Such a wide variety of comments. I own one as a lead. Rarely use it,but when I need to make plywood back for a multifamily, rip some 2xs for various situations (Framing for bath exhaust, moving boxes away from trim, building a quick wall for a panel, etc) it is nicer and quicker than an oscillating or reciprocating saw. For an actual apprentice out there this tool should be very low on your priority list. There are a number of power tools to buy before this-drill/driver, recip saw, oscillating tool, sds drill, just to name a few. Those will generally serve you many times more than a circ saw. As for all the comments about the company providing you tools that has not been my experience-I know several companies and not one provides your hand tools or your standard run of the mill battery tools. Union outfits might, but having spent 7 years at a unionize job (not trades related) I got to see all the bad in unions and I have no desire to ever in a union ever again. What's great about the path I've taken is if I ever decide to go solo/1099 I pretty much have everything I'd need except a couple specialty tools.

Hahaha 😂 "Like move things around" Hahaha 😂! Take an Algebra course so you do it correctly. You must pass Algebra to be a licensed electrician. You obviously did not pass Algebra. "Like moving things around" 😢😅😂!!

Buy a corded saw like a man

Hahaha 😂 Your courses are disastrous. You don't give a hoot, you talk and talk a lot of nonsense.

Misleading video. You don't understand Alternating current, and you also don't understand unbalanced neutral. What school did you go to?

When I tighten down that Allen it twists the No ox into the wire good enough for me lol

Just keep saying fish sticks

I'm struggling with the standing around when I'm helping the journeyman. Esp when he is measuring or thinking or doing single man work. I don't know what to do and it sucks that a lot of times I don't know what to do next. I've been an apprentice for a month now. My favorite thing about the job is when im giving my own projects that keeps me busy and I don't have to worry about standing around

as a twenty plus year long electrician i have used a skill saw exactly ZERO times for electrical work. do not waste your money on this.

Honestly, I just peal the label off and print the correct one. Haven't had the sharpie issue, though.

👎🏼 hater and crude comments up in here

What if i miss labelled my paper

Talking BS . Breaker, plug, light,or anything with power .Not that difficult.Dro' Electric

Done that since 1990 fabricating place

I’m a carpenter and was a drywall/painter for years, and acetone or fingernail polish remover takes it off anything

Make sure to turn the breaker off before you take that switch out

U put yellow tape that’s how u isolated (insulation required)?

120 parallel becomes 240 series.

Never knew that

I knick my wires to identify before pull. I also tape identify, but sometimes it falls off. My knicks don't.... No knicks = black, 1 knick = red, 2 knicks = white.

Just use an expo marker. They're straight solvent

Thanks for these kinds of videos. I've always wondered.

Just a heads up if this has not been mentioned. The base plate is installed backwards causing a gap between the baseplate and the ring unit. Recommend flipping over.

Gangster, bruh thats dimentional analysis. That electricians just smart

It's still not clear. What's not going to be in a room? The code book speaks in half-assed terms because this is all a bunch of unnecessary bs. All it does is cost everybody money and adds stress. I'm 65yrs old and lived all this time without arc fault breakers. I don't even recall an incident where one would have been good to have. We're being squeezed to the point of ridiculousness. People need to start pushing back this controlling nonsense. Now I didn't even touch on the nuscience tripping which is another topic of the same bs.

"Could you please make a video about an open delta transformer? It would be really helpful!"

"Thank you so much for this video! It really helped me understand the voltage system in North America. In Europe, it's much simpler - we only have 220 volts single-phase and a 3-phase system with 400 volts."

You believed a customer? Many rabbits I've chased working from customer supplied details!

We should shadow block a lot of guys seeing this .. lol I have guys I'm trying to get rid of lol

I love your videos and teaching. However I need to disagree with you personally. Nowadays most apprentices are supplied power tools by their employers (at least in my experience) and a lot of times if you are working in a wood frame structure the framers usually don't mind me borrowing a circ saw to make a cut or two. A sawzall would be a better choice of power tool to personally own but, a circular saw is not a high priority tool necessity for an apprentice.

Apprentices buying a circular saw? Fuck no

Eww. Dewalt

Nice video, As an EE, with 30 years experience, I see nothing wrong. with your explanation. Recall as a rookie engineer, we were dong an upgrade to an OEM machine. they had 2 different breaker in a panel, not even close to each other feeding a 240VAC load. I was like really, we had to call in Electrician to re-wire the box to fix this. They were pissed of at new rookie, but I had to raise a stink to have it done right.

I plead the 5th.... 😶

Yea um..... apprentices make about 16 an hour where I live and that's not enough to live on by yourself

I remember telling my apprentice the next apprentice who tries to show me this I’m going to write on his forehead.

Hi nice video. My question is: should I always bond at the main panel even if I don’t have a sub panel? Thanks for your answer.

tiny bit of alcohol, vinegar, citrus...especially on metal...anything nonporous ...use a tissue or napkin so you don't get an inky finger...that leaves marks on things you touch later...

Even worse if the neutral is from one leg of a transformer based power supply or a motor winding. At least a light bulb has some resistance.

The current (I) flows from phase terminal to Neutral terminal & from the Neutral terminal the current flows to the ground.

I have the middle one. If you put a Mason blade in it, it makes cutting into a transformer vault very easy.

There are no bodies around , i dont see any liquor or guns or ammo, sir this is not Gangster.

Amazing!! Thanks for sharing 💯👍

Hey, why does the negative side gets flipped up?? 🤔

All I need to do is just take your u tube electrical online classes, and I will become an electrician apprentice😊

4:27 picture shows these taps being used in an outdoor raceway. Isn't that considered "damp" since it is outdoor? Or is this another "varies by location/jurisdiction" thing. Trying to see if I can use these in my upcoming solar install. in an outdoor meter/box combo enclosure.

Can't you also use a scale to weigh it?

Yeah let’s touch the blade with the battery in.

I’ve got that middle size one but would love one of the little guys cause let’s be honest 99% of the time it would work just fine

I like turtles