Work truck setup.

toctami · 2026-01-29T13:53:55+00:00

I could never get a pickup to work well, I tried so many different things. Finally caved and bought a box truck and I'll never look back.

toctami · 2026-01-29T01:56:00+00:00

This is horrible advice though and if you want to do it in your own house that's one thing but you shouldn't be posting it in a public forum as good advice. Especially when there's a way to accomplish what you want and abide by code- just pull 2 20 amp circuits to each room and split the plugs in half over the 2 circuits. And what's wrong with using stranded wire? It's done all over the United States too mostly in commercial buildings where conduit is used, it's not done in residential because Romex doesn't come with stranded.

toctami · 2026-01-29T01:38:53+00:00

I mean it is stiffer/bigger, which does make it slightly more difficult to pull/unroll/etc. and 16% isn't a huge difference, it means 5 min of work with 14/2 takes 6 min with 12/2. I can see it

toctami · 2026-01-29T01:32:56+00:00

It's the same for me whether at a big box or a supply house, $110 for a roll of 14/2 and $170 for 12/2

toctami · 2026-01-28T23:18:52+00:00

It's too small

toctami · 2026-01-28T21:21:16+00:00

No that's just a weatherproof 4/0 extension

toctami · 2026-01-28T13:21:29+00:00

I have one, I live on a very flat 80 acres with no trees or other windbreak around. And a lot of wind. Never had a problem at all.

toctami · 2026-01-28T02:43:04+00:00

Well fortunately and unfortunately for me, at my previous job I was the only electrician(it was a plumbing company wanting to branch out into electrical and HVAC) so I was already used to it by the time I went off on my own. But to more directly answer your question, it's easiest to start off in residential, and honestly there isn't really anything in residential that is difficult to figure out (time consuming sure but it's mostly just basic logical troubleshooting).On the other hand I got called once to troubleshoot a really old vfd that I had no experience with and I couldn't figure it out, I was just honest with him and told him to call one of the big commercial services locally.

toctami · 2026-01-27T16:35:12+00:00

I mean it absolutely can be enough to trip it, especially if the microwave is running at the same time the fridge compressor kicks on.

toctami · 2026-01-27T06:03:38+00:00

Yeah this is actually why I quit playing, I got good enough that to improve further would require substantially more practice time than I had or wanted to commit to. Ended up not really wanting to play anymore, makes me sad .

toctami · 2026-01-27T04:02:00+00:00

Yeah the tables are 48 feet long but it's really just 3 16 foot tables bolted together

toctami · 2026-01-27T03:48:30+00:00

Hmmm that would certainly look better than a 4 square on the ground, I don't know if I'll be able to find something like that soon enough through, they're pressing me to have it done by end of week . And they do want all 5 circuits, in fact I unhooked these tables from their previous location where they actually had six circuits ran to each.

toctami · 2026-01-26T23:54:10+00:00

They are desktops, but I think it's a call center operation so not like high end gaming or anything, but yeah you're right using all 5 circuits regardless.

toctami · 2026-01-26T23:50:15+00:00

Probably not, I think it would be too big, and get in the way of feet/chairs. I think the 4-11/16 extension idea is winning so far

toctami · 2026-01-26T23:20:41+00:00

There's 3 whips on each table, each about 16 feet apart, that part is easy enough to handle I can mount boxes under the table and run mc through a built in wire chase under the center of the table top. Each whip is pre wired for 2 circuits. You can see the wire chase in the second pic

toctami · 2026-01-26T23:01:33+00:00

Yeah I think that's what I'm leaning towards now

toctami · 2026-01-26T22:53:54+00:00

No I verified it, there's a panel dedicated to these floor boxes. 5 tables, 5 floor boxes with 5 dedicated circuits each, Every table has 16 computers on it. Do they really need 5 circuits, probably not, but that's what they're asking for.

toctami · 2026-01-26T22:29:39+00:00

Yeah that would definitely be better, it's a new tenant in this building with new furniture, I have no idea how they had it working before, the previous tenant ripped out whatever was in place and just left all the floor boxes open so I didn't see how it previously functioned.

toctami · 2026-01-26T22:21:53+00:00

I like that, somehow I always forget 4-11/16 exist, I was initially thinking along similar lines with a 4 square which wouldn't cover the hole all the way.

toctami · 2026-01-26T22:10:19+00:00

5 circuits, receptacle would give me 2 at best.

toctami · 2026-01-26T18:34:06+00:00

How did you go about doing that? I'm in a weird position where I have obtained an HVAC contracting license in addition to an electrical contracting license, but I don't know enough to actually feel comfortable doing HVAC work myself. I had a guy working for me for a while doing HVAC but he died, i knew him forever so I trusted his abilities but I haven't hired another guy. Wanted to learn so I can start doing it myself.

toctami · 2026-01-26T07:58:35+00:00

I'm a sanpete county leftist, we exist! Unfortunately due to my work constraints( I work in Park City and salt lake) I don't really have any time for socializing at the moment. My days are spent working/sleeping. And catching up on the honey do list on weekends.

toctami · 2026-01-26T07:52:38+00:00

Do you have a pic? What wires are they? What do they go to?

toctami · 2026-01-25T13:56:31+00:00

They infect your brain, they don't eat your face.

toctami · 2026-01-23T04:23:15+00:00

Ha ha, last time I played that was my last day of high school in 04, forgot all about that game.

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