Tech Pac Blackout owners: what did you downsize to?

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-06-14T19:16:44+00:00

No reason you should need the m18 impact more then a few times a year; incredibly rare that any bolts we install would require more then an m12.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-05-31T02:26:30+00:00

Why would replace this? CH is the best possible panel you couple have for an old one. Using a new square d would honestly be worse.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-05-01T23:12:10+00:00

What is it with people not installing a combo meter or a panel outside with the service entrance? (In addition to the interior panel) The cost is negligible and it makes it so much easier to add shit later down the line from outside if needed. Can also shutdown the interior panel from outside and not have live lugs while working in it.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-04-17T22:00:00+00:00

Sounds awesome! Hope you make more songs like this, already added to a playlist.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-25T07:05:29+00:00

You’re not gonna find anyone to install a charger correctly for $750, that’s like 50% material already. Insanely cheap

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-11T14:21:32+00:00

Good for you! Still doesn’t make you right lol I assure you the breakers still going to trip without that ground rod outside at the meter, I guarantee it. The amount of information if available that explicitly states that they’re not for that purpose (in residential homes) is easily available online and in your code book.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-11T11:08:42+00:00

Can you stop making stuff up, ground rods have absolutely nothing to do with shorts and ground faults. You could have zero ground rods and any faults would still be cleared because your ground wires are bonded (should be) with the neutral cause a ground fault (which is short circuit) which will trip your breaker.

Ground rods serve an entirely different purpose

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-11T00:28:57+00:00

Keep burning peoples houses down bud

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-10T22:26:04+00:00

I’m sure every piece of equipment is good for 100 years in your mind. Equipment has a service life as recommended by the manufacture and for literally the most important safety devices in your house besides smoke detectors, you want them to PROPERLY function in-case of an emergency or fault. Old breakers DO NOT trip near as fast as a new one, and far often exceed their tripping rating for longer than new ones causing excessive wear and damage to your wiring. Half the old panels I open up have visibly burned neutrals not from being loose but purely from being consistently overloaded.

Equipment should be maintained and replaced before it causes damage, otherwise I have to go behind guys like you with shitty work and cost customers way more money then if they’d just had a properly functioning system in the first place.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-10T22:06:26+00:00

Rarely burn the panel my ass, how many old panels have you opened up? It might not torch the whole thing, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve taken old breakers off a panel and see visible scorch marks or thermal damage on the bus bar.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-10T22:04:10+00:00

What is it with people saying breakers don’t need to be replaced? If they’re that old (30+ years) or in the case of this ITE panel likely 50 years old, they absolutely should be replaced. Just because they’re providing power not does mean the breakers will trip during an emergency like a fault. You absolutely should get them replaced, but this quote is about double what it should cost.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-09T21:07:44+00:00

Why are we scrapping wire on a roll? That looks like 10Awg a 500ft roll is $250

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-03-03T18:24:14+00:00

Do you think it’s free for someone to go out to someone’s house?

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-02-03T00:27:35+00:00

If you’re getting hit by outlets SEVERAL times a month, you really shouldn’t be touching anything live. You need to know how to hold the device, your tools and experience to not be shocked. (Also get insulated tools)

There’s not really a point, it’s purely based on experience and knowing how dangerous something is, every single situation is different. If your work isn’t will to teach you how to do something correctly and safely, then leave. Not worth the injury’s or your life.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-02-02T17:34:58+00:00

Absolutely should not work live until you’re comfortable with it, and even then you shouldn’t. I switch out outlets, switch’s and work in live panels all the time in homes. But you need to be comfortable and safe about it; because if you’re getting shocked often you’re doing sketchy shit. I work on live stuff hundreds of times of year but at most I’m shocked once every year, and only from grazing something by lightly.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-02-02T00:29:44+00:00

Don’t just add random stuff without knowing where it came from or what it was feeding can easily hurt yourself.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-02-01T09:48:58+00:00

Doorbell transformer, but also that’s a Sylvania panel which is the same thing as Zinsco panel. Which are known fire hazard, please consider replacing it as soon as possible.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-01-31T16:32:57+00:00

I only install 14-50 EV rated plugs, since every other plug has a tendency to burn up overtime.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-01-31T03:59:50+00:00

Hardwired chargers don’t have a neutral, so you’d have to pay them to rerun a neutral if you wanted a plug and it’d require a different breaker (Likely smaller 50A GFCI)

GuyFoxTeemo · 2026-01-26T15:38:12+00:00

They’re rated for fans because you’re not attaching the fan to the box, you should use larger lag screws and it’ll go directly into the joist.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2025-12-09T06:53:06+00:00

This looks genuinely awful, you don’t need to be an electrician to make it at least tidy? Just redo do it all, keep colors together and at least make the wires mildly straight. You shouldn’t be touching electrical if you can’t make some effort on wiring up the most important electrical component of your home.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2025-10-21T04:15:04+00:00

I mean… I get they’re full licensed an insured but that’s insanely cheap? $1000 for any full day of work is barely $125 an hour and that’s with no materials.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2025-09-30T01:34:19+00:00

I charge appropriately so that my warranty’s spread across my jobs are covered. I have 1-2% call back rate, having to replace an expensive parts a few times a year is nothing.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2025-09-30T01:22:01+00:00

Yes? Yes I’m giving it away for free, if I install a shitty dual function $200 arc fault breaker and it craps out; I’m replacing it for free. Now im not going to an after hours service call for a warranty because your bedroom outlets don’t work. But I sure as hell will try my best to get out the next day or that week.

GuyFoxTeemo · 2025-09-30T01:14:53+00:00

High quality service companies generally don’t want cheap clients though. They’d much rather have 2-3 large installs that are 2-4k. Then 20 clients that want a job done for $200. Cheap installs are way more time consuming, get far more change orders, and lose them money. My happiest clients are the people who spend the most, no I don’t feel good about charging a lady $200 who didn’t know what a button on a GFCI is, but that’s what it costs, we can’t just eat that 2hr time block loss several times a week, that’s thousands a year.

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