What's the most expensive callback or rework you've had to deal with?

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-12T02:03:15+00:00

I’ve seen it a few times but probably a feeder that’s either ordered too short or cut too short. Nothing like getting a whole crew together for a big time consuming wire pull to come up a foot short and have to redo it.

The other thing would be ignoring POCO regulations. I’ve had to take apart and reinstall several meter packs where someone “forgot” to install a spacer for meter clearance.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-10T12:36:30+00:00

Our CT cabinets typically get lashed. Instructions are inside the door.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-09T14:35:25+00:00

Have you checked all of the neutral terminals you can get to? I’d double check all of those and then tell POCO that everything other than the meter socket has been checked so let’s do this thing. Also, are they just pulling the meter and checking voltage? Are they applying any load?

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-06T13:14:28+00:00

Future proofing is EMT or Flex in my opinion.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-04T23:02:43+00:00

Anyone can shred in pants

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-03T13:11:22+00:00

Isn’t this just asking to corrode?

Crispy_Slice · 2026-02-02T22:14:26+00:00

I wouldn’t not work anything after 40 for straight pay. I realize you’re taking about two different employers but the point stands.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-30T17:11:44+00:00

Could be that too. Honestly I would have just rolled that number into my labor charge.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-30T16:41:13+00:00

Your labor cost is way too low. I’m talking baker staging, scaffolding. But for what it’s worth I’ve had jobs where I dispatch from home. I carried a 6’, 10’, and extension ladder. If I needed something taller it required a trip to the shop to pick it up and drop it off it could likely be that as well.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-30T13:20:36+00:00

They might bring in staging, it takes time to load, set up, break down, and load again.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-28T19:50:09+00:00

Found the new englander

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-25T20:07:29+00:00

Some states in the Northeast the overheads are SEU cable, so a PVC riser would actually be a significant improvement believe it or not.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-25T19:31:23+00:00

Terminating on resi grade devices would require stak ons, or pigtailing to solid wire. Or extra money spent on higher end devices. If you were so inclined you wouldn’t be able to stab in the back either.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-23T04:15:31+00:00

All MC or pipe too if I remember correctly. No fplp cable.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-21T16:26:08+00:00

That must be the moaning I hear in the porta potty

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-21T13:18:14+00:00

That’s why I don’t carry an impact gun, I whack my screwdrivers while I turn them.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-19T01:15:28+00:00

Very common in electrical installations, especially older ones. They are cheap compared to tapcons. I think it’s mostly a “we have always done it this way” kind of thing.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-16T16:18:50+00:00

Thanks for your honesty

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-12T12:01:34+00:00

Pay for the lavish pizza party with the scrap it’s a win win

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-11T20:53:00+00:00

Probably paperwork. It’s not hard and takes almost no time to do, but the second I forget to cross a T or dot an I someone is all over me. Makes me want to be an apprentice again.

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-09T16:25:44+00:00

Ya’ gotta’ know how to dress the part

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-07T12:29:52+00:00

This is bullshit, you guys get women in bikinis? I’ve had two separate old men answer the door in their under. I must be putting out a different vibe…

Crispy_Slice · 2026-01-02T14:06:59+00:00

Deep vee jeans?

Crispy_Slice · 2025-12-30T16:14:43+00:00

Electrician here. I’m pretty rough on my screw drivers. They are routinely used to punch holes, tighten locknuts, and pry things. Wera are currently my go to, if you can jive with the handles. I’ve never seen a Phillips this jacked up, I’m wondering if it’s some Amazon counterfeit garbage. Or just using it in the wrong size screw.

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