GFCI and GFCI Protected Outlet Installation

Hi, My name is DaveQ. I hope you enjoy my residential electrical videos that show basics for house electric work and troubleshooting. I will be explaining and showing how to electrical videos of how I do electric work with examples.

I am a Residential Journeyman Electrician, Administrator, and Business Owner.

In this video I cover the process of making up a GFCI box and GFCI protected outlet box. I also show how to install a GFCI Outlet and install a GFCI Protected Outlet with 12/2 NMB.

Timecodes
0:00 Intro
0:24 Stripping Wire
1:08 Making up the Box
3:13 Line vs Load Explained
3:50 Tool for Tightening Screws (ECX1)
4:35 Wiring the GFCI Outlet
7:55 Line and Load Explained Again
8:32 Wrapping GFCI with Tape
9:13 Screwing GFCI into Box
10:02 GFCI Protected Outlet
11:08 A right and a wrong way to tighten wires under screws
12:17 Stripping Wire for Backwire vs Sidewire
13:26 Connecting the Wires
15:02 Screwing GFCI Protected Outlet into Box
15:49 Testing our work
16:11 GFCI Tester
16:59 GFCI Testers don't work when there is an open ground
17:21 How to test a GFCI outlet when there is an open ground

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