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"It's about raisin awareness." Gotta love the dad jokes! lol Didn't have hot water a couple years ago - looked at the breaker and it was on (even pushed on it). I figured it was time to replace the elements so made the drive on sketchy, winter roads to the box store 10 miles away and picked up a couple of replacements. When I got home and prepared to replace them, for giggles, I did an off/on flip on the breaker and I could hear it kick on! A few minutes later, I had hot water! Not sure what happened or why ... but it's been working fine ever since. I'll give the tapping tip a try and maybe think about replacing the breaker. Thanks!
The breakers were GE and Square D ( not HO). The “ hooks are anchored on a BUS bar. My comments are to say, Hi great video. FYI I worked for a major hardware store in the electrical department. Yes, it can be scary to work with electrical however, safety and caution is always best to follow. Great video.
Homeline ("HO") IS Square D ...you need to brush up on how to identify breakers sir. Also, you must NEVER, EVER, install ANYTHING other than the specific type AND BRAND in any panel, especially on the high current double pole types for water heaters, ranges, dryers and air conditioners. I have seen way too many damaged panels and serious fires caused by "handymen" and especially plumbers and HVAC hacks using the wrong type. (40 yrs. electrician.)
I’m in HVAC school and we’re having the heating exam coming up this week so I’ve been binging all you heating vids and they’ve been helping a ton. They are really reinforcing all the small things I missed in class and I feel a lot more confident now. You have definitely earned my subscription. Btw, my instructors post a lot of your videos on our canvas page for us to watch.
Great to hear that the videos have been helpful, thank you for the comment! Good luck in school, become a legend out there!! And that's awesome! Love it! I am honored that some of the videos are good enough to even be shared by your instructor. 👍👍
Not an electrician, but am an electrical engineer. Please make sure you are using insulated gloves and insulated hand tools when working on electrical panels, live or not. It only takes a small accident to become seriously injured or worse, and many household tools are insulated to 1000v and would work fine in this instance. The 240v coming in on your main from the distribution transformer can absolutely kill you, and it's still live at the top of the panel even when you turn off the main (unless you have an exterior disconnect). Stay safe!
The bonus footage was sooo important because it literally confirmed my suspicions of a breaker I’m dealing with it’s not that the other information wasn’t as important but that little bit did it for me and I can go straight to the source of my problem with confidence thank you!
Yes you can save money by doing it yourself but that money could also be needed for your funeral costs or permanent disability instead. Is your life worth more than a couple hundred bucks?
Hi Jay. I’m a subscriber. I really enjoy your videos and you “dad humor “. As someone who has done plenty of electrical work (not an electrician), I keep up with codes to the best of my ability. NEC code requires that the terminations in electrical panel, seps or sub-panels be torqued to manufacturer’s specifications. The simplest way is to first connect the wire with a screwdriver or low torque drill. Next using a torque screwdriver, apply the correct amount of inch lbs as listed on the breaker. Now you can insert the breaker and flip it to the on position. In this senecio you can buy a much cheaper torque screwdriver. Look up the prices and you’ll see that. Trust me that’s simply the best way to avoid under or over torquing. Both can cause serious problems. Stay safe!
Literally every home project I do the first time, I make AT LEAST one mistake which is fine because I can usually just redo it or buy a part to replace. Thats how we learn. The one thing you cannot do is make a mistake with high voltage. You can be killed or crippled for life and this will affect your whole family. This is a good educational video but it's definitely worth it to have a licensed electrician do this if you are untrained. Your life is worth more than the hundred bucks or so it will cost to have an electrician do this for you. And I am not an electrician btw.
Me also. I had to learn to fix around my home because everyone was charging what I felt was excessive, like $425 to replace a $300 microwave. I came to RU-vid and switched it out myself in 2 hours. I have time but not money like that. Now I'm going to replace my fuse 🤞
Another excellent video! Very clear and detail with step by step explanation and demonstration. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge and experience! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
All good info. Only things I would mention for anyone watching, is to stick with the breakers rated for your panel. Yes GE, Homeline, BR, and others will interchange and work just fine, but if they are not specifically listed for that specific panel I could see an issue in the event of fire or other insurance related event. Also, not a big fan of any power tools (impact driver) when tightening electrical screw terminals, especially in a panel. Over-tightening a screw can be just as bad as under-tightening. Breakers are receptacles have rated torque values and it's often lower than people would think.
You should not be using a power tool on the breaker. You also are supposed to torque the screws to proper torque. Per NEC. (Listed on the breaker). Otherwise a nice video.
If testing voltage, the power needs to be on at the main and the circuit breaker you can turn on and off while testing to see how it effects the voltage.
Sorry, not much I can help with without being there but here are the normal things you would check: 1. Ensure the breaker is properly aligned with the busbar slots. Even a slight misalignment can prevent it from snapping in. 2. If the busbar has been damaged, it might not be able to provide the necessary grip for the breaker to snap in securely. How does the bar under that breaker look compared to other ones? You may need to bend it slightly with a pair of pliers if it looks different. 3. The new breaker itself could be damaged, preventing it from fitting correctly. Take a look again at the latches. Nothing shaved off or broken? 4. Double-check that the new breaker is compatible with your panel. Some brands or models have specific requirements and even if they look the same, the just don't work. It's annoying to have to go get another one but another thing to do is to simply try a different brand.
per continuous load, times 1.25. hence in your case, 18.8x1.25 is the breaker size. the closest available breaker is 25 amp so 25 is optimum。however since 25 amp breakers are less common in the market, 30 amp ones are always found in similar cases
It's a 240volt line so in north America we have split phase power. 120v from each leg to ground or 240v to each other. A standard 120v breaker would be half the size with just one terminal. GFCI/ and arc fault breakers typically monitor the ground/neutral of each circuit, so they will.have two terminals.
Technically, it should be a 25 amp breaker but a 30 is used out of convenience most of the time. ( Typical element draw on a water heater is 18 amps.... multiply the load by 125% , per code, and it's 22.5 amps using the next size up breaker giving you a 25 amp breaker). Another commonly oversized breaker is the well pump breaker.....same logic and math results in a 15 amp breaker which should be used instead of the commonly used 20 amp breaker.
Turn the main breaker off 😂 Feel comfortable 😂 OK, I’m being a jerk. My friend is scared to death of his electrical panel, so I always do his electrical repairs. Good joke 😂😅
Lol don't worry, no one was hurt during the making of this video. 😇 You are a good friend! Electricity scares a lot of people. Glad you liked the joke haha 😂 Have a fantastic weekend Mr. Classic!
A woman from the deepest South goes into the local newspaper office to see that the obituary for her recently deceased husband is written. The obit editor informs her that the fee for the obituary is 50 cents a word. She pauses, reflects and then says, "Well, then, let it read, 'Billy Bob died'." Amused at the woman's thrift, the editor says, "Sorry ma'am, there is a 7 word minimum on all obituaries." Only a little flustered, she thinks it over and in a few seconds says, "In that case, let it read, 'Billy Bob died - 1983 truck for sale.'"
replaced my inside breaker for my outside ac condenser unit after I had no amps at the outside breaker of the unit. Inside breaker keeps tripping immediately. Even if I pull the outside breaker it still flips immediately. Need advice asap! Frustrating!
That sounds like it may be a short in the condenser unit. I would suggest starting with this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G1EBHrOgs-Q.htmlsi=G9KIFYLEkPnSf1mY
@@WordofAdviceTV I did all of that and everything checked out. I believe the problem is between the inside breaker box and the outside breaker box. The breaks trips when i have that plug pulled. Any further suggestions?
@@Steve-rc4np Ah, that's a tough one. Hopefully it's not a short somewhere right in the middle, inside the wall. Have you tried disconnecting the wires at the disconnect box to see if the breaker still trips even with the wires disconnected? I would take the cover off the breaker panel and the disconnect box and investigate as much of the wires as I can see, disconnecting all of them, then one at a time to see if it makes a difference. If I still can't find anything, then at this point I would probably be recommending an electrician.
Try your pot on a different circuit first. If the pot trips the other GFI then its your pot. If not its your GFI. Be sure your GFI is rated correctly though.
Thanks Ben!! It's looking like this year will be the last year I am in the lead though. 😄 Congrats on your explosive growth bro!! Keep making more videos on the topics that performed the best for you. 👍👍👍 The rate you are going at, you should hit 500k by the end of next year. That's pretty sweet man. You're good at what you do, God bless you in all your future ventures!
You should torque the circuit breaker screws to the correct setting, usually written on the breaker somewhere. I see an unmarked (to black) white wire connected as a hot wire to the breaker also.
While watching your good video, I noticed that since you have a sub-panel, (Main panel is outside) the original installer, rather than install a ground bar, took out the bar that ties the two neutral bars together. In the top left you have a 2P 50Acb. On the ground bar, it looks as though the white, possibly neutral was landed on the ground panel incorrectly. Also, I could not tell if the bonding jumper was installed from the now ground bar to the back can.
Just curious, I thought White is always a Neutral wire, in your case, it looks like its a 240V circuit and it is using a Black and White cable for 2 Hot Legs. Thank you.
There may be some instances where you may not be able to turn off power to the whole building, especially in commercial applications, you have to work with a live panel and just have that one breaker off Not saying that it's right but sometime we have to do what needs to be done
I turned off the main breaker in the box and tested the breaker I needed to replace with a meter. I touched the screw with one lead and put the other lead to ground and it read 120 volts AC. Isn't it suppose to read zero? What happened?
Was replacing a bulb and when i tried to turn the lights on there was a spark at that bulb and a loud pop. The lights don't work in that room anymore. If anyone can help please let me know
First time watching your video and I really liked the way you approached the topic, quick and detailed. If there was one suggestion I could make, the focus keeps shifting to the closest object on the screen and that is sometimes very disorienting. If you shot a little wide, or shifted to the manual focus on your phone, it will not shift focus on your intermittently.
Thank you!! I appreciate the suggestion! I am actually using a nice camera but obviously dont know how to use it well.. It focusing on the wrong things really irritates me too, I've been trying my best to fix that in later videos. By taking a wide shot, do you mean zooming out and not filming so up close and then zoom in manually while editing the video?
First of all, thanks so much for such a simple to follow, thorough video. It was incredibly helpful for my first circuit breaker replacement. Although I'm hoping you can at least point me in the right direction as what to do next. My dryer went out. Checking the outlet with the multimeter first, I found that one of the legs didn't read on the multimeter. Then I went in the box. Checking the breaker, it didn't read anything at all. So I think it's the breaker and replace it. Problem is it still doesn't read anything on the multimeter. Is it time to call an electrician? Thanks again!
Sorry to hear about the breaker troubles! So on one side of the circuit breaker you are not getting 120v coming out? Are you measuring to neutral or to ground? What if you try taking out the air conditioner breaker and put that in instead? Still the same problem? Perhaps a loose or disconnected wire then? Keep the dryer unplugged while doing this too. Until you make sure that the breaker is putting out 240v. Just some thoughts I got when reading your comment, hope that gives you some ideas to look into. Good luck!
@@WordofAdviceTV My gripes with GE. 1. The tub of the panel isn't painted and the inside lips are razor sharp so after a day of cutting in a panel the back of my hands and nuckles are all sliced up. In addition I've had several come warped so the cover won't line up. 2. Lately the breakers are a mixture. Needing a flathead, square drive, and T25 to torque connections. (Slows you down switching back and forth) 3. No plug on neutral for the Arc faults/ GFCI breakers. In addition I've found the GE arc faults to be the most sensitive/problematic of all the brands. 3. Small gripe but the labels sent for marking the panels are tiny, and the label on the doors have been coming stuck on crooked (makes is look sloppy) 4. I've had more than one 100amp breaker bad right out of the box 5. The panels never come with ground bars, always have to purchase separate for $20 a piece. Personally I've switched over to siemens panels for residential. By far easier install, service. Cleaner install at a lower cost compared to GE.
A very good and educational D I Y video. Electric circuits are about power percentage. A 19.2 Amp rating on a 2-pole 25 Amp breaker is ok. The 25 amp 2 pole breaker may cost more than a 2 pole 30. I replaced the heating element in an A O Smith water heater. I was amazed that a 2 pole 20 Amp breaker had run the water heater for years. The owner did not want to buy the proper breaker. I am waiting for a call to return someday soon when the hot water stops working again lol
20 amp is good for water heater. continuous load require 1.25Xrated current however continuous load is defined as run continuously 3hr+, therefore 20 amp is good for most of the time. note that per inspection wise, X1.25 in breaker selection is necessary.
Why would that piece of plastic have broken inside the breaker? Were you messing with it or do they just randomly wear out over time even if no one is flipping it or messing with it?
Surge. Maybe a lightening strike on a transformer. Sorta like a mini explosion inside the breaker and stopping current from passing thru to the appliances. Hence the name, "breaker" 👍👍
Hi Jay, I follow some of your videos, and it's really great. My question is do you have any regular job or are you working for yourself as HVAC/Electrician or working for a company in Hawaii?
I have a question jay so I have a 30amp for my hot water heater when the old heater was token out it was leaking at the heat elements and water was evey where then it made a pop electrical spark so should i change my breaker for new one .?
I have a question. If the hook on the bottom accidentally breaks, is it still OK? I don't have alot of money to replace it. I am slowly changing out the old ones with new ones.
