Home Renovation & DIY
Electrical
The best free YouTube channels for homeowner electrical work - outlets, switches, panels, and the NEC code knowledge to do it safely and correctly.
4 personally vetted channels - all completely free
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Starving Electrician
Visit channel on YouTube โStarving Electrician covers NEC code and DIY home wiring in more detail than almost any other channel on YouTube. With over 1,100 videos, his catalog is one of the deepest free resources available for homeowners who want to understand electrical work properly - not just copy what someone else did. He explains the code behind every decision so you understand why a repair is done a certain way, which means you can apply the same thinking to situations he has not covered directly.
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Stevenj120volts
Visit channel on YouTube โStevenj120volts covers NEC code, residential electrical wiring, and electrical theory in a format built for homeowners and beginner electricians. His channel is one of the fastest growing in the electrical education space with consistent publication and content that covers real code requirements in plain language. If you want to understand how residential wiring is supposed to be done according to code, this channel will give you that foundation.
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Sparky Channel
Visit channel on YouTube โSparky Channel covers DIY home electrical and plumbing with clear step by step instruction aimed directly at homeowners doing their own work. The channel covers the full range of electrical repairs a homeowner might face - from replacing an outlet or switch to understanding how to add a circuit - and does it in a way that takes the intimidation out of working with electricity when you know what you are doing.
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The Internet Electrician
Visit channel on YouTube โTerry Peterman has been teaching home electrical work online longer than almost anyone. His channel is built around one goal - giving homeowners the knowledge to handle their own electrical repairs safely and correctly. He covers outlets, switches, panels, circuit breakers, and the fundamentals of how residential electrical systems work. His instruction is careful and methodical, which is exactly what you want from someone teaching you how to work with electricity.
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