Commercial Electrician: wire pull, 350 kcmil

[@MC-de6tf]

It is Brown , Orange , Yellow for 480 VAC three phase in our area. That is Brown is A phase, Orange is B phase and Yellow is C phase. Also we use Neutral Gray as the grounded neutral conductor color. That said, I think I have also seen some Brown, Purple and Yellow phase colors used for identifying 480 VAC phases. Peace.

[@abdulhakeemsoomro5880]

Yes dear correct

[@jamesconklin120]

The only time I’ve seen purple wire is when we hooked up can lights with dimmer wires ( Grey and Purple )

[@dylanhiscock8549]

Red black blue in canada

[@Climbhaus]

The reason some jurisdictions do not allow brown, orange, yellow for the 480 system is because orange is also supposed to be used for the B phase of a 120/240V/3ph, hi leg system. So the reasoning is that orange is only used to denote those systems so others cannot be confused.

[@ronblack7870]

i always buy it pre triplexed from the wire supplier . the insulation is colored yellow , brown and orange so no need to mark phases . don't normally do a neutral. and usually aluminum 500 mcm. use wire rope and a forklift to pull it through . this is in my 500,000 sq ft manufacturing plant . sometimes i will just buy it as 500 mcm MC armored cable so easier than conduit.

[@jackriley5974]

If I remember correctly it was 4 strands of 500 MCM per phase feeding a 1,600 Amp GFI main breaker that fed 33 services including cell phone towers, restaurants, offices, and apartments. Not bad for a man with a residential license.

[@philliphines-to3fe]

Id like to see the calculations on a 1600amp main that can feed 33 services with some being restaurants, offices and apartments. would be interesting to see how the engineer came up with that size for sure.

[@Californians_go_home]

@@philliphines-to3feall the restaurants use a single toaster and maybe a fondue pot.

[@user-ho7zh5yh3e]

Приятно посмотреть-как люди работают. Чистая одежда,чистое помещение,новые комплектующие. Удачи.

[@carlosayala6754]

Lovely job, I work for a local company here in Washington DC we pull a lot of cable too, 4/0 is the biggest we go. But your job is really an adventure man, one I would like to work for a company that do big things

[@verumperditio3574]

wait til you have to pull 500kcmil 800ft by hand. :/

[@josephdestito7997]

pulling 350 aluminum by hand is a blast

[@mokeimusic]

All I saw was feeding no pulling! Looks like a fun job though.

[@hoffmanfiles]

If you're smart you know how to get others to do your work that's all I'll say.

[@antoniohernandez7171]

Pulling three parallel sets of 600's on tuesday.

[@hellsbreach]

Just pulled 5 runs of 600's a week ago. Terminating them was a hastle.

[@calebleuciuc670]

Just wrapped up a single phase 400 amp service. Those 750 Mcm cables are a pain

[@abdulhakeemsoomro5880]

What is transformer rating?

[@TR-ut3yh]

750 for a 400 Amp svc??!!

[@jackriley5974]

@@TR-ut3yh I thought he had bad breath, but he was just talking out his ass!!

[@ronblack7870]

@@TR-ut3yhaluminum would need that. aluminum used to be cheap now it costs plenty but copper is just crazy expensive. i usually use 2 runs in parallel like 250 mcm should do it at 75 C rating. the wire is rated to 90C but the end connections like breakers only rate to 75C so have to use that ampacity.

[@niktak1114]

​​@@ronblack7870 It's 600MCM Al or 400MCM Cu around here for a residential 400A service.

[@jeremymccormack7312]

Is that brown, yellow purple I see? Somebody is out in Austin, TX or nearby unless there's another AHJ I don't know about....

[@michaelarchangel1514]

I just wanna know how much do you charge or get paid? Just curious Because in my country Belize central America We'd charge like 500U.S dollars for all that job you showed.. Do you guy's pay better? I'm a licensed electrical engineer..

[@hoffmanfiles]

That service installe was way more then 500 USD. I can't say because I don't really know. But most of us make about 500 a day to just work there. That means that job costs in the millions possibly.

[@tecnisdaimondm.g9321]

Excelente

[@haroldgreen1425]

All the skill is with the cathead operator. He must know how to wrap the rope in what direction and when the load may exceed the pull ropes capacity. On large pulls you may have to tighten and loosen the tension to allow the rope stretch to move the wire. l have also had to put vertical 2x4's in the can to keep it from being crushed by the puller. A good wireman should also know how to make a decent pulling basket from black iron tie wire. The best skill is learning how to make pulling heads that will be stronger than the pull rope.

[@ronblack7870]

i use 1/4 inch wire rope to pull . on one pull used 3/16 and it snapped near the end . had to pull it all back and start over.

[@albduke]

Some guys were to put a pull box in the middle of that run

[@jonathanhughes380]

That was really cool to see, what state are you in, I am finishing up my Electrical classes in CA, May of 2023. commercial industrial electrician, Is what i want to do.

[@hoffmanfiles]

That job's been finished for a while that was a refrigeration packaging plant that makes food that needs to be refrigerated packages it and then ships it out apparently.

[@jonathanhughes380]

@@hoffmanfiles congratulations you are on your way to Journeyman electrician. I am just a first year apprentice. cool video

[@sun--shine3296]

@@hoffmanfiles what state are you in?

[@104silvae]

Turbo tugger!

[@MarioHernandez-hb8eh]

Where are your safety glasses? Those are not, because no side Shields

[@hoffmanfiles]

Look good first look good second safety third

[@lectrician7]

Decent size pull but not a "big wire pull" by any stretch of the imagination. Also, that's a Greenlee Ultra Tugger model number is UT10 not a "turbo tugger". A 6k will actually pull that.

[@hoffmanfiles]

I was waiting for an "Electrician to take me to school. If there's one thing it's that I never intended to know it all. Thanks for adding information. Much appreciated.

[@joewebb4836]

Cool safety sunshades on a cloudy day with no side shields.

[@abdulhakeemsoomro5880]

Yes safety is first

[@readabookg8502]

The olde rope on a ladder

[@rolandmcphail5060]

what song was in the video?

[@hoffmanfiles]

it was a copyright free song.

[@raosabir9562]

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[@joeschoebel1458]

If you were dancing around with a camera while everyone else was working a pull, I'd send you back to the shop

[@cameroncrider6970]

I don’t think they were pulling when he was on his phone. Nice assumption though.

[@13_13k]

No wonder this viseo was only three minutes long. You didn't show anything about pulling wire for a commercial job. Very disappointed. Glad it was only three minutes of my time wasted.

[@hoffmanfiles]

Hey sorry you weren't satisfied I'll be sure to make a new video on the exact "how to of a wire pull. I will make better videos on this thank you for your insights. I'm just getting started with these type of videos so stay tuned for more.

[@13_13k]

@@hoffmanfiles --- I just wanted you to know that I was disappointed but, I'm nobody. I have been on more wire pulls than I'd like to admit hahaha I've been in the trade for going on 35 yrs. . 16 of those years as a union journeyman commercial industrial wireman. If I had my choice of what job I would be doing on a new building it was always building feed, and building the electric room. Pulling 500, 650, 750 mcm wires, setting the switchgear and transformers landing the wires then pulling each floor's feeders for the subpanels. I just like watching other guys wire pulling videos to see how they set up for their pulls, how they make up the head (if they use pulling kelems (socks, baskets) or if they weave their own basket using the strands of copper from the conductors being pulled in, etc... . I love doing that shit. Setting up a tugger, setting up the reel jacks for the reels of wire, clearing the pipe run with a mouse or sometimes a mandrel, and all that follows to prepare for a large, long pull. I don't get to do that anymore. I don't do large jobs like that. I do small commercial, residential, service, and locations electric for film and tv productions. Don't let me bother you. You keep doing what you can and do the best you are able to do. You're an electrician, that means you take pride in your work and sonewhat if not a total perfectionist. Just try to make videos you would want to watch. Don't use clickbait for titles or thumbnails, and be genuine. Have fun doing what you are doing. That's all. Be safe, be smart, and don't stop respecting electricity.

[@loiskrauss1940]

Bro big wire pull you ever pull 750 mcm kerite triplex in 5inch pvc 1500 feet through 4 pull boxes?. 30 5 inch between pull boxes we did about 2and a half miles So big wire pull i think not. Just saying IBEW rocks

[@hoffmanfiles]

You got me beat on this one. No worries

[@loiskrauss1940]

That's why I like the trade so much we do so many different things. We're not sheetrockers or framers or plumbers our trade is themost skilled 6 volts to lightning as I used to say we are the cream of the crop

[@jacobsamson257]

🍝🦆

[@ronblack7870]

like the old miami retired guy said - that's nothing , let me tell you about myyyyy operation.............

[@RisingRevenger]

song name?

[@hoffmanfiles]

That's one of those free copyright songs that you can get. That one's I believe under the Western country category. I pick music that goes along with my video the best but yes I don't necessarily know who sings it or listen to The Band.

[@RisingRevenger]

@@hoffmanfiles i found it. Anse Rigby - next to me