Every Electrical Wall Outlet Around You Is Hiding A Secret! 

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No stripper jokes? 😉

@@meagaindave2049 next time ✌️😎👍🍻🍺. Lol

Too thin. Spiral a piece of solid insulated wire around your screw driver slip it over the screw,trim the the unneeded coils off and reinstall screw.Takes 5 seconds works very well but inspection will still want a sleeve installed if the box is set too far back.Inspectors do not like to see Plaster Ears removed unnecessarily as they add to the strength of the installation.

Thanks Jim!!!!!

They used to make receptacles with a wire stripper built into it but i have not seen them lately. They had the wire stripper built in where the “ears” meet the screw mounting holes.

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Oh they do...They do....(Wisper) ha

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AHH whats the difference they are both just grounds when push comes to shove .lol

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@@tdude131 in code, the neutral is called the GROUNDED conductor and the ground is called the GROUNDING conductor. They are both bonded at the first point of disconnect so everything is at the same potential. Grounding and bonding is a cool subject in school because it actually matters but it gets really really boring.

@@tdude131 I remember ground is GROUNDING because it’s GREEN. ‘GREEN’ and ‘ING’ sounds kinda rhymey. GROUNDED is a neutral…. Nothing really to remember that.

@@matt123231 The difference is that the ground wire should never be carrying current except in a fault situation. The neutral (grounded) conductor absolutely could be carrying current and will get you in a bit of trouble with your logic.

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Gah... My daughter's house is like that - every single outlet. If I go over there to babysit and want to plug in my phone, its an adventure bending my prongs and finding an outlet that requires the least abuse of my charger. How do people put up with that?

@@Zomby_Woof alot of ppl lol..but its actually a safety hazard..lose wiring/outlets cause stuff to draw more amps then needed. Chances are if u have outlets like that, feel the plug that's being used in it. Bet it's warmer/hotter than a outlet that don't do that.

Bad physical contact, or 'grip,' by the outlet (receptical) generally means higher resistance and, especially with high-current loads, like space heaters, the prongs get hot, the plug melts and perhaps burns, as does the outlet -- and, maybe, the entire house! I have seen this MANY times, and I'm not even a professional electrician. I usually find this with extension cords and power strips, even though many are labelled as sufficient to handle the load. This seems especially true of plugs and recepticals made of a relatively 'soft' plastic -- though I HAVE seen hard materials melt and burn as well. Always best NOT to use an extension cord or power stop with high-current appliances (including air conditioners), and make CERTAIN that the plug and receptical prongs and slots are tight, clean (not burnt), and generally in good mechanical condition.

@@Zomby_Woof Oh dear. I don't think I could live with every outlet in such a state. I think the former owners of my house just used this one outlet for every conceivable temporary purpose (vacuum cleaner, clothing iron, etc.). I bought the house "as is" 20 years ago, and it's been a project from the first day, but the outlets are good except for this one. I'm embarrassed to tell you that I've let it go for so long.

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You did watch the video right? He showed that

@@kentuckybeardsman I’m an electrical engineer. I’m sure Robert watched the video, cause he’s right . Some of them have a wire stripper built in. Although what Clint showed can work, those ears are not meant for that purpose. In addition to being (sometimes) useful for keeping the outlets flush with the front surface of the wall, they can be broken off and used as spacer washers under the mounting screws, in situations where the box is not flush with the wall (very common).

@@Peter-.H again and the same to you did you not watch the video because he shows that

@@Peter-.H it's either the two holes at the top/bottom or the two slits at the top/bottom exact same thing that he shows in the video

@@kentuckybeardsman they are called plaster tabs and are not meant for stripping wire, even if it can work, you also risk damaging the wire. You will have to loop the wires anyways, may as well use the right tool.

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m almost ready to retire and now feel cheated that i never got to make a 1st yr apprentice strip a factories worth of wire with a 50 cent Leviton plug. That would be tame compared to what they did to me but fun none the less.

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I'd pay for that schooling, just for the lol's

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Thanks for the SMEEESH Jason!!!!

What an awesome comment Kevin. I truly appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It's actually not a ground, it's a bond :)

If its a 220line then that ground is a neutral lol.

Hahahaha, would be surprised lol 😆

I’m pretty sure Ryobi is already getting ready to release this into their universe of 2,000+ mostly useless cordless tools ( looking at you driveway brush)

Have a great weekend zz!!!!

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Hahaha, and that's REAL NASS LIKE!!!

Thanks Aaron!!!!

Thanks Patrick!!!!!!

Most geniuses can spell the word,IJS.

If you are using this method to strip wires on a regular basis, its probably best you don't touch electrical lol

@@spencerwyche2552 you are correct, and thank you for going back to being a dishwasher the world is safer now. If that was all you have I see why you call yourself a democrat

@@chrisdyer336 I didn't say use this on a regular basis, I said if you didn't know about this already

@@landshark6659 I already did know about this as well, mainly that it's something a hack would do :) have a great day bud, nice edit by the by ;)

If strippers were not readily available, they wouldn't be strippers.

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Hahaha, waaaaaaaa! Thanks brother man John!

Yeah, but imagine you have used your stripper, then inched your way painfully into a space mere mortals call "inaccessible." Then you realize you need to strip another half inch. Beats chewing through it with your teeth.

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@@ToolReviewZone Always Buddy I appreciate the work you put in 👌

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Awesomeness....thanks Michael!!!!

Lol, you definitely are Loran!

@@ToolReviewZone somehow the sarcasm came through lol

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Genius bro!!!!@!!👊

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Brass, and its to identify where the ungrounded conductor and the grounded conductor are to be terminated:)

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Yea but them auto strippers are sweet when stripping 8,10g wire.

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Technically then, it's not a grounding wire, it's a bonding conductor. 😉

What gets me is some ppl. Don't use grounds.Not a big deal 99% of the time, i open up boxes/panels and often see a ground in there, just chilln not hooked up, I get it. But new furnaces need a really good ground or it can cause some crazy goofy flame sensor issues.

People that don't know what they are doing, yes. Professionals, no.

@@chrisdyer336 how come?

@@oscrfsh the connection with screws provides more contact surface area and a more secure termination. Using the holes in the back only provides a pressure connection with a thin blade of metal. Under load both connections will heat up which causes expansion and contraction of the conductor, more so with aluminum than CU, either way though, the safer connection would be with a mechanically tightened lug and will help prevent future arcing and failure :)

This is how electrical fires start in ya home lol.

Who dat?