So glad you showed most if not all the work getting that floor receptacle out. Everyone else edits out any tough spot. No job ever goes smooth for most of us, so it is nice to see all of it, good and bad etc.
Joel, I just wanted to say that I love your videos. Very professionally made with high value content. Keep up the great work. Hopefully it's adding value to your business--I know it's adding value to the rest of the population, whether general public or fellow sparkys.
Joel, I really like all you do but I did not see a ground wire coming into that box so tying the receptacle ground to the box does not make it grounded.
A ground from receptacle to box is still a ground. It's no different than on older switches and receptacles where the DEVICE didn't have a ground screw, but the box was metal and the cable was grounded to a set screw for the cable clamp. He may have BX in the floor, which uses the metal sheath as a ground, and the pigtail he's adding brings it up to current code.
nice job.love the way your daughter put your tool back in the room.have you installed these type boxes in a floating floor.do you need to do anything special ??
I was reading some old Popular Science magazines written in the 50's where they are installing electrical receptacles in homes built around 1900 - 1920's. They removed the baseboard, and ran the electrical romex (well rag wire back then) into the basement, and to the remodeler box. They did not worry much about drilling a 1" hole into the bottom of the wall, and into the basement, as the 4" to 6" high baseboard was going to cover it all. They recommended at least 1 receptacle in each room! (this was way before color TV's and cable box that needed 120 volt power.) While I do like the all metal construction of your new cover plate, I would much rather have the receptacle on the wall, away from a chair that can bump into the receptacle, and what is plugged into it, and damage something. Overall, great improvement to the safety of that plug! And another wonderful video! I loved the one about your 1,000 amp wall of power to your home. I also think it is great that you can install a EV charge panel, and get such great pricing on overnight electricity in Indiana! Keep up the great video's! Fred.
Was there a cutting guide in the box for that odd shape? It would be awkward to transfer the dimensions the depth of the box to the floor in three dimensions.
@31:30 all the decorative painted screws ive found have always had weak heads and like to snap off. also when trying to widen outlets a good file/rasp can make expanding and squaring the hole a bit easier. especially if you only need to remove like 1mm of material
Just like an electrician!! No handy wood chisel... using a screwdriver. BTW, is the box grounded yet???? I have found that these kits usually come with cheap breaking screws.
Love your videos and a great job explaining, as usual. I had to laugh at 17:23 when you grabbed the pliers & screwdriver to use as a hammer & chisel. Typical electrician. Haha.
Good video/work! Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen a floor receptacle in a home (I'm not an electrician). Did that cover plate have screw-in plugs to protect the outlets, like we find in theater/stage floors? Also, did you consider a Recessed Church Pocket Stage Floor Box for this project? Thanks for the video!
Using the plastic connector to metal electrical box will not provide ground continuity on the circuit. I believed the wires were in mfc by just looking at it. So, bonding the receptacle on metal box is basically not useful. This receptacle for sure has open ground.
I enjoy a lot of your videos, but I'm concerned that there is no dicussion here of grounding this outlet. Unless you have a GFCI breaker, this outlet appears to be ungrounded and a code violation. Worse, bonding the ground on the receptable to the junction box reinforces myths some people have about grounding. This needs a ground connection back to the panel or GFI protection per NEC.
Valid concern, @Patrick Stetter! The simplest solution is a whole new Romex run back to the panel. We'll be updating all the wiring in the whole house in the near future, and this receptacle will be part of that!
I like to carry a small vacuum with me it's great for after you get all the drilling and cutting done you can clean up all that dust so it doesn't get into the box cause it's gonna get in there anyway.
question? Why didn't you just use a jigsaw, would of made it so much easier an quicker, not to mention a lot less time consuming... I enjoy your videos very informative and for the most part educational. Keep up the good work cheers Scott
Joel, I really enjoy your videos. My one comment is that you rarely show the final results and you never actually power-up or plug anything in at the end. This would include clean-up, patching, painting, and removal of all or your tools.
I'm trying to change the recepticle in my grandfather's floor and there's not even a box. Idk how there hasn't been a fire in this house. I changed the recepticle and it's still not working even though my testers registering power
i think i would have cut out a little template, then double-sided taped that to the floor, and used a router. Little involved, maybe, but makes it easy to get a nice result without much skill involved.
Instead of using electrical tape, try using blue painter's tape or green frog tape to mark the cut. Those tapes are not supposed to pull off the finish.
