This Old House
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Tuesday 25 January 2022 16:47:41 GMT
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jimmy dean :
show us breaking the tab please
2022-01-25 17:44:19
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TheTradesTeacher :
Excuse my contribution, The national electric code no longer allow switches to be operated without a neutral present at that switch. Brilliant video
2022-01-25 17:23:36
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melman :
use proper power points with switches in them like Australia. USA needs to catch up 🤡
2022-01-25 20:34:27
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Chester Copperpot :
a retesticle cepter?
2022-01-26 00:43:06
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Bradmann85 :
Common for dishwashers and garbage disposals that share the same outlet.
2022-01-25 21:58:47
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Wendel :
Please stop. These videos lead to numerous service calls when people get confused or burn something up.
2022-01-25 20:19:22
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Reid Mewborne :
Yeah like you didn’t show us how to fix it tho
2022-01-26 00:16:32
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bubbadog :
I had a plug that quit working, a year later I discovered it was controlled by a switch! 😲
2022-02-03 17:51:25
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TheTradesTeacher :
I love yawls work
2022-01-25 17:23:43
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4ACDC :
seriously? Not even NASA would though of that.
2022-01-25 23:00:54
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Reece Smith :
Friends
2022-02-08 18:41:15
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user1080422740258 :
I learn so much on tic-toc. Just dug out a outlet in my shop and found that tab I never knew existed! Thanks!
2022-01-26 08:34:43
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NastySasquatch :
Bro the next step is the circuit box sniffer and still no clue.
2022-01-26 21:54:33
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user927444473421 :
this is garbage. do not break anything. get an electrician.
2022-01-26 00:18:41
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Ross Rv Vander Laan :
Yeah get rid of it and put some cans in
2022-01-25 22:57:23
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endofhumanity :
I have a switch that trips a breaker lol
2022-01-26 00:49:54
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Joef6680 :
ok but both outlets tested the same way so which tab do you break? Both?
2022-01-26 01:11:03
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MrInvisibleOne :
Tried that. I think they used the extra wire, drilled hole in floor, and powered the basement lights.
2022-01-26 01:58:12
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Anarchy240 :
This shit gonna cause so many service calls 😂
2022-01-26 02:18:44
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Paul Pazdziora :
Bro. Not you got 1 side that is switched and 1 that does nothing.
2022-01-26 05:28:56
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David Slatter :
@davidslatter:Excuse me!? At least we have REAL bears. Koalas are lame. Not real bears, sooo...
2022-01-25 21:13:01
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Siddin :
white is reserved for the neutral.. you need more than that small amount of black tape to legally change that wire to another color.
2022-01-26 11:48:45
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Jon Werner :
As a kid we did, I always flicked it off and on then I got a letter from East Germany from a woman that said stop playing with the light switch lol
2022-01-26 11:50:30
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Derek Ripp :
switched outlets should be installed ground plug up.
2022-01-26 13:45:10
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Jared.H :
Use a lamp 😂
2022-01-26 14:12:54
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moseley :
we have 2 switches that literally do nothing also our outside garage light only turns on when our hallway light is off. we're calling an electrician
2022-01-26 16:03:24
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Macario Rodriguez :
😳😳😳😳😳
2022-01-26 17:03:46
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Aaron J Scharff :
i have a mystery switch in my living room
2022-01-25 20:44:44
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BostonDave :
And if there are multiple outlets on a single switch all the outlet tabs need to be broken.
2022-01-26 21:55:59
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user971002 :
All the bedrooms in my house have an outlet on a switch like that
2022-01-27 02:17:49
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mikederucki487 :
People watching TikTok for electrical advice is a time bomb waiting to happen.
2022-01-27 04:38:06
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GearsofPaul :
I found a lightswitch behind a door that does nothing but has a live wire in it. I think it's a 2nd switch for my hallway 😂
2022-01-27 14:16:03
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Beth Smart :
two switches don’t do nothing have tested all outlets in room still nothing. Thinking maybe ceiling light/fan rewired w/out switch @ one point?
2022-01-27 18:24:43
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Adam :
for a moment I thought the tester was Weebo from flubber
2022-01-28 01:34:35
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Byron Martin547 :
byron hi
2022-01-28 07:20:26
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North Paw :
a lamp works just fine, don't need to but a one use product
2022-01-28 08:23:19
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Odin :
but see in my house we have switched that goto nothing and some that only operate that do but we also have plugs that only the bottom one works
2022-01-28 10:54:15
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Rick R :
At switch that goes to an outlet is meant for a lamp.
2022-01-28 11:05:57
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Skyler Wallace :
It’s the dumbest theng ever
2022-01-28 16:19:56
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kampguru :
to the people watching: do not try f*cking with your own electrical. call an electrician if u have concerns.
2022-01-28 20:59:13
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User21420710 :
You got home owner’s out here just breaking tabs! I love it! I’ll do those service calls lol
2022-01-28 23:29:54
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the Animal :
call an electrician...don't off yourself...
2022-01-29 02:38:02
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Raidil :
I have one of my garage it seems to go to nothing and nobody knows what even it could go to
2022-01-29 05:16:07
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hardwood81006 :
In short, a “SWITCH PLUG”
2022-01-29 05:49:21
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GarysVAhomeandgunrange :
A fork does the same thing
2022-01-29 14:35:22
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Shawn Backulich :
I do. Been in this house for 18 years and still don’t know what it goes to the receptacle goes to another switch. 🤷♂️
2022-01-30 11:54:33
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