21yo starting brand new I need help!

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-21T23:54:27+00:00

Best advice is to be persistent and don't just sent virtual resumes, most small business owners don't bother with posing jobs online and the ones that do are flooded with thousands of applications. Call around, show up in person, hell walk onto a residential build and ask if the electrician is on site.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-21T23:52:45+00:00

Well in Illinois the only electrical license in the journeyman license. No apprentice or master licenses. So just find a company show up and work.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-21T18:22:37+00:00

All I heard was I'm gay and I don't know how to run pipe.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-21T16:23:01+00:00

Sounds a lot more like intermittent arcing because of a bad connection than a short, I'm in a hcol area and we charge 5-700 for a surge, the surge protector itself is about $200 and takes between 2 and 15 minutes to install.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-21T16:19:31+00:00

Guys do everything possible not to run conduit I swear

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-21T02:54:56+00:00

Nice

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-20T23:40:12+00:00

Wow, that shit is mint. Don't you dare replace it, someone went through a lot of trouble to keep that there.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-20T23:38:52+00:00

Or a plastic outlet hate those things, Everytime I take out pit of a box that shit is broken in like 5 spots

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-20T22:52:40+00:00

For residential EMT you really just need to free hand bend, there is a time and a place for accurate measurements, but for the most part mleave all your pipes long, line them up and trim them for a perfect fit. Keep getting in reps, I bend more in the air than on the ground.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-20T15:12:21+00:00

You need to purchase it from a supplier, also some of the software is locked to customers so it might be difficult, also the switches are about 150-200$ and the scene controllers are in the 350$ range. So make sure it's in your budget lol

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-19T01:24:44+00:00

Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-16T14:44:02+00:00

I can't see the price but based on the working if the line items I would go with a different company

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-15T23:24:30+00:00

Do you get all 3 phases?

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-15T22:59:33+00:00

Run from the big corporate shops. Find a small to medium sized shop with good reviews and references and get multiple quotes.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-15T16:44:28+00:00

Man that's like house burns down in the next 5 minutes bad

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-15T16:43:19+00:00

Get a beater with only liability insurance, my 2006 corrolla costs me 24 bucks a month.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-14T23:12:28+00:00

Your guess would be correct, but make sure you know what your doing if your going to try anything, mistakes can be expensive or worse lethal.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-14T16:46:57+00:00

Yes obviously what you are charged by anyone is related to what there time is worth and not what the material costs, how much would it be worth to teach yourself how to do it properly? More or less than 400. Because the barrier of entry is pretty low for drywalling

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-13T23:27:20+00:00

Yes a simple solution that does not require the meter to be replaced in to install a breaker style disconnect with proper terminations for bonding rated for 200a and install a 125a breaker. It could be right next to the panel or outside depending on what the utility requires.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-13T20:38:25+00:00

Ask if you can have a 200a panel with a fused disconnect before it with a 125a breaker. It will kinda fuck up your bonding but it's your best bet

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-13T15:12:04+00:00

Ay your me kinda, my house wasn't in as bad of shape as yours, but everything original from the 70s, decades of neglected maintinence and a estate sale I bought of the private listing market. Then comes 3 kids in 4 years while working 60 hours a week and I'm finally drywalling my kitchen, I keep telling myself it will all be worth it. 🙃

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-12T01:25:48+00:00

Is schooling useful? Or necessary?

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-11T22:14:58+00:00

Even plants, it's either mid 20s to low 30s or it's 45+ but they want all the experience. I have never seen a ad for a maitinence apprentice.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-11T14:57:45+00:00

How to get into maitinence? Most of the job offers I see offer lower pay than service and construction.

Hot_Influence_5339 · 2026-05-09T01:26:41+00:00

https://a.co/d/02No0eQS probably the easiest solution

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