500 foot run
What is everyone's opinion on running long distance outside? I've got a well tank up a mountain with a radar reading level (4 to 20mA), 500 feet down are the panels! The problem has been lighting...
View ArticleLeakage current: HVAC compressors
Anybody have numbers on the amount of leakage to ground from hardwired HVAC equipment? Central AC, heat pumps, and minisplits are causing nuisance trips where the new GFCI requirement at residences is...
View ArticleTransferring work/school hours for journeyman
Hey, I'm new to this but I was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm in the process of transferring my work and school hours as an apprentice from Utah to Massachusetts. I'm not sure how and I can't...
View ArticleEaton CH NL20 vs SquareD neutral lugs
Can't find an Eaton neutral lug at homeless despair or blowes. Will a Square D thread onto the neutral bar on an Eaton CH? Elliot says they don't carry them, but I did have to go to the back with him...
View ArticleVetting Company for Financial Health
Have an opportunity to join another company and I am actually quite interested. The company is relatively new so I want to be able to check them out financially without appearing to be an ass or know...
View ArticleInquiring about quoting/bidding
Good evening, I apologize in advance for the long read, but I feel I should provide some background. The past 4 years, I have been building control panels for a small local custom machinery company....
View ArticleCanadian looking for work in Texas
Hi - My background is a Journeyman Electrician (Red Seal) and Journeyman Instrument & Controls Technician (Red Seal). I've worked 20+ years in my trades mainly in oilfield maintenance. I'm starting...
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Copper prices fall
Maybe some good news finally. But if copper is like gas, I always noticed the prices would only fall a little months after gas fell a lot. Maybe because they bought it at a certain price and they going...
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California power company shutdown for fire potential?
Interesting, does having electrical power really increase risk of fires spreading? California power company just shut off their power with that reasoning? Seems like the equipment used would be weather...
View ArticleElectric Car GFI protection for 6-20r
I am installing a 6-20R for an electric car, how would i GFI protect this since it doesnt have a neutral?
View ArticleZERO v/s INFINITY
This a question for those of you that started in the early 70's as I did or earlier when you had Simpson 260 and Triplett 310 and we must not forget Eico meters. I have noticed that there are a...
View ArticleBury the box!
Sometimes I bury junction boxes. You know… make it “accessible” by putting it near a recessed light type of thing. Why are those splice kits that were I believe originally used for modular homes OK to...
View ArticleAnybody know what’s going on here?
I was working on a bid to add circuits and opened up a sub panel and found this in a fairly new commercial warehouse. What jumped out at me was the white plastic piece covering the the bus plug-ins....
View ArticleToday’s WTF moment....
I was putting a ceiling fan together for a customer and I dropped one of the screws that mount the blade to the motor. As I watched it bounce on the floor I witnessed it jump right into the largest...
View ArticleLineman to Wireman Apprentice
I have been a lineman for ten years and getting ready to apply for the inside wireman apprentice program, I would like to know if you guys think my linework experience would be a disadvantage trying to...
View ArticleTorque for receptacles, switches
I am now torquing all circuit breakers, panel terminals, switches, and receptacles per 2017 NEC requirements. Torque for Leviton residential devices is 12 -14 inch pounds, commercial devices 20 inch...
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Electric tower no base?
Came across these in Wyoming this weekend. 3 rows as far as the eye could see, looks like free standing with guide wire only no base.
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Capacitor Draw
in power factor system i install new capacitor , its rated current 40 A, when i operate capacitor draw 48 A WHY??
View ArticleAFCI buzzing
Does anyone have any idea as to why a Siemens AFCI breaker would buzz or hum. All the connections are tight. It is a 20 amp breaker with little or no load. It is on a residential bedroom circuit. Any...
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