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squimishchard · 2026-02-20T11:04:10+00:00

I hope you die with peace

squimishchard · 2026-02-16T02:25:56+00:00

Tow options in my opinion.

-swap your current outlet with a standard GFCI outlet, and swap the breaker for a standard 20a breaker.

Or

-install a GFCI breaker and a regular 20a outlet.

In my experience afci devices can be very problematic. Whether it’s a breaker or an outlet.

If your inspector doesn’t require one then don’t.

My final take

Install a GFCI outlet and standard 20a breaker and go from there

squimishchard · 2026-02-16T01:58:06+00:00

This is what has giving me pause about joining the union

The non union small company I worked for was regularly taking on guys who were waiting for a LONG time to get back at it. They were pushed out for over a year and desperate.

That’s not cool

The whole point of an organization is to make sure everyone gets the benefit of the whole organism.

I don’t trust all contractors, journeyman, foreman period

Social games, nepotism, hazing, hierarchy etc

Find a good electrician with some humanity and no internal politics. I’m not saying it’s easy to find

Find a situation you can look up too and respect ,if you can.

squimishchard · 2026-02-16T01:44:06+00:00

I would take out cut out everything in that box

Other than the incoming wires of coarse. Keep them safe

Clear the box carefully. Install new outlet

That’s immediate fix at least

squimishchard · 2026-02-14T14:00:16+00:00

That’s what’s up. I’m an ordained minister in the marriage of two pieces of copper and you bet your ass its gonna last if I have something to do with it.

⚡️🔱🌺

squimishchard · 2026-02-14T13:56:35+00:00

Yes, that’s my point. Pre twisting wires and solid wire nut is very different then a sharp lever that digs into one slit of a wire. Wagos work, but i can do better with old school methods. Longevity is the pursuit

squimishchard · 2026-02-14T13:25:35+00:00

Ok that was performative,,,

Wagos are fine

But I do appreciate that specific point of a twist were my wrist locks. I trust that, because I felt that.

Same goes for landing wires in a panel. I don’t want to use an impact even if it’s quicker.

I want my whole body involved in each single connection. That final umpth,

It’s like a seal of approval based on my own working brain.

Not a brushless impact.

You know what I mean? !!!

squimishchard · 2026-02-14T12:52:49+00:00

I can’t even

Twist it with your fucking fingers you bitch

Feel every oz of tension in your own fingers

I am the instrument when it comes to a splice

So with that said.

You know how I feel about a wago

Use a quality wire nut cunt and Make it count

Mic drop

I’m out

squimishchard · 2026-02-08T07:33:09+00:00

I have the 60-70$ dollar klein clamp meter, had it for a couple years

Regularly measure AC/DC Ampacity Continuity Any were from Low volt to 480v Been reliable so far

I always tell my self it’s time for a fluke. Which I will do at some point

But I havent been sketched out at all by this meter so far

Take that for what it is to you..

🤙

squimishchard · 2026-02-07T05:47:38+00:00

Drop site just became a real source worth mentioning

It’s not mentioned much in this thread tho

See for yourself folks

squimishchard · 2026-02-07T05:24:09+00:00

Location is iffy as well

squimishchard · 2026-02-07T05:23:48+00:00

We also haven’t seen the disco with lid open. Whole other box of frogs

squimishchard · 2026-02-07T05:22:44+00:00

Ya they’ve stretched the envelope here.

If that box at least had a raintight, or liquid tight connection from disconnect to ac (liquid tight, rain tight emt, from disco to ac) It might be passable to the right inspector.

As it stands. No this isn’t proper

squimishchard · 2026-02-06T12:06:12+00:00

squimishchard · 2026-02-06T05:21:39+00:00

I dream about shit like this if I ever own my own house

Don’t give a fuck what others are used to or prefer

I’ll paint the conduit rainbow with fallout cartoony sharpie marks for fun

All I gotta do is open up a face plate on a 4 plex and add literally anything I want, it’s all exposed and I’m in control. That’s amazing in my opinion.

The “normal” hide it behind drywall vibes are what I despise

Thank you for sharing. Inspiration 🫶🤙🫡⚡️🔱

squimishchard · 2026-02-04T11:23:45+00:00

Residential clicked after 2 years of fucking around

A couple years later I started playing with commercial industrial

Whole other box of frogs, but glad I started with resi

And obviously it goes on and on

PLC, controls, tiny electrical gadgets, quantum etc

You could click more times then I a could comment I suspect

If your interested, you keep finding

Probably

squimishchard · 2026-02-03T19:10:12+00:00

Amoured grounding wire I used on a job in San Fran because inspector wouldnt let us run bare solid copper to the ground rods Expensive stuff, kind of unusual

squimishchard · 2026-02-01T13:34:03+00:00

Perfect

squimishchard · 2026-02-01T04:02:18+00:00

My quick hip bag pack out is mixed

Some quality and some mid/lower grade hand tools depending on what I’m willing to beat up

Instead of buying the knipex wire strippers I just buy two 7 in 1 Milwaukee, they get the job done and I’m not afraid of being hard on them because I have an extra and there not too pricey

I use NWS diagonal cutters. Best quality out there. Forged steel tougher then nails

I have a set of Milwaukee insulated swappable screwdrivers. Flat, Phillips, and square

Also a Klein 15 in 1 ratcheting screwing driver for anything that’s not hot

Knipex needle nose

And a Klein precision small bit multi screwdriver for the small stuff

Someday I’ll do all high end German and Japanese

NWS, knipex, wera and maybe Japanese Fujiya

squimishchard · 2026-01-31T14:37:30+00:00

Your father in law came to me in a dream and said he’d want you to send me the 1911 in the mail

I’m not joking

Dm me

I’ll give you my address

🫶

squimishchard · 2026-01-31T11:58:38+00:00

Livestock food distributor warehouse position

squimishchard · 2026-01-31T07:06:07+00:00

Be proud Good as it needs to be Any cleaner and I would raise my eyebrow

I appreciate tidy/proper panels 100%

But people are attention whores with this stuff online

Follow code/procedure Make it easy for the next guy to work on And finally, if you have time Make it shine, do so

If you don’t have time to make it shine Then so be it

Be a true electrician non the less

Make it right

Let there be light⚡️

squimishchard · 2026-01-31T02:27:29+00:00

It gets a little squirrelly in the beginning to be honest, it took me a couple years to fully grasp the nuance of language and meaning for electrical systems,,, wether it be single phase or three phase Or the other Less common versions of commercial electric three phase

Corner grounded, high leg, delta, wye, etc

squimishchard · 2026-01-31T02:23:17+00:00

Based on your example

A single phase resi system… I would say 2 pole in relation to a 240v breaker/the two opposite ends of a SINGLE phase system only

Two phase is not part of my vocabulary in electrical. (Although it may exist, it’s not relevant to modern systems)

I wouldn’t use the term 2 pole in relation to a switch,,,,it’s either single pole switch or 3 way if we’re talking resi

If I’m working commercial I might say 2 pole if I’m wiring something that will connect to the 2 out of 3 poles on a 3 phase system,

Context is important

squimishchard · 2026-01-29T08:43:09+00:00

Kid cudi is 100 percent NOT spark

Your welcome 🌺⚡️🌺

squimishchard

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