Hello to all the electricians here. I have a question (or few) pertaining to ungrounded/ non grounded home. What can you do with an old house without grounded wiring ? GFCI outlets can be used to replace 2 prong outlets. But there's still no ground. So I'm assuming you can't use typical "surge protection" power strips (or likely no type of modern day power strip of any kind) because they rely on shunting to ground. Which a non grounded homes wiring doesn't have. Also, if the house doesn't have grounded wiring. Would a whole house surge protector at the service box actually still protect the home (I'm assuming no) ? It seems like the only thing I can think of as far as protection for a non grounded home. Is something like a "Zero Surge" product. As they filter through their built in capacitors. & are filtered back through the neutral once the charge has slowed down to a safe level. At least that's what they claim to do. So in that situation I'd have to assume maybe in an ungrounded home. Your only choice outside of a complete rewire upgrade. Is a GFCI outlet with a Zero Surge power strip plugged into it (pretty expensive solution still). Or is there another way to have protection in an non grounded home. Besides a GFCI + Zero Surge combination. Or just updating the whole home with a full rewire ?
@michaeljohn74672 күн бұрын
I make $28 an hour as a 2nd year electrician apprentice at intel at a big industrial jobsite People do commercial n industrial, you will make more n be more fun to do Learn to bend pipe real good your 1st year, you will be way more valuable to the crew n make more I work out of temp agencies n had to do some finessing things to make that much, i learn on the job n dont go to school I work in Arizona, you dont need a journeyman license in Az to be a journey, i work in other states also If you learn fast n do good work, you can play it off n make more through the temp agencies Plus you have many job opportunities all over America
@kaylaarriaga816628 күн бұрын
i’m a girl and thinking of applying to the electrician program at my local community college as a start. any advice?
@maturehades53689 күн бұрын
Nah
@yaseensanchez243629 күн бұрын
Half way done with the video and he still hasn’t addressed the actually how
@AirsalfieАй бұрын
I'm hoping to start my classes this November.
@FreeMan-ed2dvАй бұрын
I'm an electrician and I want to learn more
@beeps7Ай бұрын
As an electrician, I would never use the little ripper. Too many tools as is and a pair of Kleins can strip and bend wires for trim out. So much for your claim of electricians swearing by it.
@beeps7Ай бұрын
Actually, the entire video is bad. Nothing in it I'd go out of my way to get.
@DebbieClemmer2 ай бұрын
Tighten all screws in fuse box before calling electrician.
@johnnyvegas4592 ай бұрын
Whenever i pass by a lineman or qualified elwctrical engineer my dad will always say "thats the life i want for you." I went to school and studied hard but had a lot of trouble with the teacher as im a slow learner. Then when i got out in the field it was way different to anything in the classroom. People were mean because they thought they were better there's a genuine competiveity. I thought going to school would get me past the entry level. It didnt that was a year wasted. Every employer would tell me that didnt care i went to tradeschool. So my first job wasnt an electrician the one i applied for. But i was a labourer and they bullied me senseless. I was the only one that was dirty and sweating. The electrical master and first year apprentice were clean as leaving site meanwhile i was gettint yelled at for everything by this huge south african. Which makes me sad that immigrants to this country can gain such high esteem and boss around the natives. Especially in the trades he would keep comparing my country to south africa. I realised i wasnt competitive enough i dont love working that much i dont get satisfaction looking at a circuit board seeing it finished. I feel relief that its over. I loved working with electricity in school despite the fact they make you scared of the red wire. When i recieved my first 240v shock. I ruled out industrial. Ive known fellas that have been thrown by 10k volts slowly cooked alive. Little did i know thats where all the money is. There are millions of domestic electricians theres not as much money as electronics or industrial work. I dislocated my arm the same year i graduated and lived with it for a year without treatment as i didnt know it was dislocated. I had very little self esteem. The job i had just left my boss was definitely autistic or ADHD. He would tell me how replacable i was. That i was a lazy temp even though i was working on my knees scraping old appliances while he walked around the shop looking for work for me. When i got the labourer job i was stressed and wanted peace. I didn't want the job to be constant negativity. after cleaning up after the electrician, installing the conduit being told off for leaving tools around. Then going back to the electrician his tools were everywhere again. I cleaned them up went to the bathroom got told off for leaving without asking my boss which is weird he would expect me to ask permission to use the portaloo. I get up in the roof. I was organised the company never supplied us with flashlights noone had one. I had multiple from home. I let them all borrow them. I shouldve given them a hard time. "Come on! roofies with no lights you guys are useless." But no it turned into me getting told off for having tools they didn't. "Why didnt you give us this earlier." I get in the roof he says "bring a handful conduit bends." I grab more than i think. I know what this guy is doing. He is looking for excuses to blow up and yell at me. I was one short. "Boy! I told yew to bring the codewit bends boyyy" we get in an argument in the roof over one missing conduit bend which im certain fell out of my pocket as i knew i grabbed an even number. And i ran out on an uneven number. He made me wait 20 minutes in a roof for my lack of judgement. He told me to wait while he grabbed it. I heard him down stairs "this guy is useless he didnt bring enough bends." I was nothing but nice to these people. Its given me a hatred for white south africans. I was smiling despite my mum's alcoholism yelling at me everyday. My boss yelling teachers yelling. I was never good enough for anyone. This south african decides to get on the roof despite the masters advice not to get on the roof in rain. He sets it in a really bad spot in front of the door on the top step he says "you first." I had enough i said "fuck off im not going on the roof if the master says its a waste of time this is your goose chase not mine." He sets up the anchor hooks on and says "yep we cant work up here too wet." As hes coming down the ladder collapses under him from his shit postioning even in my 19 yearold mind i knew that it was a waste of time and he placed his ladder poorly. I begged for it to happen i wanted this guy to crack his skull open for being such a prick. He blamed me for not spotting the ladder. We went back to the shop. I get told off by the office workers for not responding to an email. Now white collar people and blue collar dont mix. I hated this woman. I smiled explained my situation. Hid in the toilet and raged silently to myself as i hated this job. And i hated myself for not being good enough to handle the abuse. I left said goodbye. My dad had my car. So i walked home. I cried half the way. Then my dad picked me up and said how was the first day? I said it was okay very hard. My dad has adhd or something because he never focuses. I start talking about my day and i say something that reminds him of his day. Then he talked about himself all the way home. I quit on my second day. I also walked home that day crying. My dad told me it was one of the biggest disappointments. I still havent recovered from that experience and it was 2 years ago. Hes telling me he wants me to go back to electrical. I have been a beekeeper and horticulturalist since then while my body healed and the work is more rewarding. Fun and free. And i wasn't dying every day unfortunately it doesnt make money. Being a beekeeper gardener. Everyone has bad experiences but this has scarred me violently. No job has scarred me like the trades its made me angry. I hats the long hours i hate the work and i hate the fact youre expected to love it.
@vitodigiovanni4020Ай бұрын
So sorry to hear that.
@traxnycdiamonds.2 ай бұрын
I'm still looking for the link
@Bapuji422 ай бұрын
This video is full of incorrect information, and people who are almost certainly actors portraying electricians.
@nathanlengyel92353 ай бұрын
Wow you can really tell this guy has never worked as a electrician ever and is simply a middle man. What a joke
@psikeyhackr69143 ай бұрын
Memorizing and understanding are two different things. We live in a society that depends on electricity. EveryBoby should know something about it. It should have been covered in high school. *Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics* by Stan Gibilisco There are 7 editions by now. We should have a K-12 National Recommended Reading List.
@viser013 ай бұрын
I might revisit this career path later 😊
@spcmttrs3 ай бұрын
I really think I'm going to do this Electrician program this time. I managed to learn a few things in 4th grade but then later on went to Multimedia Technics. But The chances in succeeding in Multimedia Technics are so low because all these Higher programs and Universities have their expectations of what your creativity level should be. So I figured I had some basics that I might go back to and evolve from there. I really wish I'll have the right mindset to do clean and efficient work during and after this training course.
@rijasmohamed6643 ай бұрын
Explanation is good...
@J3ss3.V3 ай бұрын
i start my training classes this month i’m nervous due to me being very bad with numbers but as long as i keep an open mind I’ll be ok
@laithkattan6783 ай бұрын
Chin up bro :) just focus and u got this !
@iluvdant2 ай бұрын
Get a tutor.
@meowster16Ай бұрын
How’s it going now?
@dx73543 күн бұрын
I didn't know Jack when I started and felt stupid at times but that's just apart of the learning process
@LynnJynh93153 ай бұрын
People who call flashlights a torches get tossed in the Boston Harbor.......
@JStieloSoloPhysique19874 ай бұрын
Damn.. i absolutely SUCK at math…. Might be a deal breaker if me
@kaeltaylor86264 ай бұрын
Yeah joined the pride parade once than went back to a straighter trade
@kLeo20Toes4 ай бұрын
99 views how are people not trying to learn
@thyeconomy4 ай бұрын
I’ve done electrical for 6 years. I work in any state I want, if I’m unemployed it’s because I want the vacation. Between side work and the demand for the trade is overwhelming… once you have the groove down then you can easily work for yourself and scratch out the employer. However… the amount of knowledge needed as well as work ethic is real… I mean god damn real…. You work in every dirty, uncomfortable, as well as tight spaces. However the independence you gain from the knowledge is a life saver.
@conormcqregor43935 ай бұрын
As a residential electrician apprentice. Residential work fucking sucks. Plain and simple.
@itsmdnight4 ай бұрын
What makes it suck? I’m deciding between residential vs commercial
@sebastianjelev88075 ай бұрын
You make 100k a year as a electrician
@Penguin5455 ай бұрын
As an auto technician turned commercial electrician I am so tired of seeing these stupid videos with stock footage showing 50% of the workforce as women - in 14 years of working in the trades I can think of two actual women that I have worked with hands on and neither of them were any good at all. 🙄
@Bapuji422 ай бұрын
and also dudes wearing cable knit sweaters while working in the field lol
@samuelwilson54655 ай бұрын
Don't let the 15-20 an hour deter you from becoming an Electrician. I will tell you now you newbies that you can work your way up and eventually Project managers and Inspectors. These can pay day rates at and you can make 200k a year (with overtime of course). There are jobs that can pay 75 an hour and it depends where you go. You will learn this once you get into the trade and make your way up and establish a good career network. You get into the commissioning portion with a major corporation and work overseas you can easily make 300+ a year. Establish good work ethic and you will never be out of a job. Always learn on your personal time. Don't be one of those people that only allow themselves to learn what the company provides because you will always have to make self investment. This is coming from someone with 17 years in the industrial industry.
@TinCupChalice406 ай бұрын
The wages here are severely out of date
@Interesting_facts1p3 ай бұрын
Are they more or less now
@CaughtLoafin3 ай бұрын
@@Interesting_facts1pmore
@rainnnnnn37215 күн бұрын
Where
@mik4526 ай бұрын
Apprenticeship and trade schools are only for N. America
@jimmyhancock34486 ай бұрын
Full of shit
@llVIU6 ай бұрын
"here's what you MUST know" as described by a person who has never done any electrical work in his life
@HylianKirbo6 ай бұрын
And how do you know that?
@YousifMichaelMawa6 ай бұрын
I am very interested in electrical work, I did studies in electrical courses dealing in air conditioning, electrical maintenance and installation, solar and motor control.... I am interested in an aviation electrician job. Could you help out and find the school for that.
@Jeremia-ek3jd6 ай бұрын
I was a plumber for 4 months, and I didn’t enjoy it because I worked with poop. This much cleaner job is something for me, I will go as IT-electrician as German navy soldier on a ship.
@SubmissionNation5 ай бұрын
Wishing you success brother
@BathSaltShaman2 ай бұрын
God speed man. Hope it rocks
@llVIU7 ай бұрын
different types of electrician jobs as explained by someone who has absolutely no clue what the careers are about
@llVIU7 ай бұрын
every time an idiot reminds me not to "forget" to like/sub = instant dislike
@liam32847 ай бұрын
On site generators, not in Australia, mostly.
@rico22077 ай бұрын
Do a right hand twist action. .
@fredrikg9348 ай бұрын
Study, experience, time, effort and motivation great summary.
@SaroDracon8 ай бұрын
I learned the guy at 2:48 failed rough inspection
@WilliamArthur209 ай бұрын
I honestly think this is why a lot of older TV personnel are more humble and grounded, because their careers were forged through necessity and they weren't afraid to get their hands dirty and play in the mud.
@bomboclatmomba9 ай бұрын
my dads an color blind electrician and he is one of the best past all his tests 1st time 100% and won multiple 1st place prizes in competitions idk what your talking about
@ChunkyMilk3602 ай бұрын
Suuuuuurrreee
@SauravNandy-tw3pz9 ай бұрын
Will 10 sq mm aluminium service wire be perfect for air conditioner connection from meter?
@justinvega29579 ай бұрын
Worked 7 years now doing this and was never told this and found out today all my experience i have doesn't amount to nothing
@tripleseven83286 ай бұрын
?
@justinvega29576 ай бұрын
@tripleseven8328 never got my hours logged and can't find any of the master
@doroteoalvarez51429 ай бұрын
I’m making 2k a week as an apprentice on the pipeline there’s way more money in this than people let on.
@laganas20089 ай бұрын
A week? Damn that's seriously good money.
@alexmercer9368 ай бұрын
On the pipeline?
@jwhoosh74518 ай бұрын
how many hours you working though?
@Chon9997 ай бұрын
@@jwhoosh7451He’s definitely working at least 50 hours a week
@bandolierboy19086 ай бұрын
How many hrs?
@cedarandsound10 ай бұрын
Not only does this sound narrated by an AI voice, but also written as generic as possible by AI.
@Bibby72310 ай бұрын
I don’t wanna change careers for 52k 😂 I hope they can easily pull more than that
@JonathanSanAnto9 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m saying that’s less than 1k a week.
@myb42009 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m saying lol I’m a single mother switching careers im making just a little under that without schooling I’m trying to see what makes since time and money wise.
@mrjellowАй бұрын
@@myb4200 Hey, I just want to wish you good luck! I respect you trying to better yourself as a single mother! Respect.
@jdizzle2239610 ай бұрын
You can lose your license doing side work lol
@fullsendcirca925510 ай бұрын
Bruh idk where you get your numbers from but in 8 years already earning six figures quadrupled my gfs salary and she has her masters degree. Two days of over time pay for me is equal to her 2 week paycheck lol. TRADES ARE THE FUTURE, they’re basically what use to be taught in all universities until they removed it from the curriculum and fooled the middle class into thinking the only way to get a job is with a degree. Despite the plethora of evidence that says otherwise, look at the richest most successful people, no degree dropouts. Should tell you that Uni teaches 😂 is only a measure of perseverance.
@TheJustReyes10 ай бұрын
I’m a solar electrician in California. Even with the industry hurting at the moment, base salary is 120k a year. After bonus and over time I’ll clear 180k. Totally recommend this trade
@slayer48107 ай бұрын
When did you start learning, how long did it take for you get to where you’re at
@QuinSimpsonАй бұрын
I'm getting out of otr trucking and found most of my jobs on Marketplace. Do you have any advice on where to find a good solar electrician position?
@properbydesign10 ай бұрын
Dope video ! What about Electricians: residential vs commercial? Which is better ?
@BOOGLEMANN-m2j10 ай бұрын
HOME DEMOLITION & THE RUIN IT YOUR SELF CROWD. THEM HAIRY HOME OWNERS THINK THEY ARE GODS & WRECK THERE HOMES.