Electrician Troubleshoot Kitchen Outlets Not Working

This Client had outlets in the Kitchen that were not working. We go over a few methods of electrical troubleshooting to find the issue.

[@rickyc664]

It's a pleasure to watch a true professional do electrical work, thanks for the great videos!

[@unitedtradesmanacademy1894]

🙏 welcome

[@thomasblake7046]

I love watching your troubleshooting videos. You get right into it, explain in detail what happened and you have a nice flow to your work. I'm not even an electrician but did home improvements for years and I've always found electrical work fascinating. You got a new subscriber.

[@unitedtradesmanacademy1894]

Thomas thank you really appreciate. Some customers dont like that I'm fast at what I do. They expect me to spend 4 hours researching but it takes me 1hour.

[@thomasblake7046]

@@unitedtradesmanacademy1894 Some don't realize the amount of training and dedication, tools, money etc... that enables you to be efficient. That's what they're paying you for. Not how long you were there. Plus, they couldn't fix it if they worked on it for a week. They should be happy it's fixed. A lot of people bash trades people. I've had my share too. But we're the ones that fix their screw ups. A little gratitude would be nice. I hope your channel really grows. You hustle my man. Good for you! All the best.

[@floydjones1037]

I love your work, you keep me motivated to be a electrician

[@mytubebobbie06h]

I like that you took the time to be safe and went to check the receptacles and using your multimeter. Great job.

[@POPPASHANGO]

I know you're getting some hate but F that noise bro. AFCI has become a nightmare for us. We have spent over 2k in washing machines in our new house from 2020 because the afci keeps tripping for no fucking reason. The first washer failed after nuisance tripping and now our 2nd washer has some sort of error issue we have to fix because the breaker keeps tripping. I am sure the AFCI is ruining my equipment and the electrician cannot find any reason why. He is frustrated because he wants to put a regular breaker in and can't. He said according to the manufacturer I need to buy ANOTHER fucking washing machine instead of addressing their AFCI garbage. Our first machine worked for a year in our old home with regular breakers and never tripped once while waiting for house to be finished. The AFCI killed it from tripping within the first month of moving in. It trips every 5 or 6 loads so I don't think it's the washer. My electrician also said there is rumors floating around of the code changing so that the main breaker for the whole house might have to be AFCI. He said good luck finding an issue when it kills the whole house. I say good luck with it not killing all of your equipment in the house. Oh and for those who screaming about safety. How many millions of homes in the North American continent that was built before AFCI code exsisted are around and are fine? How many critical electricians have immediately RAN OUT to ALL of their in-laws, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins houses to immediately re-wire all of their houses and change them over to AFCI because of the SAFETY factor they are so concerned about? I am willing to bet most of them are living in houses with standard breakers! I say until they do that ... They are hypocrites.

[@keithharrington4595]

Love you work brother and on this video I feel you missed some opportunities to further educate. "Job complete" - system restored (panels/covers installed), testing complete (paper work signed if needed), dirt off the floor. This makes the "Broom Pusher Guy" integral to job completion. Trouble shooting techniques - half splitting, sesame street test, one problem - many symptoms....and more. Again, I love the videos. Please keep up the great work helping other. Thanks.

[@pawelelektryk2985]

Great video once again.I swear,as soon as you opened up that first outlet and I saw what I saw there,I immediatetly thought to myself "This is a remodel/handyman/homeowner special" lol

[@TapTwoCounterspell]

...or just a crappy builder trying taking shortcuts as always?

[@heroknaderi]

Wow nice find. That burnt wire could have startrd a fire if left unattended. Glad you saved the day😎

[@aday1637]

You wanna' see loose connections...when I began working in the late 60's the use of aluminum wiring was rampant. Aluminum shrinks in plain regular atmosphere. So loose connections was an everyday occurance. So much so that homes were burning on a regular basis. Use of penetrox was implemented to help avoid future issues. And that is penetrox on the outlet connections as well as the panel side. And if you found one such on a call, all had to be done. Your service call could wind up taking days to complete. One loose circuit in a 50+ year old panel is mere child's play to an experienced electrician like me. Most of the aluminum wiring issues have since been resolved, one way or the other, by now. Thank heavens. I remember one service call in a home in suburban Washington DC back in 1977 where wire running from a service disonnect to and electric furnace was glowing red in the furnace closet. It looked like a toaster. And luckily it hadn't set fire yet. I think that was around the time that aluminum wire in low amp circuits was outlawed. Still in use by the power company or in large size runs though.

[@enriqueescate7773]

My mom's microwave outlet measures 12 0 have to ground and 37 volts from neutral to hot. I switched the outlets to see if it was that but It measured the same . At one point it did register 120 from hot to neutral and I tried to reconnect the outlet to the box and it went back to 37 volts from hot to neutral. When I connect the circuit tester It shows hot ground reversed but the outlet was wired correctly. I did not see the wires touching in the box so I should check the main breaker? And also that same breaker connects to the living room but it checks out fine with the circuit tester

[@peterjohnson1930]

Great video for electricians. Novices need an explanation of what wires or terminals you are testing and why. and the results and what they indicate.

[@tonyb2760]

Did you not check the hot on the breakers seeing that most of the neutrals were loose and were those drywall screws holding the outlets in the box?

[@jragadio]

That’s why manufacturers have torque specifications! Good work.

[@joewebb4836]

If tested hot to ground at receptacle, you would have realized the open neutral.

[@gregfisher216]

Nice work , you were very fortunate to find the loose neutral ! you know a lot of the times it ain't that easy! I couldn't get over the way they stuffed the romex in the panel! That really needs to be redone correctly ! maybe you could give them a quote on redoing it.

[@davids8133]

Since you found the neutral wires loose, I'm wondering why you didn't check the torque on the hot wires as well?

[@arealmaintenanceandrepairl1103]

So if you show low voltage that’s a neutral issue ? Again get the Klein 450 tracer you won’t regret it could have just plugged it into the problem outlet disconnected that burnt neutral and 100 located it just in case that wasn’t the issue u could then tell them you repaired soso wire which controlled a specific area

[@dante9564]

I love these troubleshooting videos. Great stuff as always.

[@joewebb4836]

Dude, never have something you can move behind your legs when working a live panel.....you get an arc flash, it's backwards on your head !

[@gettinitstarted]

How much you charge for work like that

[@Eddy63]

I always loved troubleshooting too ... Good vid with good info ... Thx ...

[@jaroadkill260]

New receptacles, no gfci devices, no arch fault protection, all sorts of wrong on that “remodel”

[@johncantrell614]

Would you not also go ahead and tighten up the connections on the breakers as well since you found loose screws?

[@jakesully5402]

That’s definitely a best practice, especially when you have found a loose one. But, I’m also guilty of not always tightening them all up…

[@michaelwickham2003]

I like your style of troubleshooting I love the the challenge of it

[@mattb541]

Love watching your videos...that ringtone kills me tho 😂😂😂

[@josephnickerson3493]

Yessssss! new electrical videos!!! missed ya like youre my friend keep up the good work

[@Cabmaker]

Loose wires cause fires good catch

[@Entrailss]

Masterfully done.

[@ExtraFungus]

Yeah, that is Mesquite. I know the house. I can give you the history and what you got wrong about the remodel. That house was built in 2001, no drywall was redone or wiring moved. Most of that was untouched work from the builders in 2001. Things that changed with the electrical over the years were an outlet was removed for an island that was removed in the kitchen, and there was a sub panel that was added for a large building in the backyard, then removed. That sub standard work passed multiple inspections and someone obviously should have gone through at some point and tightened up the screws. That gfci was never moved, that's exactly where it was and how it was wired since it was a new build.

[@mytubebobbie06h]

I would have torqued the neutral buzz bar screws to proper specs.

[@esexavo]

I am just a rando, I watch your vid to fix my gcfi problems, instead of messing around and opening up outlets, the first thing i check now is the panel, if there is power , i move the the nearest gcfi and test it

[@gfong3387]

Maybe I am a total novice but looking at receptacles and touching the meter leads to some point and not telling you want to look for or the purpose of the test is not useful for a new DIY.

[@gfong3387]

But totally appreciate the efforts

[@polonovella-eo5mv]

You the fucking man. I knew I wasn't crazy bro.

[@vince6829]

Nice job. I love your troubleshooting videos. 👍

[@mr.clutchtastic6194]

Omg I love these types of videos

[@TheLostAdventuress]

Love you videos wish you made more , very very good detail brother 🎉❤😊

[@MarkBrockman1956]

Awesome job.

[@freddymontano1426]

I was troubleshooting on the whole room like one of your other videos and circuit breaker still keeps popping any advise

[@unitedtradesmanacademy1894]

It probably goes into another room also.

[@TheAces1979]

Thank you bro!

[@Nick_Niice91]

Always a great video! I reached out on IG a couple of days ago, was wondering when do you usually go live please and thank u!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@unitedtradesmanacademy1894]

Working on putting a flyer together for a zoom or twitch so we can all be on camera together.

[@Nick_Niice91]

That’s definitely the way to go about it!!

[@davidsanders1046]

Thanks for your knowledge

[@homesteadnhomeschl]

I Love your work too!!! 😘

[@quantumfoam140]

At 3:26 if that noise started going off while I was measuring in a panel, I think I’d die of a heart attack.

[@columbuspalmer846]

Good job

[@abemaysonet7291]

Good job, and TY

[@rickg.8056]

Hey man, been awhile! Hopefully you do another live stream in the future.

[@unitedtradesmanacademy1894]

Imma try an kick one this weekend

[@clarenceeverline5654]

I wish you had a company in GA, i would love to work for you

[@herronhill]

Good one.

[@brandongeer5290]

What was your reasoning for checking the two pole breakers as well?

[@ericyoung3351]

Great video

[@seabass450]

Great videos! Keep up the great work!

[@drake.junior28]

Really enjoy the vids keep them up

[@Qazxswer68]

Good find! Gotta love easy money:)

[@BronzeGirl]

Having this issue only stove come on and the light from ceiling

[@AKC357]

PHENOMENALLY SPLENDID JOB MY GREAT MAN💯💪🏾👍🏾❗️❗️❗️ THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED💪🏾💯👍🏾❗️❗️❗️ THANKS BRO💪🏾💯💗👍🏾❗️❗️❗️ You’ve Got My Subscription, AND THE NOTIFICATION BELL💪🏾💯👍🏾💗❗️❗️❗️ Now, I Can Go Fishing🎣💪🏾👍🏾💗❗️❗️❗️

[@Denise-pu7uw]

Why did you go to the panel last it should of been first

[@manueljfrancisco5480]

Cut the wire and splice it in panel! What”s. The big. Deal. Try tightening everything in the panel. Also!!!!😢

[@tray8411]

All those loose landings are f'n crazy

[@ExtraFungus]

Is this mesquite Texas?

[@panelpal111]

Nice video

[@manuelpachuca4222]

♍️👍⚡️

[@TapTwoCounterspell]

Hands down the worst phone ring tone ive ever heard on my enitre life

[@mrcoollu9662]

Brother please start a nonprofit apprenticeship program for low income, online learning trust me you can do it

[@ranytravis4953]

Say what you are doing all the way through the video..don't whisper...couldn't watch any more.

[@aday1637]

"...not having the proper inspection when the house was purchased". Have you ever had an inspector check the inside of breaker panel during a home inspection for possible faulty circuits??? Try NOT, NO, NEVER. That panel looks like it's 50 years old. The discoloration of the bus bars indicates it was around for many years. One wire not tightened down all the way on the neutral side is NOT indicative of "shady" workmanship. Sorry, buddy, been around for too many years to bite on that jive. Perhaps in your classroom experience where everything is clinical and pristine the perfect world exists. It's a loose wire. Nothing more, nothing less. Heating due to resistence is the result. Fix it and stop condemning a 50+ year old panel install. If it worked this long it isn't shady. I see nothing unusual other than the loose wire. Perhaps repeated over-amping the circuit heated and shrank the wire in the connector. Who knows? Fix it and move along. Nuff said.

[@ExtraFungus]

That panel was installed in 2001 when the house was a new build and the remodel he's alleging happened never actually happened.