30 Amp DIY Wiring Updates for 4000W Heater 

Did you catch my typo "Fauilure" in the video?! hopefully not! I should check my texts better!

Takes a man to admit his mistakes. Takes a bigger man to monetize his mistakes. LET THE AD REVENUE FLOW THROUGH YOU

“So, let’s open it up.. again.” Proceeds to open it up *insert atomic explosion clip*

Both the "Giving away 29 anti shorts worth ten cents each! ....Nnno." and the explosion after turning the breaker on made me laugh, you're the best Mehdi!

Did you install that 240V outlet to make sure you're safe when your sister-in-law comes for a visit ;) ?

As a retired Electrical Design Engineer, you made my day! I LMAO! Thanks for fixing most of your NEC violations! For whomever said your heater is 17 amps and should be on 20 amp circuit, I make the following comment. Since the heater is outdoor and could run for more than 3 hours, I would consider it a continuous load(NEC). Circuit breakers are rated 100% non-continuous and 80% continuous. So, 20x.8=16 amps(not high enough). 30x.8=24 amps(correct size). So your circuit with 2 pole 30 amp breaker and #10 conductors is perfect. Respectfully, Kevin

Things I actually learned here: - *Juicy RU-vid Money* - *Wronguh* - Mehdi's house is so perfectly wired that easily can be used in college for educational purposes.

Some wires are red Few are blue If Mehdi shocks himself I’ll give it a view

8:06 i litterally looked away for my screen for 3 seconds or sum and this actually scared me really bad lol

Let's take a moment to appreciate his efforts to entertain us by putting his life in danger

8:06 that actually scared me

I'm a simple man. I see caterpillar eyebrow dancing, I press like button.

8:06 had a mini heart attack. Thank you!

GIMME DA ANTI-SHORTS* * I'd also be happy with a SCOPE or a MEETAAA

8:06 Bruh not again!! 2 times in 2 videos I was caught off-guard

4:50 ElectroBOOM: "Safety" 4:51: Also ElectroBOOM: *KILLER FACE*

When you decide to play this video to relax you before sleeping, and then sudden explosion at 8:06 wakes you up... :)

Today is Mehdi’s birthday 🥳 Happy birthday Mehdi🥳🎂and thank you for everything😘 از طرف هموطن تو

"Mom! The funny youtube rage man is mad at me!"

"Hi, my name is Mehdi, this is Jackass, and today I'm blowing myself up"

I'm glad to have you as a Canadian! We love you 💖

Electroboom: Uploads Me: How does he hurt himself this time?

As a French electrician (kinda), I never thought about how weird it could be to see another country electrical installation

Happy birthday, Mehdi! May your electrifying adventures entertain us for many years to come. May you also be healthy and happy for as many years as you live!

If you leave the cover off, then you’ll never need access. As soon as you put the cover on, you’ll need access.

"sorry for the boring video"?? does this guy know how entertaining he is lmao

This is the difference between electricians and electrical engineers. Love your vids dude.

I’m sad that the anti-short giveaway wasn’t real

Mehdi: Juicy RU-vid money Also Mehdi: uploads a 9:49 long video

Instead of a patio heater I have a 5kw ultraviolet sterilizer. Guests sit naked for 10 minutes and they are virus free.

"Sorry for the boring video I thought it was important to make" One thing wrong with that was the fact the video was entertaining anyways, even if I don't think I'll use this info any time soon

9:37 - I didn't see the patio-heater end being fixed so in my universe you didn't finish yet :P

interesting to see how electrical installations and materials in Canada are totally different than here in Belgium. I didn't know that a 180° fase shift to get 110/220V existed. We only have the tri-fase 120° shift to get 230/400V. Great videos Mehdi! I run an electrical installation company myself. If you are ever in Belgium, Please feel free to take our tourist tour in the wonderfull world of belgian electical cabinets and high voltage cabins ;-)

8:06 LOL! That scared me.

The problem with most wire plumbers is they have no idea why an engineer made something work the way it does.

I really enjoy watching you do more electrical work like this. I think it teaches a lot of home-DIYers not to make similar mistakes.

These Canadian electrical installations are so differently than the german ones :D you should check out some ;) German engineering !! :D

I don’t understand anything literally anything in class but I fully understand ur videos 😅😅 Looks like i also need a shock

Our house has terrible wiring fire risk. The gfci outlet stopped working. The reason was someone before us had replaced the outlet and they had spliced aluminium wiring to copper wiring with wire nuts. The plastic wire nut connections had started melting over the years, there was even evidence it had caught fire at some point. finaly the connection gave up causing the outlet failure. I just redid it using a receptacle designed for aluminium wiring and no issues.

“Thanks for staying till the end and hitting the like button.” Really? You think I hit the like button? No sir, I smashed that thing.

I loves the explosion when he turned on the breaker xD

It’s important to use the metal strain relief connector with the armoured cable going into your box. The metal armour must be grounded, since it is a conductor. It could short with the internal wires or wires from a different circuit. It also prevents the wire from being yanked out and damaging the breaker or causing shorts I. The panel.

As someone who works in electrical in Canada (Vancouver area). I can confirm you were right with your 30A breaker. There is an electrical code exception in Canada for "fixed" (hardwired) electric heating loads since it is a known load with no significant inrush, the wire just needs to be able to handle the load of the heater it does not need to match the breaker rating. So it your case, the 4000W 240V heater uses 16.6A, so you could have used 12AWG (20A) wire to the heater, however you can only load the breaker to 80% of its rating. So you would install a 30A breaker, but use 12AWG (20A) wire to the heater. I know this may not sound correct, but this is how fixed electric heating circuits are sized in Canada (it is different in the US from what I've heard). Now that outlet is unfortunately a code violation, electric heating circuits must be dedicated to hardwired electric heating. There could be multiple heaters on the circuit if the loading allowed it based on the 80% rule, but only other heaters.

Here we go time to watch a guy playing with electricity.

2:32 Exactly. The breaker is for securing the wiring first and foremost.

You should definitely put solar panels up. I wanna see how a "professional" would do it

You forgot about the biggest benefit of filming your work: if you mess up, you can see how the things looked like when they were still working

i was always taught, in order to keep the anti short sleeve inserted, put insert it between the metal and the liner, then pull back the liner and wrap it back down the outside of the metal jacket. then clamp it inside the set screw and cut it off outside the box.

Great follow up video! Anti-shorts all the way! 20A breaker wouldn't have been to code. Max loading on residential breakers is 80% capacity (so 16A for a 20A breaker)

Measure once, cut 38 times, and still fail code. Got it.

This was all 'Electro,' and no 'BOOM'... Probably a good thing though, fuse boxes and wall fires are no joke.

Bench experiments dont scare me. These open breaker box with head next to buss bar videos give me an anxiety attack. EEK!

He actually did size the wire and ocpd correctly. 4000 watt / 240 volt = 16.6 amp. 16.6 x 1.25 (continuous load) = 21 amp. So 30 amp wire and 30 amp breaker to protect from short circuit / ground fault. If it was a very expensive heater, I'd consider replacing the toggle switch with a 20A fused disconnect for additional over current protection, but not necessary.

Dangit! I was really looking forward to that antishort giveaway ;c

8:49 First 7 digits of pi!

I like how ElectroBOOM puts that fire and eerie sound in the background. It's basically foreshadowing, of his future videos of him blowing up more projects, and burning more components, (I hope he doesn't burn humans with his heater). I bet he will be more terrified if the sounds actually played whenever he works on a project, not just in a video.

In Europe our breakers look quite different, I find it interesting that North American breakers have a tripped state where you have to reset them, our breakers do not have that, but are still designed so they can trip if you keep the lever held up

this is going to become a meme i just know it 4:50

Looks like your BX cable example was cut by a bolt-cutter. Nay, I say. Use both hands, grip it tightly then rotate in opposite directions. Then cut open metal and wires with Crescent Wiss 9-3/4" MetalMaster Compound Action Snips , or the like. I also learned your lessons about BX somewhere around 1959. Love your stuff, thank you

Im not first. Im not last. But when I see "Electro Boom" I click fast. 😎🤘

The heater is actually very efficient, almost 100% is converted to heat!

I admire the man for acknowledging the juicy RU-vid money he makes doing this

Well, one thing is sure: you are not short of antishorts...

Ahh gotta love the anti-stupid design on the breakers. need more products like that.

The plastic wire connector is great for regular house wire, but for BX cable like this it should not be used. First because it doesn't meet code and second because the metal connectors provide a path to ground for the sheathing. As far as the breaker goes, for most applications you can only load a breaker to 80% of its rating according to the Canadian Electrical Code. There are instances that the code allows for deviation, but for general purposes the breaker can only handle 80% of its rating.

You can’t use a 20A for that according to the Canadian code, your breaker need to be 125% of the continuous load. So 16A max on a 20A.

why is the mantle of the cord metal to begin with? In Germany this would be either a PVC insolated Cable or single PVC insulated Conductors in a PVC construction pipe.

Hey Mehdi, happy new year man. Enjoy most of your content. Wanted to ask you a question : why do electric arcs generate fire? What is actually burning? what's the chemical reaction? I'm getting these questions after watching videos where you use your microwave transformer (how a fluorescent light works is one such example)

you should make a bed that shocks you at a certain time like a alarm clock

Mehdi : I hope there isn't any problem with the circuitry now Comment section: " There is another "

This is the first video i am watching so far you didn't shock yourself

i was really hoping he would say "we cant trust what the manufactures say, so lets try blow up some heaters"

Mehdi: Second is the juicy youtube money Me: well i can't argue with you. But don't lie to us mehdi, you just want that juicy youtube money and nothing else no?.

Basically breakers are there to protect only wires and not equipment attached. Burnt wires are hard to replace and in wooden building burning wires pose a serious threat. Breakers protect wires. There are cases when you want to protect equipment too, but most probably equipment manual describes how to do it.

8:04 that's what happened to my computer when i installed a cheap power suply

"sorry for the boring video" no no nono nononononononono your videos are never boring, it's part of why i love them!

Handi box with switch and junction. Awesome . Should change that a 1900 with a single mudd ring

😂😂😂The Blast Shocked Me It Was Expected But Still Not This Big 8:05

9:38 You missed the last one - at the heater!

Thank you Mehdi, you made me smile back even if today I lost my grandad, thank you to bring so much happiness and good content to people in the world

8:00 you can hear something special

I like how he says "JUICY RU-vid MONEY" hahahah🤣🤣🤣

8:04 I jumped 😂

8:55 could b a good meme template

I am a “boom-er” too! Thank you for all bro.

This guy us an extreme sportsman! Keep up the training Mehdi

4:51 STRANGER DANGER! STRANGER DANGER!!

The way he is talking with his hand next to a live panel scares me lol.

I’ve always wanted an anti short for Christmas

When is the next Latity video coming?? I wanna enjoy Mehdi memes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ah, the old adage; you'll get better information on the internet not by asking questions, but by being wrong and letting people correct you. I guess it works with electrical work too.

I Should laugh if I see some more shocks In this video will be funny if you guys laugh already? My laughs: only 3 laughs account well no shocks but I laugh only 3 times

"Juicy RU-vid money" lmao!!!!

Its been 15 minutes after the video ended.. I am still waiting for an explosion and his scream

These are lots of good illustrations of why an electrical engineer is not an electrician

Everyone in Europe: Panic

Mehdi and us are learning new things from each others... As long as that is happening... Medhi will be my teacher... always will be... This is why Mehdi deserve lots of subs

Usually electronic devices have internal fuses or over current protection. The basic idea is to have a cascade of fuses. If your device breaks its fuse pops but not your breaker. If your cables are drilled into, the breaker for that run pops but not the one for the house. That goes all the way up to the power plants.

This video should be titled "Do it right or do it twice!"

Mehdi’s “Hi!” makes my day :)