I think my second week as an aprentice, years back, my boss called his linemens as his "electricians hammer" I laughed really, really hard. Almost a decade in, i still think its funny, but also know it to be more true than most facts ive ever heard 😂😂😂
@@carlsmith5678 Why? The conduit should be held in place just do a little measuring and get a new box with close to the same location for knockout and install not that hard. Industrial electrician do it all the time.
All new houses should have atleast two 1 1/4 conduits to the attic and the crawlspace for future use if it's a multi level home it should have an acsesable chase from attic to crawlspace and stairs into attic not a pulldown people would be thankful in the future if their house had those things
The fact that you mangle a knockout using a flat head and linesman is pretty sad and you need a new occupation considering the fucking things almost knockout pushing on them with your thumb....
We just got an Milwaukee M12 Cable Stapler for this new multi-family house/quadplex we’re working on by the beach and after going through 2 more manual cable staplers making the total 6 now at $50 a pop that’s $300. We could of just bought 2 of them at the start of the year and probably of saved money and still be using them working faster.
I'm old school also. In the winter I would save all the stapling till the end. I'd put a metal coffee can of metal staples on the propane cnister heater to warm them so I didn't have to wear a glove to hold them! I guess my wife is right, I am fucking old! Lol
That is so nice to have a "cold" panel to work with...90% of my work was remodel and extension service. Everybody else's crap work in the way, and people living in the house ..
According to an inspector when my dad and I did a house we couldn’t use those 2 screw connectors because it blocked the back ones for future access. We had to disconnect every wire to remove them and then put plastic bushings. It was super annoying. Fast forward 6 months, another inspector told us to use 2 screw connectors instead of plastic ones cause they’re easier. Idk what was the first guys problem but for every thing and any thing he was on our behinds. Second guy pulled up and sign us off after only seeing one room.
They didn’t have those back when I was wiring houses. I bought some of those manual staplers but after a few trips through a crawlspace the dirt and mud ruined them.
@nevinleiby increasing resistance? LOL . Electrical resistance? That's not how that works. Do you think that the harder you squeeze the wire, the more the resistance increases? LOL
For those of you wondering, yes you can double up on 14’s and 12’s in a half in two screw connector. If you use a plastic half inch pop inc you can still do 2-14’s and 2- 12’s. If it were a 3/4 you can use 3 14’s or 12’s. Manufacturers spec supersedes code. If the product box says you can, you can.
We electricians are like crabs in a bucket!! The second we see someone do something we immediately tear them down oh code this and code that!! How many time have you done it. Good job kid the gun is sweet be better if it were black and red though!! Keep up the work.
And let’s not forget the NEC was created by insurance companies if you want to see crabs in a bucket do something that isn’t code and find yourself in court…
@@lou198 didn’t know that about insurance companies creating the NEC. I always assumed the NFPA created it. Hopefully before you go to court your local inspector would catch it.
It's great, I just wish that Milwaukee made one. It's the only Dewault tool that I own. And it's not perfect, sometimes you have to hammer the staples in on older homes with more "petrified" wood. Still a time saver. Been wondering if it would be better with a bigger battery than what came with it...
Whenever the connectorn is rated for more than 2 cables is when you're allowed doesn't matter the size of connector, it's all about what that connector is rated for
Looks great! I'm a Canadian electrician, it's been a bit since I wired a house but back then you couldn't stack wires under one staple, we used "stack-its" and secondly the proper 2 hole strap would be used on bigger cables, pvc straps are for pvc. Keep up the good work!
Where i live in the states, its limited to two under one staple. Theres some more nuanced limitations to it but thats the basic rule. I always find it interesting to see what code says in other places about things. My boss went to papua new guinea a few years back to do some volunteer work wiring some houses, he said it was like the wild west over there for electricity. Lol Edited for typo 😂
@goosenotmaverick1156 Imagin how much you could get done in a day with laxed rules,, 🤣. Same here, 2 wires under a standard staple. I haven't wired a house in over 10 years but be had these double wide neoprene staples that you could get 4 wires underneath but stackits were used for anything 4 wires/2X4.
@@walteruber994 we don't really do any new construction residential, most of our residential work is remodel or addition type work, which I'm thankful for. We can make money and do interesting stuff instead of the same house a thousand times haha.
@goosenotmaverick1156 I quickly specialized into a more technical commercial and industrial side of the field, housing was where I cut my teeth many years ago. I don't miss it. I'll still do a garage or small reno for buddy but I'll leave the house wiring for the young people coming up into the industry.
@goosenotmaverick1156 Yeah, that's the worst part about residential wiring, getting contracts for a 100 government houses is great but boring as hell, there is some money to be made but after hundreds of these things, one looses the zest of pulling wire.
Im really impressed of how electric rules works in different countries, in Chile for example, all cables in the house must be inside pvc pipes (with orange color) to avoid electrical risks, so seeing cables floating like in the video makes me feel uncomfortable 😅
It's funny watching this in 30 seconds when in reality it'll take closer to an hour to just organize the mess and keep it looking tidy coming into the panel. Not to mention the cutting in. Those DeWalt guns look like they do a cleaner job than the Milwaukee guns.
Never ceases to amaze me with cool tools. Been an journeyman for almost 20 yrs. Started residential. Younger generation always wants the easier tool. It cool I like it. Can't do what a hammer could. Plus me, I would see me f*ckimg some Romex up bf getting the hang of it. Lol good luck with those tight spots. And don't still have to carry a hammer
The NEC cannot be overridded by the manufacturer of the electrical parts. The manufacturer has to produce their parts that meet the NEC to be approved for the use.
Many jurisdictions are lax and allow many NEC rules to be broken. The electrical inspectors do not inspect every single item either. You can break many rules and it is never seen and will pass the inspection due to that fact.
They are. It is on the ends of the wire, you cut that section and place it on the wire going into the breakers. Looks cleaner on the outside, super easy to land and identify for check out
I've seen electricians in Wisconsin use a single piece of 2" schedule 80 pvc to run ALL of the wires into the top of the box. Doesn't seem right to me but it sure made things easier for him and it passed inspection....
yeah now that I think of it thats a way better method. Shit can even do 3 if you feed through the bottom. For sure better and faster than all the small connectors. Definitely gonna start doing that. Just gotta learn how to map runs coming in
As a landscaper who often has to install a ton of lighting around a property, under flagstone patios, boulders, decks, etc. I am always impressed with how you guys navigate fully built houses and make things so clean.
Only problem I see is using 14/2 for anything. If you run 12/2 for 15 amp circuits. You can convert them to a 20 amp circuit in the future just by swapping breakers. The savings by running 14/2 isn’t worth the fire risk.
Its best with just 2 in a 1/2 connector, its just looks more organized and presentable. I mean there are different types of electricians those who love and take pride in there work vs those electricians who know how to do it and just want to hurry and get it done.
Coming from someone that has two degrees and worked in professional environment and construction sites. College does not teach common sense, trial and error, and learning from your mistakes. Much of the corporate world doesn’t either. You don’t last long on the job if you do not have all three. Or you never get return customers.
Luckily he's good at using that stapling gun because if that was me i would've probably stapled right threw one of the wires and would've probably got yelled at or fired because they would've have to start all over
@joshuawatson6108 Maybe the newest version does... Had one onsite before. The damned guys was hitting almost every other cable! What a shitshow smh. Unless they purposely were doing it.
Seriously nobody noticed that the connectors he is using are rated for 1 wire only and he is shoving as many as he can get through them. Use a arrlington nm841 rated for multiple wires
I always use a 1/2” romex connector for two 12 or 14 gauge wires max. And strip them before dropping them in the panel…..I guess there’s a million ways to do whatever it is there’s a million ways to do it. 🍺
i'm an electrician too and for me i'll use conduit if the wires are not in a double shield type. so for me, i'll do the same and just make it more secure by staple them as neatly as i can. it's a double shield wire.... i'll even use foam for the gaps if necessary.
There is no protection for the wires from metal, just the insulation. Over some time thecindulation will get hard and then you have a short. That is the way electricians ensure continuity of work.
That’s what I was wondering, doesn’t fly with the three inspectors in my area of operation, they’ll even be po if you use a fit6004 and anything smaller than 10/3
