Tag: Branch Circuitry

Electrical Roughing-In Tutorial Series for Apprentice Electricians Learning the Electrical Trade

Cutting-in wires is the final step in the electrical rough-in process. The wires are entered into the box and spliced, before calling for electrical inspection.

How to label and staples wires as an electrician, as well as how to protect wires with protection plates.

Drilling holes for electrical wires takes a lot of planning. You must plan your routes, keep power away from extra-low-voltage wires, and drill holes at the same height!

Pull your home run power wire to an easy to access electrical box, and make it simple for the next electrician who may have to troubleshoot your work.

How circuit numbers work in a three-phase and single-phase panel, and how to share a neutral with different phases safely.

An apprentice loop is when you pull a wire, and it somehow gets looped around a stud or ceiling joist, making the wire stick out of the wall, but somehow the wire went back into the wall or ceiling, continued it's normal route, and was maybe even tied into an electrical box! Even Journeymen make…