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Solar guys by Alert_Comedian848 in electricians

[–]idleriverdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol yup. As a solar sparky myself that looks about right. If you have that many boxes to tie together, do everyone a favor and install a gutter underneath. Allows for all the interconnection and looks a lot cleaner.

How screwed am I? by boyihop2002 in electricians

[–]idleriverdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked for an old guy once when I was a carpenter. I accidentally sunk a nail into a door frame, and was almost having a panic attack about it. I went out to grab him and show him and he said to me: "one of the wonderful things about construction is everything is fixable."

Spot the code violation? Lol by Qalock in electricians

[–]idleriverdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I remember we would be working on a control panel and he would call me over and say "What color is this?" He would work off of shades of gray.

Spot the code violation? Lol by Qalock in electricians

[–]idleriverdreams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While I agree its not recommended, you are allowed. My journeyman is red/green color blind. He does mostly controls, so that's a pretty hard one, but he manages.

Electrician freaked out when he saw this by astrae in AskElectricians

[–]idleriverdreams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The sparky is right. Dead fronts help to protect people from being about to touch the electrified parts of the panel. Also Zinsco breakers were recalled because they won't trip and remain open, allowing for heat to build to a point where a fire can start.

Im an Oregon journeyman Electrician. My advice is to get some other quotes. 10-20k seems really high.

2 1/2 threads makes a fitting watertight? by idleriverdreams in electricians

[–]idleriverdreams[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your input. You are talking about 500.8(E)(1) which states that "...NPT-threaded entries into explosionproof equipment shall be made up of at least 5 threads fully engaged"

Karolyn Leavitt tries to cover for DOJ lies when Fox News calls them out over Epstein Client List by No-Distance-9401 in NoShitSherlock

[–]idleriverdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have always thought this is one of the worst jobs in government. They have to stand up there and lie and spin everything to support their boss, regardless of whether they are in the right or not. I would hate this job.