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Vladimir Serdak

👤 Speaker
108 total appearances

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Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

You fold.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

So a microwave is either going to work or it's not going to work.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

When a microwave burns out, it just doesn't work anymore.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

It would cost more money to have someone come look at it than it would to buy a new one.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

Yeah, any appliance that's over seven years old and you think it's acting up, just don't get it repaired.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

Unless it's like a Sub-Zero refrigerator.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

So electricity is nothing but black and white.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

That's literally the two wires that are inside the wall.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

You'll see a green wire, which is the ground.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

You should definitely be able to put a dimmer in yourself.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

All you have to do is if you have a little tester, right?

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

A tester is a $10 battery operated thing that you take, you turn it on, you touch a wire with it and it will beep.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

If it beeps, it's live.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

Now, it's not going to tell you what's there for voltage, but it's going to tell you something is or isn't energized.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

So it tests the voltage from the outside.

Today, Explained
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That says it's hot.

Today, Explained
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And it also will test an outlet, but again, you've got to make sure you're in the hot side of the outlet.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

If you want to do your own dimmer, go to your panel, your circuit breakers, have someone hold that tester next to the switch that you currently have, and keep switching it off.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

When it stops beeping, you can take it apart and you'll notice that on a switch, there's nothing but a black and white wire and you just have to connect the dimmer wires to those wires.

Today, Explained
DIY or don’t?

It's really simple.