how he tests foe live wires, he just hooks on each earring.
@hubomama5 жыл бұрын
Porsche924Tim is
@theoneevans77903 жыл бұрын
I never seen this video ether too
@omarr.3787 жыл бұрын
What would an electrician charge for a job like that?
@EXLMOB6 жыл бұрын
I would have charged close to 300-400 usd
@AlMai2225 жыл бұрын
Ryan Simmons LOL
@Guillotines_For_Globalists8 жыл бұрын
He could have kept the same smaller box. You can fit four switches in a standard two switch box if you really wanted to.
@TrafficControlFreak7 жыл бұрын
sure, but it's definitely not code and would not pass inspection!
@benmardis82376 жыл бұрын
Makes it much easier for fishing wires with the box removed
@prodigy2k76 жыл бұрын
Traffic Control Freak stack switch is code and UL listed.
@UsCrestElectric5 жыл бұрын
you guys did an electrical code violation. you can not run 2 pcs of Romex wire in a pancake box. instead you can install a 4s box to run 2 romex wires
@colinhealey62447 жыл бұрын
5:39
@jacobgarner55934 жыл бұрын
Your only allowed to put one one romex wire to each metal pancake box 💯 Not up to code ! An inspector wouldn’t allow to romex wires in 1 metal pancake box. Am I right or wrong ?
@steveloux47093 жыл бұрын
The fill for #14 AWG conductors is 2.00 cu inches for each wire entering the box to be spliced, plus one (1) count for all grounds entering, plus one (1) count for any internal cable clamps or hickeys (of which there are zero in this case). So (4) current carrying conductors x 2.00 cu in = 8 cu. in plus one ground count of 2.00 cu in = 10.00 cu in required. That appears to be a Raco 293 pancake box; the manufacturer indicates the volume of the box is only 6.00 cu. in. Splices of this nature cannot be made. If the electrician were committed to the pendant location mounted at the joist, he should have brought a single 14/2 cable up from each pancake to the attic and terminated in a 4-square junction box with adequate volume to make an appropriate splice.
@edsadler4196 Жыл бұрын
Steve I was thinking he was going to run to a 4 square when I was watching. I was very surprised when I seen two box connectors in the pancake. I’m not sure where they found this electrician but he needs to be trained on the code.
@kevinherrera8368 жыл бұрын
I have a problem with a dimmer switch?
@crapper17 жыл бұрын
Kevin Herrera hammer fixes 99 percent of all problems
@zachreese65407 жыл бұрын
Burn the house down
@follow_fraser30818 жыл бұрын
In Canada you can't splice in a pancake box.
@EXLMOB6 жыл бұрын
it's pretty much code anywhere since they are are about 7 Cubic inches and 14/2 is 6 cubic inches.
@AMD14 жыл бұрын
@Jupp Schlabutt What's to worry about with wire nuts? Bad/loose connections only occur when installed wrong.
@AMD14 жыл бұрын
@Jupp Schlabutt North America has both push in and lever wago connectors available. Lever wago's are gaining popularity, but a lot of people are hesitant about using the push in wago's because of a similar design used on older outlets/switches. They were an inferior design, which in a short period of time became apparent that the connections were loosening as the springs became weak. It's my understanding that several European countries had wire nuts. They fell out of favor because they were poorly designed, and in a short period of time often cracked and became loose. Some designs in the past may have been inferior to their Continental counterparts, but that doesn't mean their methods of termination are unsafe today. With modern designs, no one type is better than the other when it comes to long term durability and operation.
@romuloromero22682 жыл бұрын
Of course they have attic access 😤. Show us an example where they don’t, like in most houses
@Stardust_Truth_Seeker4 жыл бұрын
Oh that's such a shame you edited out the most important part to see how you do is to thread a second wire through beside the original one and to see how it could be pulled down through the wall was crucial! could you please please add a video to show how to do that?
@RobertLeBlancPhoto4 жыл бұрын
There's an open vertical cavity in the wall, and the new wire was simply fed through it by first dropping a fish from above, tying the new wire to it, and then pulling it up, which they showed being done.
@davide828434 жыл бұрын
His earrings look hip
@camojim54024 жыл бұрын
Not only did he overload the pancake but you're only allowed 1 romex in each of the plastic tabs in the 3 gang box. Unless it's a single gang only 1 wire per tab. This animal also decided not to use a drop cloth or an old work box. He also cut the hole like he had zero pride in his work.
@slappadabass32902 жыл бұрын
Two drywall screws for a three-gang box huh? 💩
@Trackman804 жыл бұрын
Hack
@elchotocorazon5 жыл бұрын
seriously wtf do yall make your houses out of a big bad wolf would be able to huff n puff yo asses
@Tymullen7 жыл бұрын
2:39 CODE VIOLATION!!! ⚠️ You can’t drill through a box- you buy a retrofitted box with tabs that go on the back of the Sheetrock
@ThaChazo5 жыл бұрын
2:27
@venividivici42534 жыл бұрын
2:39 is incorrect too. Should have tightened the loop before screwing it down.