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Nothing irritates me more than wasting time. If you no longer want to watch 15-minute videos on, for example, 'how to replace an on/off switch' in your home you are in the right place.
The solder follows the heat. You should heat the center of the joint to insure proper filling. That joint is under filled because you decided to heat the copper an inch away from the fitting for some reason.
I soldered off this valve, and believe me, there is no such thing as an under filled. Personally, I also heat the valve a little, but this video is for beginners, and they will always overheat the valve if you show I'm that, it needs to be heated.
@JOE_JET you are overcomplicating it. You wrap a wet rag or 2 around the valve. Clean and flux the copper and brass. Apply the torch to the center of the fitting on the brass. Then apply solder. If you apply the torch an inch away from the joint like you did then you have to apply the heat for much longer. It increases the risk of underfilling the joint and it takes longer.
@JOE_JET yes disassembling the valve is overcomplicating it. A wet rage wrapped around it is more than enough protection. If someone damages the valve then that's valuable learning experience and now they know better for next time. It's best to learn the correct way rather than the method you demonstrated in video. Also, if you disassemble the valve then there is nothing there to damage anymore cause you removed it. So you have absolutely no reason to apply the heat an inch away.
@@memeyou33 The surface is even with the tiles below, maybe it looks like that in the video. The application of the first coat gives no more than 1/64 - 1/32 in of additional adhesive. I have been using this method for years and have never had a problem with excess adhesive.
There is no right or wrong way to install the receptacle. A receptacle with ground up can be install. A ground up receptacle is safer when a three prong plug is plugged in and when metal object falls. It will hit the ground first instead of touching hot and neutral and cause a short. Which could start a fire and properly damage. Commercial places has the receptacle with the ground up.
Ground should always be up! If a metallic object falls into a receptacle with a grounded plug the ground prong may protect the hot blade from contact. If there is contact with the hot blade it will be more likely to fall off to one side or the other because of the triangle shape and the arcing. If there is a GFI in line it will trip the GFI, because the current flow going to ground is unbalanced. Always Always install receptacles ground side up!
The new NEC says ground up is now correct, if a metal picture frame falls on it the way your showing, a fire will start, ground up your safe, go check it out...
Yeah not really sure what this is about but I've already seen mixed comments on this the reason that you do this is the risk of having objects falling and coming in contact with the prongs if for example if a doctor puts his scope on the back of the bed and it falls and the metal hangs on a plug connecting hot and natural, Boom and that boom could be 1000s of dollars in equipment damages. Did it start a fire well a fully loaded 20 amp breaker being faulted like that could cause a fire in the wall if connections are loose or corroded ground prong up means none of those things could ever happen because ground is up and ground should have no voltage on it
Thanks for your comment. Of course something like this can happen, but the chances of it are close to zero. This is mentioned by an electrician in a video that probably all commenters here have seen. The same electrician, whom I like to watch very much, himself admits at the end that he installs normal sockets ground down. In fact, there are no codes that say what is right and what is wrong. Many angled plugs, however, work much better as the ground is down, e.g., the refrigerator one. By the way, I own a socket tester that has visible buttons and menu when the ground is down.
The reason he did that It is it protects the the hot blade if something falls down the wall into it. If there is GFI in line it will trip if contact is made between hot and ground but not hot and neutral. It's unfortunate that we are a custom to the ground on the bottom.
There is no requirement in the NEC (National Electric Code) as to the orientation of an electrical outlet. In real world, it would make more sense to have the ground at the top: if the plug is loose, the ground terminal would be exposed at the top more than the hot and neutral leads,
I knew there wasn’t any requirements to the orientation but i never actually thought about the idea of orientation in case of loose plugs, thanks for sharing this, will definitely change how i think of these outlets from now on, and i can already think of a few in my own house i should go rotate…
