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Say where I circled was a 1/4 watt resistor what would be the negative effects

Hello electrical contractors, I was just curious what you need to start up your own thing. Which FSR certification do you need? And are there other certifications you need to get? Any tips on getting jobs? I’m located in Canada. Still an apprentice so still a long ways to go for me.

So a few years ago my fire department was building a garage to hold our water rescue craft (RHIB) and they wanted it wire I donated my time and skills as long as they bought the material. So, the Carpenter/GF wanted the panel surface mounted on the rear wall. I don’t like doing it that way because I think it looks hacky and unprofessional. So I installed the wire and the panel the way I wanted to and to code. He then has a “buddy” come in and removes my work tell my firechief that all of my work was sub par and needed to be redone. His buddy is getting paid and mounts the panel on the wall has the feeders below code height has control wires exposed and not capped but just twisted together.(garage door sensor wires) and it looks like shit. They even removed the lights I had installed and turned them 90° which are now covered 100% by the garage door when opened. What would you have done?

Electrician in NY, been waiting on xfmr to arrive from Italian supplier. Missing documentation or it’s one of a billion crates. Just looking for a wiring diagram but not having any luck with model or serial numbers. Info?

So I've gotten to point in life where I'm ready to do a complete 180 and change to a career in the trades. I'm 26 and up to this point I've worked in restaurants and currently work a commission based sales job, and I live in Florida. I've narrowed my interests down to either an electrician or a plumber.

I'm really just here looking for any information on an electrician career. What's the best way to get started? I really need to earn money while learning the trade, is that something companies offer or are there unions i can go through? What has your experience been like? Do you have any regrets? What's the pay like? Anything you'd want to know when getting started.

This is for wood, plaster, and drywall.Im also asking for recommended brands and hole saw types.

Thank you for your response -Michael

I applied to the union in Oregon January 2020 and was placed 4,000+ on the waitlist. So I went private and competed the program 4 years and 4 months later.

So we've just gone through a new major machine install at my plant. The controls engineer handled all the switch gear and I handled all the branch circuits, EMT runs, cable trays, and local disconnects.

While getting the service feeders installed in the 400A local disconnect, the controls engineer wasn't using a torque wrench to ensure the lugs were at 50ft/lbs as the manufacturer specifies.

When I asked about this, he said he's never torqued to spec because he hasn't ever had a failure from eyeballing it with "feeling". Id rather not leave it to chance personally and follow spec on brand new installations.

I don't want to follow in his footsteps with such hackjob work so I have to add to my tool collection.

Give me your fav T-wrench for 200A and larger lugs!

These seem really cool, no need to drill out panels for 1/2-1” holes. Anyone know why we never see them? Too expensive? Heavy? Inconvenient?

Our home run conduit is supported with grid wire, we’re running mc in whips less than 6’ to our lights that are supported with jack chain. What’s the best way to keep the lights straight when adding the MC? My plan is to go by feel and pre-bend it as much as possible to get it all to sit just right.

Any tips/stories on best and worst apprentices. Really plan on giving this my all and want to know what exactly is expected of me and what mistakes I can be mindful of BEFORE i might make them. Open to hear stories from all perspectives on best and worst experiences.

I'm an apprentice about to take my journeyman exam. I bought a prep book with questions from my teacher. One of the questions asks "A four unit apartment building has a total of four ranges rated at 28kW each. The demanded load to be added to the service would be ___ kW

I can't find any mention of how to calculate ranges over 27kW, so I assume to calculate all 4 at 100%, which is an option in the multiple choice selection (112Amps). Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a critical code article.

Center of wall or center of a large window. The wall is 68" across to center and the window is at 64 to center. Never been in this predicament.

So here is an interesting scenario I have been trying to decipher. They wired a 50 amp 120v device to a 10-50. It looks like they wired it with brown (Line) to one leg, blue (Neutral) to another, and green (ground) to the middle. Is this what you see? Disregard the loose green haha.

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Tomorrow I start a new path in my journey. I'm excited to start the transition from commercial to industrial electricity and looking forward to all the new stuff I'm going to be learning. I'm wondering what I should start brushing up on. I don't know a whole lot about the industrial side of things and want to make myself useful. What kind of stuff should I start researching? Also, what should I expect day to day? Thank you all for your help

Found while in pike place, there were so many questionable things I saw but this was the only one I took a photo of. That 3” feeds into a panel just out of view.

I have tendinitis in both knees and I don’t like the pads I currently have. Looking to buy the best of the best. What do you guys use? Picture for attention.

A small built up project in college. about a week or two of bending experience. Satisfying but also frustrating at first.

Debated between this one and the m12, but chose to get the one with a hard case. Anyone have one of these? Does the battery actually last as long as it says?

Load testing a string of batteries for our UPS system.

Does anyone have the “factory” password for the ASCO Group 5 controller used on the 4000 and 7000 series ATS’s ? I know the default user password is 1111 but I need the factory password to increase the time-in-neutral (DTTS) delay time which is stupid.

It gets worse the more you look lol

Short intro so I don't get blasted: PLC/controls guy taking on weekend work under a master. I have my J card but did mostly commercial and industrial coming through my apprenticeship.

We have been doing 80s homes that are being sold off from the original owner and have been getting requests for quotes on solar and LP/NG gensets. I don't have much experience in these two areas and normally work with the customer and their preferred vendors. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it is a trainwreck.

Do y'all have certain vendors/brands you work with for these requests? Folks seem to know the big names - Tesla is mentioned almost constantly as we normally get quote requests for their wall chargers.