Any electricians here?
- Thread starter MithShrike
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I'm not an electrician but I have played with electricity plenty. I studied electronics engineering for a couple years before dropping out of college like an idiot.
I still get to toy around with it every once in a while with my job, but I am no journeyman electrician.
Have fun with it and most of all, be safe with it!!!
I still get to toy around with it every once in a while with my job, but I am no journeyman electrician.
Have fun with it and most of all, be safe with it!!!
I was a nuke electrician in the navy. Spent a little time as a maintenance electrician. About 15 years as a service tech doing electro mechanical work. I have one thing I firmly believe. You have professional electricians and hacks. If you see someone testing something live with there bare fingers, he's a hack. Professionals use the right tools and work safe. 115VAC does kill. Getting shocked is not a right of passage, it is a sign of carelessness.
Good luck and be safe!
Good luck and be safe!
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
Gummi Bear is an electrician.
:nodlaugh: yeah, 120'll sting ya a bit :eyepoke: 277'll wake ya right up :stickbeat but its the 480 that ya really gotta watch out for
itchfork - well at my work at least.
Gummi Bear
Righteously Indignant
Congratulations.
Report back this winter, when it's cold and raining, and you're in a ductbank. If you're still having fun, then you've definitely found the right job for you.
I started out digging ditches, and threading GRC. I studied hard and finished at the top of my class in apprenticeship school, and busted ass on the job. I started estimating a few years ago (8 already), and have run jobs, done service work, and done a lot of the bend pipe pull wire.
One more thing, to add to cf2112's advice:
When I was a second year apprentice, I was doing some service at a shop where the lights couldn't be turned off while we changed ballasts. I got tangled up, and fell off of a 8' ladder. When I came to a few minutes later, I spit all my fillings out into my hand. 277 will make you hurt.
Pay attention, and work everything like it's hot. Wear your hardhat and safety glasses at all times, keep good boots, and pay very close attention to your surroundings, this will keep you safe on the jobsite for years to come.
Congratulations again.
Report back this winter, when it's cold and raining, and you're in a ductbank. If you're still having fun, then you've definitely found the right job for you.
I started out digging ditches, and threading GRC. I studied hard and finished at the top of my class in apprenticeship school, and busted ass on the job. I started estimating a few years ago (8 already), and have run jobs, done service work, and done a lot of the bend pipe pull wire.
One more thing, to add to cf2112's advice:
When I was a second year apprentice, I was doing some service at a shop where the lights couldn't be turned off while we changed ballasts. I got tangled up, and fell off of a 8' ladder. When I came to a few minutes later, I spit all my fillings out into my hand. 277 will make you hurt.
Pay attention, and work everything like it's hot. Wear your hardhat and safety glasses at all times, keep good boots, and pay very close attention to your surroundings, this will keep you safe on the jobsite for years to come.
Congratulations again.
Gummi, I did a simaliar thing in a hospital. I got hung on a 277v nuetral standing on top of an 8' ladder (my journeyman told me it was off:angerFU: ) last time I trusted anybody. I check everything and still treat it like it's hot:yes:
Have fun and be safe:smokingbo
Wasch_24
2005 BoY
I am a electrician too. I have been doing it for almost ten years.
Great money, great trade women think your smart cause you mess with electricity. Women are so stupid........
Enjoy your time as an app. Team up with a old timer whenever you can, they have the best stories and they know all they tricks.
Great money, great trade women think your smart cause you mess with electricity. Women are so stupid........
Enjoy your time as an app. Team up with a old timer whenever you can, they have the best stories and they know all they tricks.
MithShrike
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