Home Electrical Wiring for Beginners, Practical Skills.

Name: Home Electrical Wiring for Beginners, Practical Skills.
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Learn how to do Home Wiring and upskill yourself to start working as an Electrical Assistant.

Created byDeon Jacobs

Last updated 5/2026

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What you'll learn

House Distribution Board Wiring, how to wire a DB, what size Circuit Breakers, Earth leakage and size cables to use
House Electrical protection and Earthing.
Lighting Circuits, Types of Lights, Control Circuits, light fittings, colour of light Plug, Geyser, Stove Circuits, isolators
Connecting a Generator through a Change Over switch, Connecting a Sub Pre-Paid meter, fault finding.

Course content

1 section • 21 lectures • 3h 34m total length

Wiring of a Distribution Board14:12
In this Video you will Learn how to wire a DB, what size Circuit Breakers, Earth Leakage, Size wires and colour wires.
Distribution Board Wiring Demonstration.15:41
In this Video you will see a demonstration of how the DB gets wired.
Wiring of a Stove Circuit.4:39
In this Video you will Learn how the Stove gets wired in the House.
Wiring of a Geyser Circuit.9:24
In this Video you will Learn how to wire the Geyser in the house.
Wiring of Plug Circuits10:18
In this Video you will Learn how to wire the plug socket outlets in the house.
Light Fittings and Colour of Light.12:07
In this Video you will Learn about different light fittings and how the colour of light works.
Light circuits on the same Circuit Breaker.11:35
In this Video you will Learn how to add light circuits under the same circuit breaker.
2-Way Switching9:59
In this Video you will Learn how to switch the same lights on and off from 2 Different places.
Intermediate Switching.7:13
In this Video you will Learn how to switch the same lights on and off from 3 or more different places.
Day/Night Switching.5:06
In this Video you will Learn how to connect a Day/Night switch so that the lights switch on and off automatically with the sun light.
Dimming of lights.9:04
In this Video you will Learn how to dim lights with a dimmer module.
LED Strip Light7:34
In this Video you will Learn how to connect a LED strip Light through a LED Driver.
24 Hour Timer.12:57
In this Video you will Learn how to connect a 24Hour Timer and how to program it.
Connecting a Contactor10:28
In this Video you will Learn how to connect a Contactor which works on the same principle as a Relay.
3 Heat Stove Switch.6:46
In this Video you will Learn how a rotary switch works on this 3 heat stove switch.
Conduit Work17:39
In this Video you will Learn how to correctly bend a PVC pipe and how to use a Fish Tape.
Earthing8:01
In this Video you will Learn how Earthing works and gets connected into the House.
Fault Finding Theory9:56
In this Video you will Learn how to do fault finding in House circuits.
Fault Finding Practical15:48
In this Video you will see a practical demonstration of how to do fault finding.
Connecting a Generator through a Change Over Switch.9:22
In this Video you will Learn how to connect a Generator through a Change Over Switch.
Connecting a Sub Pre-Paid meter.6:16
In this Video you will Learn how to connect a Sub Pre-Paid meter for a tenant to pay for their own Electricity usage.

Requirements

First complete the Basic Electricity course for better understanding of Series and Parallel Circuits.

Description

Hi, Welcome to my online course where I will teach you how the Circuits are wired in your House. You get a much better understanding of protection, cable sizes and much more. Please work through the videos at your own pace, you can view the videos again if needed. There are 2H30 of video tutorials made up of 21 Videos for you to Learn from. It is recommended that you first complete the Basic Electricity course before pursuing this course. This course is perfect if you are looking at a career as an Electrical Assistant or for anyone interested in learning how the wiring of their house is done.

Electrical Fundamentals
Protection and Safety
House Wiring Basics
Circuit Design
Fault Finding
Real-World Practical Examples

Home Wiring Course contents:

·Conductors - Types of Cables/wires

·Protection – Circuit Breakers, Earth Leakage, Surge Arrestor, Energy Control Unit,

·Distribution Board

·Earthing

·House Circuits – Plug Circuit and wiring of a plug, Geyser circuit, Stove Circuit.

·Lights – Light Fittings, Different Lights, Colour of Lights, Wattage of Lights.

·Controlling of Lights (This includes practical wiring on Safe Panels with Lock Out switches)

1-way switching, 2-way Switching, Intermediate Switching, Day/Night Switch, 24 Hour Timer switch, Connecting LED lights, Dimming Lights

·Contactor

·Rotary switch - Stove switching – 3 Heat Stove Switching.

·Wire Ways – PVC Conduit, Sprague, Trunking

·Fault Finding

Connecting a Generator through a Change Over switch

Connecting a Sub Pre-Paid meter

Who this course is for:

This course is good for anyone looking to start a career in Electricity. This course is great for Electrical Assistants.