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Electrical Wiring & Repair
Tips on how to do basic home electrical wiring repairs and maintenance in these free home improvement videos.
Series Summary
Home improvement projects can be some of the most rewarding—or most frustrating—tasks homeowners can tackle. Whether it's building a new deck, installing drywall, doing electrical repair, or just fixing the toilet, home repair and maintenance can be done successfully with the proper tools and the right knowledge. The key to making your home improvement project relatively hassle-free is a tactic that has worked for ages: Divide and conquer. With step-by-step instructions and safety procedures in hand, Sunday afternoons walking around the house with a screwdriver and a plan can resume.In this free DIY project on video, learn how to perform basic home electrical repairs and maintenance. Our expert will take you step-by-step through how to replace an old electrical plug, including rewiring, as well as how to replace a non-working wall switch, two of the most basic issues homeowners have to deal with. You’ll even learn how to make an electrical map of every room in your home. So don’t be restricted by non-working electrical outlets anymore. Watch this series and get them fixed today.
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Draw the Room Outlets for a Home Electrical Map
Map the electrical outlets in your home, and use an electrical tester to match the outlets to the circuits in your breaker box; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Remove the Receptacle Box & Cut the Wires to Replace an Electrical Outlet
How to remove the wall plate from the electrical outlet, pull out the wires and cut them; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Clean Out an Electrical Outlet Box
Tips for cleaning an electrical box in preparation of replacing the outlet; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Mapping Wall Switches & Ceiling Fixtures in a Home Electrical Map
Map the wall switches and ceiling fixtures in your home and match the outlets to the circuits in your breaker box; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Choose a Replacement Electrical Outlet
Choosing an electrical outlet that is the same amperage as the one you are replacing and preparing an outlet for rewiring; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Install a New Switch Plate on a Rewired Electrical Wall Switch
Install a new switch plate on a rewired electrical wall switch and test it; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Connect a New Electrical Switch to Existing Wiring
How to correctly connect wires and attach a ground wire to a new electrical wall switch; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Clean Out an Electrical Wall Switch
Tips for cleaning an electrical box in preparation of replacing an electrical wall switch; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Connect a New Electrical Outlet to Existing Wiring
How to correctly connect wires and attach a ground wire to a new electrical outlet; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Choose a Replacement Electrical Wall Switch
Choosing an electrical switch that is the same amperage as the one you are replacing, and preparing switch for rewiring; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Testing a New Electrical Outlet
Use an electrical tester to tell if a new outlet has been properly wired; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Measuring a Room for a Home Electrical Map
How to measure a room and locate your home's circuit box for a home electrical map; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
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Remove the Receptacle Box & Cut the Wires to Replace an Electrical Wall Switch
How to remove the wall plate from an electrical wall switch, pull out the wires and cut them; learn these electrical wiring tasks and more in this free home improvement video.
