Find What Outlet to Which Circuit Breaker / Fuse

And also let’s hope here we learn how to use circuit breaker finders and AC detectors and such and understand how they work!

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By: Mehdi Sadaghdar

[Mista_Godfather]

His inactivity makes me anxious but when he uploads the video I thank god that he's still with us

[ryanng]

Mehdi is getting creative with his editing skills.

[TheEngieTF]

3:19 7:44 Minecraft Villagers be like

I love Mehdi's skits, they're absolutely entertaining and hilarious

[SteelSaint]

1:44 The fear that flashes across his face when the toaster and hair dryer just turn off peacefully is absolutely hilarious. That is the face of a man who has 100% given himself PTSD with his own experiments purely to help teach/warn us about the dangers of electricity. And we love him for it. Thank you for all of your invaluable advice, Mehdi, you are an amazing teacher/guardian to us all. 😂❤

[georgegriffin]

That little animation of "going to the hardware store" was DELIGHTFUL, Mehdi!

[djxunlimitedfpv]

Electrician here! I wish Mehdi was making videos back when I was learning my trade. Here I am years later relearning my trade with far more understanding and enjoyment then before. Thanks Mehdi!!!

[jackboi_]

10:57 His Eyebrows just vibrated hahahahaha

[ratty_at]

7:44 i could watch these animations all day, pure gold.

[tellmehow]

7:44 this part is the part I understood

[JaPls]

Also the joke "the resistor falls between live and earth like I always do" was so casual but I caught it haha

[GoodGamer]

10:59 this is the best part of the video

[norbert.kiszka]

5:38 In Europe we have those coils, because it will make faster switching off high currents like at short circuit (In typical B its 3-5 times nominal current and C is 5-10). Its much much safer in that way, because whole time at short circuit all ground wires (PE) has dangerous voltage until breaker will switch off. Of course if somebody doesn't care, then impedance (resistance) of wires and connections in installation can be too high to make it work fast enough. Same with many and long extension cords.

[aadhil__kassim]

10:58 the most perfect "Boin-n-ng' I've ever heard 😂

[John_Ridley]

Couple of things: I really recommend getting the Fluke voltage detector. Other brands have failed to indicate on me. The Fluke is fantastic and trustworthy.
Second, in the US the Harbor Freight "Circuit Breaker Detective" is actually quite good and is $25. You plug one into the outlet then the other you sweep across the breaker box and it tells you which breaker is attached to that outlet. I used it to map all the circuits in my house when I was preparing to install solar, so I could characterize all the circuits and get an even load between phases and decide what to put on the backup panel.

[FedeTimpano]

2:30 The exact moment when Mehdi himself realized he had gone too far 😂😂

[kellyevans]

I’m an electrician and I built myself a switch box that goes through some high grade extension cord into a male plug end. I plug it in and flip the switch and the breaker pops. Sometimes when the breaker is bad or made by stab-lok the wire tenses up in my hand and makes a buzzing sound before the breaker trips. The magnetic forces generated during short circuit conditions are insane.

[jetway]

Every time Mehdi is about to blow something, that instinct of saying "Don't do it" kicks in every time 😂

[Serkuvel]

I live in an apartment with questionable wiring in Europe. I was replacing an outlet that had two wires connected to it. One came from inside the wall, the other one was mounted on the wall in a small cable conduit. I assumed that the wire inside the wall was connected to the breaker box and the other one to clearly retrofittet outlets in the room. I turned off one (of 5) breakers and measured 0V on the wire inside the wall. I felt safe, but luckily decided to short live and neutral just to make sure. Nothing happened on the wall cable but I almost shat myself when I heard the loud bang and saw bright flash when I shorted the other one. It was a lot louder than I expected.

[danwhite]

At work, I was working on a 32A radial circuit and accidentally shorted live to earth with a screwdriver when attempting to re-tighten the live terminal of a socket... Completely blew up the end of my terminal screwdriver.

For context, I was removing a bunch of old sockets but I couldn't find the breaker. The board was (annoyingly) completely unlabeled so I had no clue which breaker it was and I was unable to start switching random things off due to the systems that the board was powering.

I opened up the last socket in the radial to determine what the cables were like so I could maybe trace them back to the specific breaker, but I noticed that the screw on the live terminal of the socket was sticking out a bit and slightly loose, so I took my screwdriver and went to tighten it... even though it was insulated, the uninsulated end just happened to touch the metal body of the socket at the same time as I touched the live. There was a massive bang, a big spark and I was left with a big chunk taken out of the driver. But hey, I found the breaker!

[josefruzicka]

I am actually feeling proud of myself for understanding all that he mentions in the video.

But I can hardly imagine that without Mehdi's explaining methods.

Thank you so much, man 🙏