How to Replace a Power Outlet

the video thumbnail is soooo epic!!

But if reguar stripper dances around tightened cable, instead of pole, we can call it "cable stripper" and no one suspects a thing!

HOW DOES I ELECTRIC?

Chris Talbot

You're correct, but "strip" and "stripper" are also used to define a different activity involving a different kind of tool, so if you want to be specific it's called a "wire stripper" or "cable stripper". :)

Chris Talbot

Today I learned something. Well, actually I learned many things, but this particular thing that I learned interested me greatly. Thanks. :) EDIT: Another thing I learned is that one should be careful about one's search terms if looking up "Nake" on any search engine in a public setting.

Chris Talbot

Mehdi, what do you think about making a "Lord Kelvin's Thunderstorm"?

Pro tip: stick to what you know and hire a pro if you don't. Or at least watch a youtube video on how to do it. FWIW, you can buy current detecting pens, circuit testers of various price and sophistication, electrical tape and proper tools at your home store or online. Interesting might be if you can find someone with a very old house with various generations of electrical wiring and see if you can detect the various 'eras; of wiring with an oscilloscope. I think there is a way of testing the average gauge of wire in the wall too. I vaguely remember there being a way of testing for breaks in the wire that back in the day was used to determine if phone lines were tapped. example: Loop Impedance Testing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79rT9SrWXrY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79rT9SrWXrY</a> Here is the thing I was looking for, a Cirucuit load tester. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HtNWIDY58" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HtNWIDY58</a> I wonder if you can reproduce the device's functions with an osciloscope or advanced multimeter.

And i'll be not annoying enough, if i don't say that European outlets are the best. I can replace it live, and no one gets shocked. All the screws and contact plates are well hidden deep in the plastic. And the best part is that our outlets have protective curtain.

I believe that correct word for removing isolation from wires is "strip", because tool, specified for this task, is called "stripper".

Nudify!

Jamie Magin

Hey mehdi check out this crazyness <a href="https://www.ecowatt365.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ecowatt365.com/</a> you might want to do a vid on this LOL!

Another word for ‘nudify’ Is ‘nake.’ It means to remove anything’s cover from it (Like to ‘nake your sword’) but it’s the infinitive that we get the ‘naked’ from.

Jason Hoffman

Also... You're part of the global conspiracy to leave NZ off maps and also now even plug standards! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HynsTvRVLiI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HynsTvRVLiI</a> The "Australian" plug/outlet is an Australian and New Zealand standard plug. AS/NZS 3112. For almost everything, Australia and NZ have shared standards/standards bodies. But NZ is so often forgotten about. :( It was a NZer who SPLIT THE ATOM. Without Sir Rutherford, you wouldn't have been able to make your first electronics video as the secrets of atoms would remain stuck inside atoms like tiny little genies in tiny little lamps. We wouldn't have nuclear weapons, or that whole thing with North Korea, Iran, Soviet Union and now Russia, and the omnipresent global threat of instantaneous annihilation of all of humanity............. Maybe not the best example. In Rutherford's defense, he was just minding his own business, smashing some particles together in his lab. He probably didn't envision splitting atoms being used for evil.

I bet that was one of those "Unbreakable" plates.

Oye.... I've had far too many problems with Stab-lok connectors to trust them in my house. Good video all the same, though. Nice to see that your sockets are pigtailed properly. :)

FYI, on many outlets with the plug-in style connector there is another hole where you can insert a small screwdriver to release the inserted wire rather than snipping it off.

good points!

ElectroBOOM [Mehdi Sadaghdar]

Wow those screws on the side are insane... For sockets in NZ and even Australia, for.............. a long time......? The terminal screws have been central. Previously from the top generally. Or at least well away from the edges of the front plate....! And usually with some little proud plastic protrusions so it would be less likely to ram your fingers into them. Now the normal wall ones are even better, with the terminal screws and sockets recessed inside of a plastic backing by a couple of mm. However.............. We used to have good oven plugs. They were two rows with for prongs, and in single phase normal households two were shorted together for the phase wire (but in industrial kitchens they could use it for three phase I guess)... They had a keyed, unique shape so you couldn't just plug other s--t into the oven plug. Also they had shrouding so you would struggle to touch live metal even if shoving your fingers right into it. ....However, as part of a "rewire" where I live, they replaced the oven socket with a new one.......... And..... It's the same design as normal sockets. Except for a keyed earth...... On the appliance side.... So you can plug non-oven appliances into the oven socket....... Which is awesome if you want to make a 40A vacuum cleaner or something? I dunno. And also, there's no shroud to stop fingers going behind it while it's still live. And the plastic is fairly smooth, although there is a little ridge.... And also, there's no insulation on the phase and neutral prongs on the oven like is seen on all other modern appliance plugs. And also, you could plug the oven into a normal outlet...... But to do so, you would need to break off the EARTH terminal from the appliance, as that's the only thing that's got a largely different shape........

Pro tip... the screws on the side of the outlet are color coded. Neutral goes to the lighter colored screws, while the hot side screws are brass colored. Also, that bridge is frequently removed from an outlet under the sink to control a switched appliance, such as a garbage disposal, while still providing constant potential to the other end of the outlet.

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