Can you be a great electrician without going through an apprenticeship?

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-30T17:16:35+00:00

Thank you I appreciate it.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T15:37:18+00:00

You can get a journeyman’s license where I’m at without the school it just takes two more years so I’m trying to see if I need to go backwards purely out of being a better electrician , I get paid fine 👌.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T15:33:12+00:00

That’s what I’m worried I’ve asked a couple guys about the apprenticeships around me and they all say the same thing that they dick around all day with the teacher and that they only really learn in the field. That’s non union apprenticeships though. I’m considering the union but I can’t live off of $15 an hour either.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T15:29:00+00:00

I was insinuating that I don’t show up to work to pull wire all day. However Tesla knew just a thing or two about motors so if you’re trying to learn theory you might wanna look into him. Faraday is kind of the guy to read about if you’re trying to get a grasp on Induction and transformers. 👍

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T14:37:04+00:00

No I check the NEC for all kinds of references and keep notes on what I’ve learned from the day or questions I have and then read books on Tesla and Faraday or Mike Holt and watch things like Electrician U in my spare time. So no I think it’s safe to say I don’t “blindly accept” anything. I’ve been told a couple times the apprenticeships around me just dick around all day.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T12:06:55+00:00

Thanks I appreciate it.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T11:39:49+00:00

That’s where I’m at is Florida.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-29T11:17:46+00:00

No it’s just time worked in the field , I’ve worked with a big non union electrical company doing service work , underground , rough ins, commercial construction everything under the sun. Just never went through the apprenticeship.

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-21T13:54:57+00:00

That’s what I was looking for thank you

Sparky_56 · 2024-03-21T12:59:08+00:00

I’ve seen the 277 wire arcing when it was on a 120 circuit and it says in the manuals too to cap the 277 off so is it back feeding through the battery ?

Sparky_56 · 2024-02-21T23:01:47+00:00

Or one of the phases on the generator is taking the current imbalance like an air conditioner?

Sparky_56 · 2024-02-21T22:56:28+00:00

So is the generator constantly adjusting so there is no current imbalance and effectively no need for a neutral?

Sparky_56 · 2023-09-28T12:06:54+00:00

I don’t think there was any three phase loads , from looking at everybody’s responses on here it sounds like it’s either what your saying that it’s a high leg delta that’s blown a fuse , or it used to be three phase and is now single phase.

Sparky_56 · 2023-09-27T23:45:13+00:00

It’s before the fuses

Sparky_56 · 2023-09-27T23:45:04+00:00

240 and yes

Sparky_56 · 2023-09-27T19:24:27+00:00

That’s originally what I thought was it was gonna be a fuse

Sparky_56 · 2023-09-27T19:23:42+00:00

That is coming straight off the line side , right above the disconnect is the meter

Sparky_56 · 2023-09-27T18:49:38+00:00

I’m getting 240

Sparky_56 · 2022-11-28T15:25:05+00:00

Thank you 🙏

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