How Circuit Numbers Work in a Three-Phase Electrical Panel
How circuit numbers work in a three-phase and single-phase panel, and how to share a neutral with different phases safely.
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by Riley Weller | Apr 6, 2022 | Electrical Panels | 0
How circuit numbers work in a three-phase and single-phase panel, and how to share a neutral with different phases safely.
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Mar 16, 2022 | Electrical Theory | 0
Electricians use higher voltages to reduce current, which in turn allows for smaller wires. This saves money, and is much easier to install and maintain!
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Mar 4, 2022 | Roughing-In | 0
It’s VERY important you are aware of the rules before drilling into structural support beam. The best advice is to get written approval from your jobsite’s structural engineer.
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Mar 4, 2022 | Break Time | 0
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 this mistake.. don’t let them fool you!
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Mar 3, 2022 | Break Time | 0
If someone ever asks you to go get the wire stretcher tool, sadly, a wire stretcher does not exist.
This is a funny joke electrician’s say to someone if the wire was cut too short.
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Feb 22, 2022 | Roughing-In | 2
Learn how to rough-in as a residential and commercial electrician by covering topics such as splicing wires, bending pipe/emt, stripping wires, and looking at electrical prints.
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Feb 20, 2022 | Roughing-In | 0
It’s important to pre-plan your routes before drilling holes to save you time during the wire-pulling stage.
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Feb 17, 2022 | Roughing-In | 0
It’s important to drill at the same height to make wire pulling easier. Otherwise, it causes unnecessary friction, making wire pulling harder, if not impossible from some angles.
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Feb 17, 2022 | Roughing-In | 0
It’s super important to know what you’re not allowed to drill through. This can cause huge embarrassment, get an engineer involved, and be very costly! Ask if you don’t know!
Read Moreby Riley Weller | Feb 15, 2022 | Roughing-In | 0
Sometimes it’s hard to know how many wires you can put through a hole in a residential electrical setting.
Read MoreRiley was a residential/commercial electrician for 10 years in Canada.. He also likes to make beats..
Valuable tips from my apprentice years..
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