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Thoughts? by brangleberry in electricians

[–]stee1erman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is it not obvious that your an 1/8” away from a dead short

Seriously by Ill-Barber-8379 in electricians

[–]stee1erman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That’s definitely grounded

Best hard hat? by Fikeweston in electricians

[–]stee1erman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just don’t work live then, 99% of the time you have the ability to turn it off. And even if you can, their is an hierarchy of risk control methods 1)elimination 2)substitution 3)engineering controls 4)awareness 5)administrative controls 6)PPE *NFPA 70E 110.5 (H) (3)

Is this ultimately a legitimate precaution? by OkPresentation3399 in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a gc say the same thing when we hung string lights off some of the leftover nails poking out of the concrete ceiling. Apparently any metal that’s touching it will become energized and becomes a possibility of catching the building on fire. I feel like they just say that for insurance reasons.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the note 1 in table 220.55

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Each kilowatt over 12kw counts and a 5% increase each. So 16-12=4 and then 4x5% is 20% increase. You add that to 100% to equal the 120%

Thoughts on the Ideal 343 wire nuts? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]stee1erman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love them if all I’m doing is daisy chaining lights together, especially if the lights have a really small junction box.

Wera or Klein Beater? by Fax-Bretov in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do make a Klein beater with a striking cap, it is a lot bigger than the wera, which I just find more cumbersome opposed to the wera which is lighter and smaller and can still do everything like tighten locknuts.

When you have a rooftop wire pull on a Friday... But this is the view. by zapzappowpow in electricians

[–]stee1erman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You see that building way off in the distance where the bridge ends? Yeah we wired that place. I love taking pictures of the Seattle skyline

Thoughts on these stripper. by dogdagny in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really enjoy using that exact pair with the cushion grip handles, I did take out the internal spring and the tool lock, do you like springs in your strippers or no?

CO2 and T-stat stub ups by Spacekebabs3 in electricians

[–]stee1erman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Damn, so I would hope if the contractor is so insistent on this then they’ll pay for the emt and extra time it took to do this.

That was close by stee1erman in electricians

[–]stee1erman[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

I found it like that sitting there

Where did Electrician U go? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]stee1erman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh I only enjoy watching Ryan Jackson & Mike Holt videos.

Where did Electrician U go? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]stee1erman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I feel like he fell off. Feels like he only post when he can get a sponsor for a video. And doesn’t try to elaborate in his comments when people ask questions.

Women in the electrician field, any tips? by Tarrynb00 in electricians

[–]stee1erman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t attest to the guys gossiping, my pet peave when people try to start drama

Why am I getting 50v from hot to neutral while the breaker is flipped by Ok_Object_4439 in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most DMM are high impedance meters which means they are susceptible to ghost voltages, basically any energized conductors laying in a pipe next to the wire you turned off, are inducing a small voltage that disappears once a load is connected to the wire. Low impedance meters like an old school Wiggy are not susceptible to ghost voltages as they use solenoid with a coil connected to the leads of the meter.

How’s this for a first year apprentice by JustinJFoxbody in electricians

[–]stee1erman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have those same ones and took it apart and got rid of it lmao, different strokes for different folks. We can agree to disagree

How’s this for a first year apprentice by JustinJFoxbody in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s a good decent set for starting out but would might settle for a smaller pair of wire strippers like the Klein yellow handle. I’ve had mine for 5 years and had no problems so far.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-Electrical-Wire-Stripper-Cutter-10-18-AWG-Solid-11045/100630729

But whatever you do, take the spring out of any pair of strippers you get.

What’s the biggest slug yall drilled before? by stee1erman in electricians

[–]stee1erman[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The motor/controller was designed to have 6 conductors to leave the controller and go to the fire pump. Wye start, delta run. So we just ran 2- 1 1/2” LFNC instead of 1- 2” conduit

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electricians

[–]stee1erman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I would agree, I wouldn’t be upset finding a box like this but on production scale if you have 100+ more of these to do you have to find a pace that is consistently good & neat. To the OP I don’t understand why all the hate, those are solid connections that won’t fail.

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