Basic Electrical Residential Wiring

hello and welcome my name is Sam and this is the s33 electrical channel on YouTube today we're gonna do a basic video on residential wiring and we're going to go for some of the plugs basic requirements and just a few pointers for you or residential wiring so here we are I'm just going to jump right in this is a bedroom and this is a typical bedroom layout we have three switches one two three four five six seven outlets for recessed cans and the ceiling fan here in the corner this is a panel and I'm going to illustrate to you how this is how this will be wired first we're gonna do the plug spacing so here's our door right here from the edge of that door you're going to be required to have an outlet at 6 foot within 6 foot from the edge of the door they'll be an outlet and then the same thing on the other side the other edge would be 6 foot after that initial outlet you'll need another outlet within 12 foot going all the way around the room that's the rule 6 foot from your edge every 12 foot up for that for your outlet spacing so what I like to do whenever I get a set of residential plans the first thing I do is I go through and circuit out each room sometimes it changes when you're in the field and you're actually laying it out on the studs with a sharpie but you can at least get a basic idea so in this scenario I would go a 1 and then this would be a 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 a 6 a 7 and then eight eight this would be the dead end and when you're figuring circuitry what I what I do just for simplicity you can figure 1.5 amps per outlet or light fixture so this would be I always use number twelve romex in a residential setting so that gives me 20 amps and I would figure 1.5 so each outlet 1.5 amps each recess can 1.5 and even your silicon 1.5 and that's a safe bet so I got one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve twelve devices on the circuit times 1.5 it should put me under 20 and this is a perfect 20 amp circuit for a residential home alright so the way that works is from the panel we're gonna run a home run I'm just going to go to a 1 from a 1 it goes day 2 I made 2 today three day four day five six seven eight eight and then to switch legs one for the light on the fan the other for the motor and then someone here for the recessed cans so from your switch you're going to go to your first can just easily change in between them and that's basically out for a room in a residential home it's fairly simple it's a lot easier on paper but that's that's how it's done we're gonna do one more this is a residential kitchen and what we have here is a kitchen countertop this is a sink and from your sink you're going to be required to have not live within two-foot each direction and then I hear that two-foot it's every four foot after that so any eye any edge so two foot and then four foot for your outlets you're going to be required to have two small appliance circuits where the way I would lay this out would be this would be B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 Oh call this c1 and then c2 hmm so that's two dedicated circuits just for the countertops known as your small appliance I'll sign the data in your kitchen you're gonna have a disposal dishwasher refrigerator the microwave which would need to be on dedicated oven been heard and that's usually your typical appliance setup so your disposal would be 20 amp dedicated same thing here they're all going to be 20 I'm dedicated now your oven if you have if you're using a gas oven you can put your bed hood in your oven on the same 20 amp dedicated if it's an electric oven it's probably going to be a 15 amp 240 volt so you'll want to pay attention to that what is the requirement for your oven so that's gonna look something like this you can have your panel you'll have your home run going to your small appliance circuit and then you're gonna have your home runs gone to each one of your appliances usually you'll have your dishwasher like most common you see your dishwasher next to your sink so you're gonna want to have your dishwasher outlet underneath your sink and when you install your dishwasher each old all here you can plug your dishwasher under the sink so you have a way to disconnect it and also with your disposal and you're going to usually see a switch and you're a little B under your sink your disposal so that's pretty much that's pretty much it this is basic 101 residential wiring stuff that I want to share with you guys when you put it out there you have any questions or comments feel free to let me know in the comment section the like see you thought saw so it's in the next video peace

Channel: S33 Electrical

Views: 229,880

Keywords: Electrician, Electrical, Wiring, Career, Construction, Work, Industry, House, Residential, Wire, Advice, Basic Residential Wiring, How To Wire A House, Skilled Trade, Mechanical, Industrial

Id: 5T6de1Mfq04

Length: 8min 1sec (481 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 01 2018