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This course includes:

  • 2 hours on-demand video
  • 1 article
  • 13 downloadable resources
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
Lifestyle Home Improvement Electricity

The Basics of Household Wiring. The Electrical System A to Z

Everything Electricity, from your Circuit (Breaker) Panel, Outlets, Switches, Receptacles, Light Fixtures, Cable, Wire..
Bestseller
Rating: 4.3 out of 54.3 (1,805 ratings)
7,726 students
Created by Terry Peterman
Last updated 2/2018
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Understand how electricity works, how it is generated, transmitted to, and distributed throughout your home.
  • Wire a receptacle (regular, switched, GFCI), a single-pole switch (3 and 4-way), a light fixture, and more!
  • Have the knowledge and skills to safely and competently complete most home electrical projects and repairs.

Requirements

  • No materials or special software required.
  • A desire to learn, and a healthy respect for, and an interest in electricity.
  • Basic math skills and some mechanical inclination would be an asset.

Description

After completing this course, students will have a solid knowledge of the fundamentals of electricity and how it functions within the home, including how electricity is generated, transmitted to, transformed, and how it enters the home through the power meter, the main breaker, and the branch circuit breaker panel. 

From there we cover in detail all types of receptacles, switches, and light fixtures, and how to correctly wire them.   Safe practices are covered in detail, including the use of circuit testers.  The course includes an in-depth look at rough-in wiring, and explains the role, use and importance of ground fault circuit and arc fault circuit protection.

At the end of the course the student will know how to take on most small electrical projects and repairs around the home, both safely and competently.

Who this course is for:

  • Homeowners with an interest in learning how to complete small electrical projects and repairs throughout the home.
  • Anyone that may be looking towards a career as an electrician would also benefit from this knowledge base.
  • Anyone with a general interest in, or curiosity of how electricity works, and how it is put in use in the home.

Featured review

Grant Isaacs
Grant Isaacs
137 courses
28 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 56 months ago
This course is a simple, direct, no frills introduction to the fundamentals and best practices of house hold wiring. The information was delivered exactly how I like it, short, sweet and to the point. The examples were very clear and should prepare you for tackling a lot of basic tasks.

Course content

15 sections • 29 lectures • 1h 49m total length

  • Preview00:57

  • Preview02:48
  • Preview02:22
  • Safety First Quiz
    5 questions

  • Preview01:51
  • Preview01:10
  • Quiz
    3 questions

  • Preview02:35
  • Branch Circuit Breakers, Neutral Buss Bar, Grounding and Bonding
    03:19
  • Quiz
    4 questions

  • Branch Circuit Breakers and Resetting a Tripped Breaker
    02:02
  • Quiz
    4 questions

  • Wire Colors
    00:43
  • Cable, types, number of conductors, sizes, jacket colors.
    02:02
  • Breakers and How They Protect Cables and Wires
    02:18
  • Quiz
    4 questions

  • Amps, Volts, and Watts
    02:46
  • The Safe Capacity of Circuit
    01:14
  • Quiz
    2 questions

  • Planning and Guidelines
    02:24
  • Pulling Cable, Stapling, and Drilling Holes
    03:06
  • Electrical Outlet Boxes, Installing Cables, Removing Sheath and Stripping Wires
    02:41
  • Quiz
    2 questions

  • Receptacles, Terminals, Tabs, and Various Wiring Methods
    06:21
  • Preparation for Cable and Wire Termination
    01:13
  • Testing for the Presence of Voltage
    05:32
  • Middle of Run Receptacles - Two Methods Plus Device Box Grounding
    08:05
  • Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) Receptacles
    15:09
  • Quiz
    11 questions

  • Arc-fault Breakers Explained
    03:25
  • Section 10
    1 question

Instructor

Terry Peterman
The Internet Electrician
Terry Peterman
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 1,808 Reviews
  • 7,726 Students
  • 1 Course

I am Terry Peterman, the Internet Electrician.  I am a Journeyman Electrician with more than 35 years experience in all aspects of the Electrical Industry.  I founded a DIY home wiring website back in 1997, in the pioneer years of the Internet.

The website is designed to share my knowledge and experience with the home handy-person, do-it-yourself (DIY) type in performing small and medium sized home electrical repairs, renovations, or additions to existing home electrical systems both safely, and competently.

We have a popular channel of YouTube, currently with over 12.4 million views, 66.8K subscribers, and we are active on most social media sites.

On the personal side, I am happily married to Sandy Peterman and we have an adult son Lyle, a Realtor in Calgary Alberta.  We live on Vancouver Island in Canada in the summer, and have a small development project we are working on in Costa Rica building vacation home (s) off the Pacific coast in beach town called Junquillal.

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