Welcome back! Today we are servicing one emergency job, doing 1 full above ground pool and bonding it, AND finishing up 1 underground pool job we started a few days prior! 12hr day and we didn’t even stop for lunch! Enjoy!
These videos are helping me so much as I've recently considered becoming an electrician. Even though I can't understand most of what you're doing, it gives me a better idea of what actually happens on the day-to-day.
With all honesty, you’re the coolest female electrical out there. There’s so much knowledge in your videos it’s impossible to grasp with just viewing one or without rewinding these videos.
I tip from an old sparkie, when pulling wires from reels I alternate the reels so they unreel in opposite directions. Not much of an issue for short runs but on long ones and larger reels it help with control 😁
What makes a job go so well is to visualize every step start to finish. It's the pits when you forget to bring screws. I was on a job where the receptacles had an extra deep hole and the cover screws were too short.
I've been around construction sites for about 40 years (mechanical PE) and I don't think I've ever seen an electronic fish tape.. Sounds like a great idea..:)
The reason that outlet burned up is because the space heater on high pulse 1500 W. You have to apply the three hour rule which states you must multiply the load by 125% which comes to 1875 W on that outlet that’s rated for 1800 W now you see what happens and why it was burned up that’s why it happens
I gave up digging awhile back and got a nice trencher ...its a pain to haul around but cuts all the trenching down to a few minutes even on large jobs ...
Your content is a little bittersweet. As I approach retirement from my primary position (IT / User Support), I have been seriously considering a trade (HVAC or electrical; I was playing with batteries and light bulbs when I was two), but videos like this show that my absolutely poopy balance makes me unsuited for it. I will just have to vicariously enjoy the trade by watching videos like yours.
Hey a lot of work on a day, but all jobs are perfect finished , and you make a really exactly and super work at all this time, so it make a lot of fun to see how you make this, :-)) i thnik its a lot of fun to work with you👍👍but iam sorry that i live so far a way in germany :-)) have a nice time
I seen you using white tape for securing the wires for your pull, just brought back a memory of when my journeyman saw me do the same. I pushed, he pulled, only about 15 feet into an attic and he ripped off the white tape and told me to pull the wires back and use black tape. He says every other color except black is for re-identifying. Some people just have their own way😅
Ugh I see the premise, but saying use black wire next time works too. For the record I always try to save my white and colours too rather than waste it.
Concerning the burnt receptacle think that I never came across a residential circuits portable heater that drew more then 1500 watts ( 12 amps ) so a 15 amp duplex receptacle would handle it. Have came across the problem from either strands broken on flimsy china male plugs or plug not pushed all the way into the receptacle. Would use a wuality soec grade duplex receptacle for any know heavier loads. In my own home had to replace the make plug on a tosster where the make plug hot hot .
have seen that MANY times. It's the poor quality cord caps that burn up because they are a crimped / stamped connection inside the rubber end. you can get discoloring at 600 watts or less draw, over time.
Why bother with GFCI receptacles when you can put GFCI breakers in the panel instead? Especially since pool equipment is supposed to be GFCI protected at the panel as per NEC 2020
Why do they equip space heaters with small 110v 15amp plugs if they are too much for the outlets? Every outlet I plug a space heater has to be replaced every other year.
Hey you got a YT channel!! Ngl always thought you were Canadian 🤣🤣 great stuff. So I’m curious. I’m a Milwaukee buff, but I’ve heard so much bad about the fish tape,(mainly reel failures), any issues!?!?
I've been impressed with your videos and have seen all the various tools at your disposal, yet I'm surprised you didn't have some type of wire caddy or something similar. Even a piece of 1/2" emt on a ladder would have made it easier.
Has anybody ever performed ground resistance iff such ground wire buried so shallow? Would like somebody to attempt to use this shallow buried copper to illuminate a 100 watt incadescent lamp. I think it would be a lot safer to bury 8' ground rods to have a year round mire dependable ground especially during a drought.
Growing up, we didn't even have GFCI for the pump, let alone a ground wire buried around the pool. In an in-ground concrete pool, the bonding is attached to the rebar. The point of this bonding isn't to find a true ground, but to get the water at the same electric potential as all of the electrical components attached to the pool, or in-reach of the pool and the earth itself. A downspout near the pool even has to be bonded, I guess in case the gutter was energized. Whether this is for short circuit protection, or to reduce lightning induced voltage differences, or both, I'm not sure.
@@johnhaller5851 I was a sparky for 50 enjoyable years but only ran power to one swimming pool. Yep a freebie for my sister. Had plenty of insurance but did not want the life time liability. Did electrical work in schools, medical centers, hospitals, churches, machine & tool & die shops, offices, slaughterhouse, garages etc. Even did work in a 309 year old house & Quaker Meetinghouse. Always told customers to hire guys who wire in at least a dozen pools a year. They get the work done quick and always pass inspection.
Surprised that the pool timer is allowed to use a cord. Was always told cords should never be used instead of permanent wiring. If it was my pool would hard wire panel.
lots of people leaving the cord on stuff these days.... even sprinkler controls. It allows the other trades to swap out gear and not have to call an electrician. Just make sure all are on GFCI and weatherproof in use covers.
(RU-vid melody) Help RU-vid answer the following question…Which of the following brands have you seen at a Home Depot? 1. Milwaukee 2. Diablo…I forgot the rest…Diablo! I saw fffreaking Diablo circular blades for less than $20 bucks! I don’t know if they were for wood or steel or what not. I don’t even have the accessory or need for one but I’m stacked up with a set of four circular Diablo blades, just in case I want to build a house and do all the electrical work and the gas piping for the stove and water heater, if I go with that option. I got these RU-vid videos to help me out. 😎12 hour day in how many minutes? And you did what? 😵💫
You ground once at the service and your other ground wires bond to that . The bond wires also are attached to all non current carry metal parts like the frame of panels and boxes. It’s the fail safe of the cct, if something energizes that shouldn’t the breaker will trip.
Connecting together conductive stuff in the area that isn't part of the electrical equipment intended to carry current. Code often requires such stuff to be bonded but not necessarily grounded. You are essentially creating a place for lightening and similar electricity to go.
All portable heaters are plugged into outlets, where else would they? That one was arcing, mostlikely due to mechanical damage, insulation or something. The breaker will trip if the heater is drawing too much. Dont yank on your cords pull cords out by grapbbing the plug
You are electrical trade? PVC pipes must orange for safety standards under ground. They know orange pipe is electrical. It is dangerous live wire and must call electrical licence. White PVC is normal for water and telephone and air conditioning drains etc...
INCORRECT. Orange conduit is not UV resistant so it would have to be transitioned to gray conduit before emerging from the ground. There is no advantage to this versus using gray conduit for the entire project. Even in electric utilities, our crews used gray conduit for 7,200V URD with tracer or red concrete above. Orange conduit is also associated with data cables.
outlet =/= box. outlet is simply anywhere current is drawn from a circuit. a light fixture or receptacle is an outlet, a j-box or a light switch in a box is not.
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lol, and also she said that the homeowner should find another place to plug in the space heater…. Like what? Where other than an outlet should it go. And don’t get me started with the blue glue. Wtf. Lol
If you keep cheaping out one day you are going to die of heat stroke digging trenches I work with and seen co worker end up in the hospital because of heat stroke a good piece of advice never work for shady contractor company
