Product Details

• Actors: Basics of Household Wiring
• Directors: Getting Up to Speed
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Getting Up To Speed
• DVD Release Date: January 3, 2005
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007IOTJI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,199 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The Basics of Household Wiring is the only program of its kind. It s an illustrated training program designed to teach you electrical wiring techniques in a faster, more effective way.
Just some of the complex wiring challenges we will teach you on this DVD include: Service Panels and Breakers, Wires, Cables and Gauges,Rough-In Wiring, Switches, Receptacles, Lights, Safety and Testing, Special Wiring Situations, Voltage, Watts, Amps, Three-Way switches and more...
Owning this DVD will give you the opportunity to watch wiring procedures over and over again until you ve mastered them. We provide diagrams and show you how electricity flows through your newly wired situation. The Basics of Household Wiring will jump start your confidence and teach you the professional secrets to this challenging field of home improvement.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Way too short for $19.95!, March 3, 2006

By	Michael T. Greene (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don't be fooled by the title that Amazon gives to this DVD: it covers ONLY the basics of electricity, and NOTHING about how to do or repair wiring. I ordered this dog based on the glowing review of another purchaser, but never noticed the scant run time of 30 minutes. Yep, 30 minutes. Imagine my surprise when I came to the end of the DVD thinking "that was a nice overview, I can't wait to get to the good stuff." Well, there IS no good stuff, or at least nothing that you wouldn't get from the introductory chapter of a much cheaper book on electricity. This would be a good introduction of electricity to a 4-year old child, but in this day and age of proliferation of "how-to" shows, it's an insult to anyone who wants to learn how to do their own wiring.

30 minutes + $19.99 = huge ripoff.

Let my loss serve as a warning to check the run time before you sink your hard earned money into crap like this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but too short, March 14, 2006

By	JoeB (Latin America) - See all my reviews

The DVD did a great job of explaining the basics of electricity, how circuit breakers and GFCI outlets work, explaining Amps, Volts and Watts, short circuits, using the correct gauge wire, etc...

They gave good safety warnings about what to do before starting work and showed how to test for live current.

The actual practical tutorials were on how to install or replace electrical outlets, GFCI outlets, how to replace light switches and how to replace a light fixture.

The information was presented really well but I would have liked it to have been a little longer and to have covered more topics.

It could still be very useful for anyone who just wants to know how to replace outlets, switches and light fixtures.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD, April 1, 2005

By	Troy - See all my reviews

This wiring DVD was exactly what I needed. I am no electrician, but now I know how to talk their language, not to mention, do it myself if I want to. I've watched the program several times and it is excellent. It answered a lot of questions I had. It sure is a lot easier watching how something is done instead of reading about it in an electrical manual. Would I recommend this tutorial to someone? Absolutely. It is probably the best how-to program I've ever seen. I wish I had a dozen of these.