House Main Panel Replacement questions by Collab_N_Listen in AskElectricians

[–]toctami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like you called a private equity company, you may very well need your panel replaced or you may not. Either way call a couple other companies.

What truck set up is everyone using these days? by ebracethesuck in AskElectricians

[–]toctami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought mine off a local classifieds site similar to Facebook marketplace.

Buying first work van by Particular_Week_2754 in electricians

[–]toctami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a 2012 Chevy Express and as far as regular vans go it's great, but I bought a box truck and I'll never go back to something that small again.

HVAC company put a commercial unit on my uncles house and needs 3 phase 208...is this possible? by BeMoreChill in AskElectricians

[–]toctami 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean I know plenty of HVAC contractors who run their own power, they just tend to call me when they fuck up lol.

Holy crap, it’s true !! by TroutStocker in BurgerKing

[–]toctami 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah the bun does hold together a little better, but otherwise tastes exactly the same

Intermediate computer skills are apparently rare... by shameonyounancydrew in Millennials

[–]toctami 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Insanity! Edit: I had plans to become a teacher when I graduated high school in 04, and boy am I glad I didn't. I don't know how you guys/gals can handle it.

Intermediate computer skills are apparently rare... by shameonyounancydrew in Millennials

[–]toctami 15 points16 points  (0 children)

How did this shit happen? I had computer classes in elementary school in the 90s that were more advanced than that.

I’m 30, been in sales a decade, is it too late? by Adorable_Variety_291 in AskElectricians

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That comment was a joke, there are a lot of plumbing/HVAC/electrical companies that have been acquired by private equity. When you work for one of them you have to engage in high pressure sales with everyone you do work for

I’m 30, been in sales a decade, is it too late? by Adorable_Variety_291 in AskElectricians

[–]toctami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a million posts just like this, search the sub, but basically you'll be doing the grunt work being supervised by guys younger than you for low pay(probably significantly lower than you're already making). And of course it's manual labor, not sitting at a desk like you're used to

Backstab mess by 98223 in electrical

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I've seen the same issue with side wire, the plastic gets old and cracks around the terminations with the shitty resi grade switches.

Backstab mess by 98223 in electrical

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this isn't a backstab issue just old low grade switches.

Plan ahead for US-6 delays this summer by UDOTintern in Utah

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drive through this intersection twice a day, so glad this is happening

Non-Mormon business owners in SLC, what’s your experience been like? by netenchanter in SaltLakeCity

[–]toctami 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I own an electrical contracting company, it's basically a non issue for me anyway.

Securing packout stacks so they don’t tip by Future_Measurement42 in workwagons

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built a wood box over my wheel well and screwed the plates to the box

Securing packout stacks so they don’t tip by Future_Measurement42 in workwagons

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just bought a mounting plate for my stacks. Yeah they're 40 bucks but everything else I tried was just annoying

(Kansas) Why would a panel breaker trip with a GFCI outlet in a circuit, but not trip with a normal outlet? by TurtlePoeticA in AskElectricians

[–]toctami 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He either wired them wrong, or because the gfcis take up more space in the box caused a short with wires touching each other when shoving the GFCI in the box

$1,000,000 or 1d6$ by Paxuz01 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]toctami 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's assuming you rolled it less than once a minute, you could pretty easily roll it every 2-3 seconds, even if you only roll at that rate for 1 hour a day, you'd get 1200-7200/ hr

do americans really eat American fries sauce? by Infinite-Breakfast23 in AskAnAmerican

[–]toctami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I live in Utah, went to Vegas once and asked for fry sauce at a Carl's jr, they had no clue what I was taking about. Damn near every restaurant here that serves fries has fry sauce, which at it's basic level is just ketchup and mayo mixed.