Electrical Panel Installation In OFF-GRID Cabin
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2025
- Follow along as Josh gets to work driving ground rods and wiring up the panel for our off-grid home!
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I'm a second semester industrial electrician student and your panel wiring looks better than my instructors example. I learned a lot during this vid as I recently purchased some land with the goal of building and wiring my own home. Thank you and looking forward to the next vid.
Fellow professional electrician here, always nice to see professional electrical work (there are so many DIY hacks on UA-cam). Your panel looks great, just goes to show that with a few cable ties a skilled professional can do a very neat job very quickly. Like many pro's I agree with your comment on AFCI's. Love your videos, you guys are great.
So if you are so highly skilled why did you not see the code violation ?
In all my viewings on UA-cam, I have not seen a pro electrician do their job, it is a thing of beauty and good to know you will be safe.
I am an electrician from Sweden. It’s great to see someone take pride in his work. Awesome job with the panel. I just started watching your channel and really enjoy it
Wow!! I've been watching you guys for so long that the gibberish that usually meets my ears when Josh is speaking about the electrical just turned into English. Lol
Hi guys. I came from Myself Reliance Channel which is great. But I never saw no one with skills like Josh. He has a very active mind and he sees like five steps ahead or more. You guys are a beautiful family and your wife is a hardworking girl and so gorgeous. Josh you are the Man! Congratulations all!
Great work; but I had to check out what you meant at the beginning with A and B Phase. I must say I am in the UK where the description would not make sense; but I now understand the US connection. For any other curious Brits that may be watching, the input at 240V is all the same phase (as in the sinusoidal A.C. from the public utility transformer). In the US this supply has a transformer (I guess in the breaker box?) whose output is centre tapped to ground and whose extreme ends are ungrounded therefore at 120V each. It is these two separate 120V supplies that Josh takes care to balance - one is supply A the other supply B.
You are a excellent Electrician, nice neat work and following all best practices. Love to watch competent professionals.
Craftsman at work doing a craftsmanship job!
There is an art to wiring up an electrical panel. Nice job.
They don't make em like you anymore bro, I have been watching your videos since the beginning, and the amount of knowledge you have is unreal. Thanks for the lessons every video. I have learned a lot! Thanks very much for that, I can't wait to see the completed house.
You will be so amazed and thankful when you are done. My wife and I have done similar projects several times and if we were younger would still tackle more of them. Love to see young people who aren't afraid of hard work.
The night and day skill of a sparky! Them who take their craft with pride, so neat and tidy
That is by far the cleanest electrical box install I have ever seen in all my life, Great job!
Very clean and tidy wiring in that panel. Looks good. I could easily work with Josh; easy going and down to earth. My man is rocking the plaid shirt. I love plaid shirts myself
You do really good electrical work. When I saw you wire your first switch box, I knew you were probably an electrician. So quick and tidy.
Didn't understand a lot about the 10, 12 and 14 wire but I learnt a lot. Thx
Never really knew a breaker setup before. You have a way of explaining things that makes it easy to understand. Such a great job both you guys do. Progress you are making is great! Video editing is phenomenal!
Very good job wiring the main breaker panel. Very neat and professional looking. You should give "Pure Living for Life" some pointers. You must have wired panel boxes mucho times before. Thanks for all your explanations. You made it look simple. I doubt if it is. I think really building houses and installing all the infrastructure materials is really like working a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. There are so many resources on youtube today. Taking it nice and slow and thinking through all the procedures makes it appear less complicated. I think it can be overwhelming if you try to take on too much at one time. I have enjoyed all your videos so far. Keep up the good work. Your family are all amazing.
your electrical panel is a thing of beauty!
Great video !! Man !! Is there anything Josh can't do ? That's about as neat & tidy as you can get !! I'm impressed !! Mad skills !!
It's worth mentioning that you're balancing the load between A and B, Nice work!
Josh much respect to you. After being an electrician all day and then continuing once you get home must feel like Groundhog Day.
20:36 best panel install on UA-cam. Hands down. If you were in the Philadelphia area I’d try to hire you.
I know some trades are easier when it comes to making your work look good, but, as a chippy myself, I would be more than happy to work with you. Methodical, neat and efficient. It's a yes from me. Excellent. Glad I stumbled onto you.
Excellent video. This is how a panel should look when it's wired ! Great to see someone doing things the right way. Yes, please show the generator hook up.
Yes, hoping they did it and that I'll see it as I work my way up the vids...
I think every skillfull electrician all over the world hold somethins by teeths))) Represent his passion and adddiction to process)
I'm impressed with the panel wiring. Very neat. That is either your trade or you have worked in that trade. Good job
In previous vids they mention that he is an electrician by trade. I think it was #19 when they wired up the house initially.
Hello y’all. What a lovely couple. What beauty in your installation.
Have been in the building trade for many years, and know that a neat workplace is a good safe workplace. Congratulations.
As soon as I saw him cutting the 10/2 wire for the generator I came to the comments to see if any of the Safety Sallies commented on him cutting the sheathing with a razor knife across his hand(every day occurrence in our world)... does not appear so! Good work guys! Enjoying the build!
cutting the sheathing with a razor knife across his hand(every day occurrence in our world).You agree bad practice then.
@@jonathanperry3792 Only bad if you are making a deep cut, he is scoring the casing. He could run the blade across his hand and only receive what would amount to a paper cut. Granted, it might be safer to show him with a cut resistant glove or not doing the pass over. Clearly this is not his first time making the score marks.
I would say he knows why he is doing
That was a very nice job Josh. 👍👍👍.
Man, I can feel the energy coming off this guy
Electrical often makes me nervous, but I’ve done light and fan installs. You make this look effortless.
I hope people out there watching take this seriously and educate themselves to do it right
Thanks for sharing
That is some beautiful wiring. A masterpiece. I’m serious it looks so nice and neat. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Generator plug video please. Been watching all the videos getting ready to build cabin you guys are awesome!
Arc faults interrupters/breakers were originally to protect against electric blankets, mattress pads, water bed heaters, and other devices that could arc internally and cause a fire. As with most ideas, once it is used for the intended purpose, they expand the purpose.
Josh, You need a T Post pounder. It can work for a ground rod. You will probably have a good use for one on your farm/homestead.
Easy for me, who has no experience, to follow along and not get lost. Thanks
I can't like this video enough! Super informative. Thank you.
Man your one neat worker, that is one very neat power box. Keep up the sweet work, its so informative. Cable ties are the best, just like ratchet straps.
You are a good teacher, and make it look so easy! . A very unique home for a unique family!
Better than any movie, I`ve watched all the series in one day)) Thanks guys, Wish you success in your business!
Good job Josh! I definitely learned something watching your video! I'm a plumber but it's always good to learn some other trades! Yes please make the video showing how to hookup generater and transfer switch!Adorable family as well!!😉👍🇺🇸
Yes please show wiring up the generator outlet and energizing the panel!!
Boy-O-Boy........this guy I have to salute!
Watching a pro making it looking so simple, bang on Josh
Josh you dressed that panel like a boss, nice job.
I used to tie in panels in apartments. Wish I had the time to make them this neat
Always looking for more information, so please just keep instructing. Another thing is that electrical box looks amazing! Always wanted to know how that is done. Thanks for making it look so easy.
Great job! You guys are really taking the mystery out of building a home. I hope to follow your lead one day.
Yeah show us that generator plug hookup
I like that, nice and clean wiring. Thumbs UP 👍
Terrific, straight forward 'Show-n-Tell'!👏👍
I empathize with you and your ground rod effort.
After a 2011 tornado dropped a 140 yr.old tree on half of my home and the power main box torn off and away from the side of my house, I did away with the old and started from scratch from installing a power pole (secured to house overhang) and ground rod to adding second power main breaker box inside. Originally my grandparents home built in early 1954, you can imagine the type of wiring, old black clothe wrapped ... scary, especially seeing how the electrician wired into the old wiring when my grandparents had new kitchen/den addition built on in 1968. I don't know what kept our house from burning down!!
Needless to say, I went overboard with insuring I was putting in the safest, everything new, exceeding codes where possible, electrical system I could. Passed with flying colors.
Located in SE. OK. honeycombed with now buried coal mine shafts, the end of one which, come to find out, runs next to my home as does the very thick-many feet long and wide sheets of solid stone setting from 1'-2' below ground surface right where one of my new 8' ground rods had to go. I broke off two sledge hammer heads trying to break through the stone plate. Finally dug out a large area, found a crack in the stone plate and with my trusty little hand sledge type hammer and a crow bar spent near two days driving down the new rod. The second rod set away was much easier to get further down before hitting the top stone of the shaft causing the rod to feel as though it curved the last foot to 1-1/2'.
True blue collar art. I really enjoy your channel.
Here in Canada we have a ground bar in the panel for bond wires and a separate isolated bar for neutrals, the 2 do get connected in a service entrance panel so effectively the same thing. House looks awesome!!
Also who has time for burying ground rods, just throw some plates down and kick some snow over them! lol jk
Great job on the panel. Too many times I've opened up those panels and seen a bird nest of wire. Finally seeing someone on UA-cam that knows what they're doing. great job.
So methodical and Neat super job Josh 👏🏼
Definitely a full day's work. Wiring a box or a panel is a thing of beauty......
Please do take the time to video wiring the generator and I would love to see how you're going to do that, thank you in advance
This man is an electrician by trade. You can see the craftsmanship and passion! Nice work man!
Great update and a nice neat looking panel.
Yes like to see every thing you do . all doing a great job
Omg, I'm not the only one with OCD wiring a panel. Great job sir.
I just stumbled upon your build a few days back, and trying to play catch up.
Thank you both.
It's great to see debt free projects like this. your home is going to serve your family well. It would be great if you could go with spray foam insulation. We recently upgraded some of our home to foam in some areas. It amazed me how much difference it made even in a home that was already well insulated.
We would to do spray foam but it's out of our budget.
Can't wait to see how much you two got done since this video. Yes, please show how you hooked up the generator box. Thanks!
Another professional job, looks very neat. Best wishes to you both, and your beautiful children.👏👏👍🥰
A very neat job mate you know your stuff always look forward to your videos. Nice to see work done to a high standard. Happy new year to you and your family from mine in Yorkshire England 🏴
You did a neat job on that panel 👍🏻
Looking really good guys, keep this train rollin!
Great video, nice wiring. Looks neat and done like a pro!!
Awesome professional wiring work, left a very clean and professional fuse box. Wow!
Have don't a lot of my own wiring, but you can always learn from watching a professional. Always look forward to your next video.
Always nice to see a "greenie" (naval expression for an electrician) that knows what he is doing, neat terminations and nesting by the way, aren't cable ties wonderful !!.
rudolf peter udo cable ties should not be used in an electrical panel.
@@Techguyz1 Why not?
Jon Zucco are you not worried about excessive heat buildup when you zip tie all of the hot wires together? There are reasons you are limited to how many cables and wires you are allowed to bundle up together
Jon Zucco they cut your hands up and some places it’s against code.
Enjoying your videos.. My homestead and cabin build is in its infancy, just started it.. Keep it up and thanks for some tips.
Josh, that has got to be the neatest wiring job inside a box I have ever seen. Those knock-out inserts are something I've never seen before. I assume they keep the wires from being skinned besides keeping them in place. I did however have to drive a ground-rod a few years ago for new cable install on the opposite side of the house. I drove it all but the last 2 ft by hand. LOL, I'm in Florida. Man you have really got it going on. Ya'll are gonna have a super nice place when it is all done. Ya'll take care. I think about you guys often and can't wait for your new videos. Later ✌️ 🏗🔌
Does a very nice job wiring clearly he knows his shit
Also great job with the camera Erin love those close ups
That is absolutely the most organized wiring job I have ever seen! This totally works with my level of organizational OCD!!!
Josh i do all my own electrical work very impressive job on the 150 panel for sure well explained and very well installed it is obvious you have many skills and are proud of your work you guys rock in the house building world. I have my shed wired for solar and generator as well as the house if need be. As always you guys knocked it out of the park every time .
its a true pleasure to watch you and erin -great job josh-looking forward to more videos
Another great video, its nice to see all the progress you two are making. I like seeing the pride you take in your work and what a neat and organized wiring job on the panel. Look forward to the next video!
I've been watching your video's and I'd just like to say, Good Job!
It's also really nice to see a family working together.
May God Bless your family & your home.
:)
Yeah I'd like to see that generator receptacle wired as well. This was a great video so thanks for sharing it.
Great video. Love how concise you make it while still adding a ton of good information.
Yes, please show how you wire the generator receptacle.
Great work and great video. I wish you lived closer to me LOL. I would love to see a video on wiring the generator plug box. This is all that I need to be done on my hunting camp now.
Heck yes show the hook up. Thank you for the update and taking us along on yalls Journey...
just watched all 20 vids, and man bro, very inspiring. can't wait to see the finished product and the cost of everything.
Nice job. That's a work of art.
Dear Josh, I can tell you are a very good electrician as was my trade. Great work. John
I would like to see a video on the generator plug. You must do commercial electrical. Everything is neat and tied. I have only seen that on my commercial jobs. Good work!
Nice job Josh, keep safe and keep warm.
I am rather OCD, so I install my dual pole breakers at the bottom, dedicated breakers on the left, outlets on the right, and GFIC on the top. My cable labels are inside the panel, and the position of the ground and common wires corresponds to the breaker position. You forgot to mention load balancing between phases; it is very important in 3 phase and has carried over to dual pole service for me.
Nice work on the panel. Building computers, I like to do nice cable management. It's good to see someone take pride and do the same on their electrical box, even if it's never seen.
A neat and clean wiring job on that electrical panel.
Ive seen a few people wire these up now. Yours is by far the neatest. Looking forward to seeing what kind of solar setup you end up with.
Beautiful job makes me want to go look 😍 at other people's boxes and see if they look as good
Nicely dressed panel. That's the way to do it. Great video,
Great work! Like everything else in your build, you make it look simple. Gonna be a fine house!👍🏻
Great video! Yes, please show generator wiring and outlet. Love your channel and thanks for sharing with us.
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May be a scam. It sounds too good to be true.
May be a scam???? Quite obviously a scam! I’ll bet this guy lives in Nigeria.
@soaringtractor .... Heavy in the BS department.
@@Johnrider1234 Did he give you some help yet?
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This guy has some serious skills, impressed the hell out me.Looking forward to the next video.
I have been following you guys for a while now . super impressed at what you are doing and it has inspired me to make my next move ,,,, seasons greetings from New Zealand and may your new year be the best ever I am certainly looking forward to it Peace