What is a Suicide Cord and Why It Could Kill You

What I love about Stud Pack is that you guys don't just show the right way to do something, you show WHY it's the right way to do something.

I am an aircraft mechanic. Honest intelligent hard working tradesmen are a rare breed today. The attention to detail really shows the quality of your work. Tribal knowledge like twisting the receptacle and retightening. Great videos.

Electrician here. Great video! You know your stuff man. It’s good to make people aware of the danger to linemen and to the homeowner.

You just saved lives with this video, the dangers of a “suicide cord” would’ve never truly occurred to me as a DIYer. Thank you sir!

That "jiggle test" is crucial. Can't tell you how many trim QAs I did behind a guy putting a panel up and they had loose connections in their terminals

Always like how happy and the pride Paul shows in his work, no matter how small. It's in the details.

The documentation on the fusebox is something to applaud. Everyone should do that kind of thing for everything. A little bit of extra work now saves you a lot of headaches later.

I've never seen a video of yours before, and I'm unlikely to watch a whole ton of them at this time, but you've got so many little things to show how good you are at this. When you wanted him to get a second look at the spreadsheet you made on the fusebox, I could hear the pride in your voice. You're a good worker, and I'll be one of many to tell you it. Keep it up, Stud. It was impressive to see the care you put into your work.

You're one of the best channels, hands down. Not too much hype, and no BS. Just the kind of channel every homeowner (future and existing) needs!

I don't know what it is... Your Voice? Your Confidence? What ever. . . . When I watch your video, I'm transported somewhere, where time does not exist. THANK YOU

i'll be real, this just showed up in my recommended section. i don't have much need for Home improvement type content, but from this video alone i like this, because it's practical info that can actually be applied. i feel like i learned more from this video, than the 5 years of High School, and my year of taking Welding in a trade school. earned another subscriber.

You can’t get any better than this channel. Always detailed and no bs. They let you know the issue. Why it’s an issue. How to fix it. And the materials needed to fix the issue and any issues that may encounter. Thank you guys.

Thank you for going into detail about how when we don't have interlocks, we can kill the linemen. That's a detail few get into, and most people think electricity only goes one way - from the power plant to us, not the other way around. That's a very important concept to teach since more and more people are going to solar, batteries, etc.

As soon as the camera went off Paul definitely modified that extension cord.

Great video, you covered a lot of basics but I was surprised that while you discussed changing out the 20A power outlet, you never mentioned the wiring gage at all. The copper wire looks like 12AWG ... could be 10AWG but you really should have talked about the importance of ensuring the existing wiring can support the load capacity of your new connection point.

Good points about the suicide cord. Suggestions: I would have instead put in a flush mount receptacle, so it doesn't stick out from the wall, and be in the way outside. There's plenty of room inside the stud wall for the receptacle. I would also have caulked around or behind whatever receptacle you use, so blowing rain won't seep behind the receptacle and eventually rot the wood behind it. It looks like where the receptacle is located, there might not be a LOT of blowing rain to hit it, but it never hurts to seal it anyway...takes just a couple of minutes. This will also make it easier to seal against airflow into the building.

Every homeowner with a generator needs to see this video.

OMG!!! An actual "how to" without a story line or narrative or wasted time of not topic related drivel.!!! ....LOVE IT !!!! Get to the point... How to do it...Easy to understand.. OUTSTANDING !!! I've just recently discovered your videos in my search for reliable how to's for those of us who enjoy doing it ourselves correctly and safely and every one I saw I had to "smash" the like button and save for future reference! Guess I'm going to just have to subscribe! Keep up the GREAT work and videos! I'm looking forward to watching and learning much more!

This dude just straight up said "So how does a portable generator work? Well we pulled it out and it's right here, we started it up and it's generating power"... I've never heard a more elaborate, detailed explanation of how it works until now!

I am Mister Safety in my group of DIYers and I loved this video. Always preach lineman safety to my friends. Job was well done. Absolute pleasure to watch them work.