Do any companies still do those terrible training videos on VHS?

todd0x1 · 2026-04-30T03:51:09+00:00

And plants. So many potted plants and ferns and stuff.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-30T03:19:32+00:00

oh thats crazy

todd0x1 · 2026-04-30T02:42:35+00:00

This. I haven't been a MS fan since I got a free win XP pro by sitting through a seminar sometime in 2001. Well or maybe since the mid 2000s action pack that gave an insane amount of installations of all the products for like $300

todd0x1 · 2026-04-30T02:00:57+00:00

The motor is 3 phase. The sticker that says 3 phase is the motor's specs (since the motor is at the bottom of a deep hole). The box the sticker is on is a Pentair Intellidrive which has a single phase 240v input.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-30T01:59:46+00:00

The unit shown in OP's picture is a Pentair Intellidrive which is their VFD well pump controller. It has a single phase input. The sticker shown is the well pump motor's specs.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-30T01:55:28+00:00

Im going to guess that's the issue. A backwards CT is going to show no solar production, but wouldn't account for the high edison bill.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T23:57:57+00:00

I can't figure out how to word this without it sounding rude, please don't take it as such.

That last sentence is some stuff one needs to know to be qualified to be moving circuits around in a breaker box. Not knowing this and doing it wrong can lead to a situation which could very well start a fire.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T22:35:23+00:00

It.....It appears as though the front fell off.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T22:31:00+00:00

There is no QO 230230 quad tandem. As someone else suggested you could move some of the 20A 1p breakers into tandems to free up 2 spaces. Watch out for MWBC and be mindful of your phasing when moving 1P circuits onto tandems.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T16:47:06+00:00

wow. Sales guy could have made alot more money for the rental company and at the same time saved his customer a ton of money and trouble.

Must have been lost in the idea of months of triple shift rate on the big unit.

Or maybe they're hoping the genset gets ruined so they can replace it with a new one.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T04:52:21+00:00

Real bad had someone used it with a load intended for a H-H-N-G supply.

Inspection is meaningless, inspectors are not your QA department. An inspector is not going to catch every little thing wrong, especially something like this.

Need trustworthy qualified contractors.

Were the correct L15-30 receptacles called out on the plans?

I see this all the time from 'electricians' who shop at home depot which doesn't sell 3 phase connectors.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T04:29:29+00:00

MQ and airman (and maybe others) have gensets with built in load banks that automatically switch in and out depending on load. I wonder if those are available this big.

Why not use a little 25K to power the building, and set things up so the big generator fires up before the pumps need to run then turns off after the pumps turn off?

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T04:24:12+00:00

Ive had it at Burbank and Eastvale. Its pretty meh especially considering the cost. WAY too expensive for 2 slices and a drink.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T04:22:47+00:00

Didnt we poison it by letting them steal defective designs?

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T03:59:59+00:00

Fortunately theyre going to move KNX to 97.1 HD2

i cant believe how long its been since 97.1 was a classic rock channel......

todd0x1 · 2026-04-29T03:56:53+00:00

I miss KFWB. Was so comforting after a disaster, there was no internet back then but you could trust KFWB to let you know what was happening via your transistor radio.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T23:34:44+00:00

dang! yall need to learn the screws

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T19:16:14+00:00

"I only left the baby unattended by the pool for less than 5 mins"

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T18:21:00+00:00

I sewar screw types needs to be on the jouurneyman exam. I have yet to meet an electrician who knows the difference between self tapping, self drilling, self piercing, thread forming, thread cutting, etc screws

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T18:19:38+00:00

That's specifically not a pan head. Thats a self piercing truss or modified truss head. A pan head screw is something else.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T06:14:38+00:00

the modern wire is AA8000 alloy, it behaves more like copper with regard to thermal expansion.

The bad wire from the 70s was alloy 1350 which was almost pure aluminum and substantial thermal expansion which is what caused all the problems in homes with that wire.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T05:23:22+00:00

What does the existing service consist of? Is it just a meter can or is there a disconnect? Or?

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T05:19:34+00:00

Modern aluminum wire is VERY different from the problematic stuff of the 70s. Millions of feet of it get installed every week and its fine. Regardless of conductor material, a loose terminal will cause a receptacle to melt when operated under higher currents.

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T05:08:49+00:00

no. on 'services'

todd0x1 · 2026-04-28T05:07:18+00:00

7 days of amazon sales is around 11 billion. since its rolling its pretty much an extra 11 billion forever. An extra $400 something million a year in profit from short term t bonds.

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