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The Southern Electrician
Приєднався 13 жов 2019
My WORST Shock Yet!!! ☠️
In this video, I draw out the exact situation I was in when I received my worst shock in the past 2 years of field work.
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Drawing Out How 3-Way Switches Work!
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A quick, in-depth drawing and explanation of how 3-way switches work.
How to Wire DEAD-END 3-WAYS!!! 🤔
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Tutorial of how to wire dead-end 3-way switches in which all connections are made in one junction box, with only one multiconductor cable traveling to each switch box.
HOW I WAS TAUGHT TO TROUBLESHOOT!!!
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My order of operations for troubleshooting electrical malfunctions. Great electrician taught me this.
How to Wire a "Two-Wire Return" System (Switch Loop)
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This is a tutorial on how to wire a basic switch loop without sending a neutral to the switch box. I also go a bit in-depth into code to disprove a lot of silly misconceptions that electricians have regarding this method of wiring.
Dude in the back was stripping the copper off his 1/4" conduit😭😭
And in the end you get a tangled hellscape that you can conveniently see in the background
@monkeytimesmagazine3725 what's funny is that shortly before the video I had a coworker first show me this technique. The tangled hellscape is what it looked like before I did it this particular way. However, nothing that zip ties can't handle.
The old handlee bender
Wow
That sound in the background didnt surprise me at all. Its a electrician video.
OK sparky, one idiot on an apt I worked on spliced a 240 to a dual 120 and split the 120 to 2 outlets they had the fridge and oven on the 120 outlet
Boots?
I love that driver, got it myself 👌
Nice trick bro. HOOOOOYEAAAAA
🤔 about as straight as your boyfriend... Good one tho! 👍
I'm sure that doesn't affect the connection point at the breaker... You must be a union electrician. With that fancy 1000volt insulated flathead screwdriver.
Hate to break your uneducated stereotype, but union guys usually have more basic hand tools than non union.
@@inthemiddleof non-union checking in 🙋🏻♂️
HOOYEEEUUHHHH 😩
Side note. That's not a metal screwdriver. Play it safe.
It's insulated
About as straight as you boys
Ohhhhhh heaaaah
That's about as straight as the guy in the background😂
The “Oh Yeaah!”in the background had me dying! 💀😂😂😂😂
It's just a screwdriver. 😊
or get ur boss to buy a pon panel. no pigtails
@joegulotta9194 It's not as simple as that with these commercial builds. You have a very specific gear package to work with, and that's that. I'm also certain that you're not going to find any 3-phase/bolt-on style panelboards that even have that plug-on neutral feature.
😂 the fucking woman moan
A wee bit of advice for you. Never grab a conductor with your fingers, brush one finger off it or use the back of your hand. Treat all conductors as live and use pliers to manipulate them. Preferably use test lamps. Your ten amp theory is irrelevant, if your body took ten amps you would have severe internal burns along with cardiac issues. The shock effect depends on your skin resistance, dry hands are better but sweaty or damp hand will conduct superb. Also you were holding onto the panel with the other hand creating a lethal current path across the heart. Keep one hand in your back pocket when working live, why, to keep you from touching anything and grounding your body. As for hot swapping breakers, sure it’s only 120v but the fault current at the panel will be much greater. This means powerful arc flash explosion. When this happens electric shock is the least of your worries. I liked your drawing and explanation of how an rcd works and you seem to know what your talking about so if you need to work in a live distribution environment, slow down and be methodical with every step. Done this for 30+ years and seen too many accidents due to simple carelessness. There are old sparks and there are bold sparks but there is no old bold sparks. Take care, always check for dead. All the best.
I was removing an old fire alarm in an office building. Some dill hole ran 120 through low voltage conduit. I cut into that hot line and it let me up. I was sweaty, had my left arm hung over a new black iron sprinkler pipe and my hand was choked up on the dykes on the metal. All I could do was make that noise people make when they are getting fried and kick the top of the ladder until I fell off of it. I was lit up for a good 15-20 seconds. I still have those dykes. One of the jaws has a chunk missing out of the tip, and the handles are about 3/8” closer together than new ones. I BENT KLIEN CUTTING DYKES!!! I was sore for a week after that.
Not sure how long you have been at the electrical trade but I am guessing just a couple of years but let me say this you are very fortunate you didn''t die but further more you have no busines in a hot or enegrized panel or electrical equipmet & I am also guessing that you work non union. Well let me inform you that your journeyman is responsible for your well being & should not let you work on anything enegirezed he & the company you work for could be in a lot of trouble from OSHA have you ever heard of them. I am a construction union journeyman electrician & our apprentice's are not allowed to work on any enegirzed equipment at all which is part of our bilaws as well if not wrong a violation of OSHA safety standars rules you might want to check in on that. Also after you got shocked they were sopposed to take you to the hospital to an EKG run to check your heart rythm to make sure that your heart is ok because rather you know it or not electricity will ntertupt the rythm of of your heart beat. It may not be to late to request that they do so to have your heart checked which I woiuld mention to them & tell them that you want to have an EKG to test your heart for any damage also it does count as on the job injury no matter what they tell you that is a fact. If the company refuses to do so then tell them your attorney will be in touch & from what you said on your video your foreman knows about it and you also have wittness's to the fact from what you said the other people on the job ask if you were all right so they can not deny that or your request to go & be checked even after the fact. You see I also am part owner in a small electrical business & if I have someone working for me that gets hurt in any way I am responsible for their well being that's the law & the compay you work for should have workers compensation. So yes by all means get checked you only have one life & only one of each organ that are ment to last you a life time.
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Preach brother. I've left companies that act that way! Shrugging off a situation like that is crazy to me. I am a 3rd year apprentice and appreciate that people like you are ensuring safety and success in the industry.
Learn from your mistakes and stay safe. Always double check to make sure whatever you are working on is de-energized. I got hit with 277v in a crawlspace while working on some lights. The breakers were off, but someone ran power from another panel through one of the j-boxes. My finger touched the live wire while my arm was against an HVAC duct. That did not feel good!
@@crazypete3759 Heard that, brother! I hear way too many stories of guys getting bit on top of ladders while working above drop ceilings, also. My foreman had to kick himself off of it and spent 5 days in the hospital. He's told that story many times.
@@josh_is_in_phase The load actually reduced the current that went through you by increasing the impedance in circuit. When working close live wires try to wear gloves they greatly reduce the shock. I have worked with 230/400v for 7 years & have got shocked 2 times both from neutral with other "components" in that circuit. Never directly from phase & hopefully will keep it that way. Anyways, work safe & remember the gloves :D
can I install an outlet on the end 3way switch?? if yes, which wires do I use? Please let me know. Thanks, Butch
From a life long sparky. While you had the what us old farts call a porcelain receptacle removed I would have checked for power. They do go bad. Should be wearing a long sleeve PPE approved shirt, rubber gloves and eye protection when checking for power. Required at the company I work for. Gloves must be inspected & date stamped every 6 months.
John this is about troubleshooting, not the place for gloves bs.
Personally, I like bracket troubleshooting but linear works well in residential
@@tongasmith910 It's about safety and being able to go home every night and not end up In a hospital or a body bag due to cutting safety procedures that most companies insist on. In the USA we loose one person everyday due to electrocution, Arc Blast or Arc Fault incidents. With proper PPE that includes gloves this death rate could be greatly reduced.
@@tongasmith910 Never heard of either of these terms in my 50 years as an industrial electrician but at times was the only sparky In a plant with hundreds of workers that when a piece of equipment went down they expected quick fixes. If I had a machine with 6 stop buttons & several limit switched would do the what we called the divide & conquer method. Would check for power at the center point that way you eliminated halve of the circuit. Once you got familiar with new equipment the faster the fault was fixed. Had a box erector that was made in Italy and it took almost a year to get a schematic for it. It was all in Italian. Thing had over 35 relays and a dozen limit switches and several motors. Relays were numbered on schematic but not on the machine.
Be careful with your terminology young padawan. Being an apprentice there is much for you to learn. There are many instances where a neutral is absolutely required at the switch location. Check the NEC 404.2(C). The purpose being for smart switches and occupancy sensors that require a neutral for operation. You were so close …you even read off 404.2(A) except that applies to 3-way and 4-way switches… what you installed was single pole so that exception doesn’t necessarily comply. You can’t be teaching people things that you’re not sure of yourself. Maybe you should consider this channel more of a Vlog of your personal learning experiences rather than saying your intention is to teach up and comers and maybe a few old guys that have been in the trade awhile as well. You have potential so keep learning
Thanks for your feedback. I'm aware that some switching devices require a neutral, occupancy sensors being one of them. However, the specific instance in which I was referring to about an accessible, above ceiling, junction box falls within one of the two exceptions pertaining to not having to run a neutral. If you can access the box in which the cables drop down to the box from then you don't need a grounded conductor. This is because if you needed to add one later, you wouldn't have to damage finished materials in order to do so. This is under the same section in the NEC you referenced.
Watch your video again. You didn’t say anything about this in the video. Maybe you should be a bit more clear if that was the case. You did happen to say that you do not need a neutral at the switch and that it only ever has to go to the load at 1:55 though. You referenced 2 other parts of the code, maybe the section I commented about is the most important in regards to this video and should have been referenced as well. I wasn’t trying to criticize you, just trying to inform just in case you were not aware since many people aren’t. Especially the audience this video is intended for. It’s impossible to know everything at your stage. In my early career in my 20’s I used to think I knew everything. I started learning at 15, went to college for electrical engineering, and worked as an apprentice in order to obtain an electrical contractor license. I was humbled in my late 20’s when I came to terms with the more I learn, the more I realize how little I really know. I’m 43 now and still learning.
@michaelhealy7005 I understand, sir. I probably should have been clearer. I really do like the idea of this being more of a vlog. Would you mind subscribing and turning notifications on for later videos? I'm not offended by any means, I actually really appreciate the time you have diverted towards enlightening me on certain matters. For where I'm at in my career, a vlog sounds more appropriate. I would really like for you to witness it.
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@michaelhealy7005 I hope I didn't come off as an ignorant young whooper snapper, lol. If you knew me and worked with me, many of my supervisors credit me with being very open-minded and eager to learn 24/7. Nothing I do now is done the same way I would have done it a year and a half ago.