HOW TO INSTALL A GFCI OUTLET

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Replacing or installing a GFCI outlet is a pretty simple task if you take your time and follow these simple steps.
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As someone who does this for a living..
Be sure that if you’re outside that you have the correct device. Go get yourself a weather resistant GFI receptacle and an outside rated bubble cover to meet code. (If you are replacing something inside you can use regular devices for it)
Make sure that you leave yourself 6 or more inches of wire in your box to also meet code.
It’s important to know which wire in your box is the line and which is the load. Line is the important one as it brings power to your device. Load is simply the power leaving the device to continue your circuit to other devices.
When installing your GFI take a look on the backside of it and find out which screw is going to be your line and which is your load. Hook up the correct ones to the terminal. And land your neutrals the same way. (Black wire to gold screw, white wire to silver screw, green to ground). Be sure to tighten so if you pull on the wire it does not come out.

marclloyd

He left out a very important safety detail about how to properly wire the GFCI outlet. His installation is “end-of-run” or “end-of-line” which mean there’s only one cable inside the box. You have to connect the “line” wires to the “line terminals indicated on the back of the device.
If the installation is the first-in-line or even the middle of the run there’s gonna be another cable in the box. The other terminal is the load. The new GFCI outlet will is usually have a yellow sticker protecting the load terminals as seen in the video. This helps indicate to which terminals is line or load.

jobsucks

you are straight to the point! That is the way it should be...no telling your life story...Thanks for your fast talking...Love the presentation!

gotohealth

Thanks for the tutorial! Replaced the outlet by my washing machine just now with a GFCI. Nice to see the green light come on as soon as I reset it.

FriendlySkiesK

Love how you get to the point quickly, as opposed to the many many YT videos in which the host mumbles to himself for 10 minute before getting there.

bdctube

After reading all of the comments, I too was able to better understand the video content. I just finished adding an extra gfci outlet for my new jackscrew garage door opener by pulling power from the constant hot side of the attic lights. I drilled through a wall plate and fished the Romex through to a new wall receptacle I installed up high near the new garage door opener. This method saved me some money over running surface mount wire mold from an existing outlet. It also looks like it was original to the house now!

Rbenterprises

You're great to watch, quick, EXCELLENT editing - I will watch again! [some of the other guys do well but take too long to get the point across]. Fantastically done! {also that outlet you replaced looks like a lot of the jigger rigging this guy did in the house I purchased - built in 1965 - he did some crazy stuff- I won't bore you, but one of the craziest was: Regular brown extension cord, cut off the plug, stripped wires and connected to an outlet, ran it across the attic wall, poked a 'hole' in the paneling in the bathroom, pulled it through and used it for something?. . it was just laying there when I moved in hahahaha}

janetstone

Anyone watching this, pay attention to these comments about understanding your load and line out positions. I went through 3 different outlets assuming they were faulty but they were not. It was because I had the wires flipped. Fml. I'm just glad I read the comments. This whole video, the comments helped the most. Thanks peeps

raisisk

YouTube is the new classroom and you are one of the new awesome teachers. Thank you for your time.

Niftynefty

Two problems, first it's a good idea to leave about 6 inches of wire out of the box (that is NEC requirements) that will be folded back into the box, which allows for changes later if a wire breakage occurs, otherwise a broken wire would necessitate routing a new wire run to the box. The other important note is that the top terminals on the GFCI device are to be wired to the live and neutral coming into the box, and the bottom two terminals are reserved for feeding power to a another device that would utilize the GFCI device's protection circuit. So the incoming live and neutral wires must never to connected to the bottom two terminals on the GFCI device.

SpeakerBuilder

Excellent! The only thing did not see how to properly strip the wire and how much wire to leave. Thank you for sharing!!

chi

Really like the simple way you explain things. Thank you

razzyazevedo

Literally in the woods wasted 3hrs and 50% battery to load 3 different videos this morning with your video was first and I'm outside and Is 8min I'm done. Thank you.

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