Installing 3 phase transformer | Starting a Machine Shop 17

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[@o2wow]

That utility crew has no idea how thankful Eric really was to get that transformer connected.

[@tpalshadow]

Ohhh, based on some of that banter I think they might!

[@tomwilson4027]

Erik, it's coming along. One step at a time.

[@lgl_137noname6]

2:35 Wow. Very strong Union at FELPS . Crew of 5 on the install. Amazing

[@wrstew1272]

A lot more than that, the guys out on the pole crew also.

[@georgedeedsnotwords2162]

It must be feeling better ! One step closer to a full piece of mind . God bless 😇

[@stevereese6488]

All that hard work is paying off Erik, can't wait to see it in full operation.

[@davepartlow6430]

Nice! Eric will finally be able to make the tuners, catch up with orders, and than we'll see Eric Cortina barrels being offered. 😜

[@xnorcal831x]

Should have gave them crap and say "the lights were smoking." Glad to see them doing a great fast job. Cant wait to see parts being made. I dont shoot f class but will probly buy a tuner once they start flooding the market. This will be a game changer for the whole family. Stay awesome and keep pushing.

[@ErikCortina]

Thank you

[@BigPowerAL]

There’s nothing like flicking that switch and seeing the shop come to life! Happy for you Erik. God bless!

[@davemcnally1065]

Happy to see all your hard work paying off Erik. Good luck with the rest of the project.

[@vonpearsall7878]

Looks like a really nice setup Eric. Congratulations on getting this project 95% done, the last 5% is on going.

[@deanmoloney5059]

Breath deep young man breath deep, I'll bet you are so happy and relieved. Pumping parts out is just around the corner congratulations Eric ....following

[@alexandermatheson4779]

So close, hope you can still remember all your training 😂👍 Been great watching your progress.

[@DCS026]

Wow! You are installing some serious equipment! Electricians are amazing people. Everything is looking great, keep pushing through, you are going to make it across the finish line. On a side note...I read one time where a home owner was putting in a new circuit breaker in the box, had a screw driver in one hand, breaker in the other, the phone in his pocket on vibrate and then he got a phone call just about the time he was tighten the screw down. Screw driver went through the window!

[@desertoutlaw3317]

those are utility workers not electricians.

[@amorton94]

9:46 I love it. "Technically I'm not supposed to do this." Proceeds to do it on camera for the world to see. 😂

[@stevenpederson1645]

I can't believe that he turned it on without looking in the other panel first.

[@Ollie603]

@@stevenpederson1645 How do you know he didnt? Because it wasnt on camera?

[@weldmachine]

@@Ollie603 It sort was on camera ?? Seems the guys from the power company did not even know which panel they need to open ??

[@desertoutlaw3317]

@@weldmachine yeah big difference between utility worker and an electrician lol

[@weldmachine]

@@desertoutlaw3317 You noticed that too 🤣👍

[@blaynemacpherson8519]

Very exciting. I curious by nature on cost. Are you going to do a video on what everything cost? This has been a good series. Drama, the unknown, relief, stress, action, educational. Everything you need in a series. 😃😉👍🏻

[@Robbievigil]

Probably 30k

[@acanuck3267]

I'm saying $72,000.

[@blaynemacpherson8519]

@@acanuck3267 I think that is a good guess. I won’t be surprised if it’s more.

[@Robbievigil]

@@acanuck3267 you're probably much closer than I am.

[@ronh5422]

It has been a long time a coming but it is almost finished. I'm happy for you. Next year you will look back and laugh about all this. Congratulations. Look forward to all those secret parts you have teased us with -- lol

[@texasfairbanksman272]

Congratulations Eric 🎉 It has to be a great relief and a great feeling.

[@paulpickhinke987]

Just a comment for the people waiting for a tuner-brake. For me, it was well worth the wait. Made my RPR go from 1/2 MOA groups to Ragged hole groups at 100 yards. Nice product Erik, thanks.

[@sarelsteyn2880]

Good to see a smile on your face again..

[@RadDadisRad]

I’d bet that pad for the transformer is 12” thick with 2 horizontal layers of rebar.

[@charlesconyer6034]

Actually you would be amazed by the small amounts of concrete and rebar. I am a journeyman subtech and build substations setting hundreds of big transformers. For a 155,000 lbs transformer we only did 12 inch thick concrete with 2 layers of rebar. 4500 mix with test breaks at 7,14,21,28 days before the tranny is set. Usually set by a jack and slide but occasionally by crane.

[@mattcushing4978]

Congratulations!! Cant wait for my tuner

[@bigdawgsbusa2]

That's one happy man!!! glad all is working out and tomorrow I know you'll try to make a few chips.

[@6-4fab53]

Eric, the long road is finally coming to an end!!! Congratulations!!!! Best of luck with the new venture!

[@elliottlukasik]

Awesome, glad this is coming together

[@michaelmoore1779]

Thnx for the update. By the time you're up and running, i'll be ordering my first EC Tuner. It should be fun seeing how well i can get factory ammo to shoot. Could have used it today dealing with the wind at Ben Avery. Good to see you with a non-stressed smile on your face, Congrats!

[@jerrystott7780]

Cool, I've wired cabins but nothing complex. It's always fun watching jobs like this.

[@barrygrant2907]

Key word--"watching."

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Nice, always a good feeling to see a project cross another mile stone. Congrats. AKA Papa Charlie

[@aussiesteveakastevecallagh2280]

Hi Erik Well done Mate your your nearly there I’m sure you will be happy to see the end of the power guys so you can start turning out tuners at full speed , as soon as you catch up on production I will place my order for 3 tuner breaks I can’t wait to have the puppies on my rifles all the best . Steve from Australia .

[@susanjspaulding]

*WOW* !! *CONGRATS Erik* !! *This has been a LONG road...* !! *Happy* !! #ErikCortinaProShooter

[@coltsfan357]

This isn't even my project, but excited to see the updates like it is. ha ha When you were filling the trench, I wishing I could travel down there from Indiana just to help by filling in the trench for you so you could work on something else.

[@daddysbees3698]

Yeehaw. I was smiling as much as your were Erik! :-)

[@mitchbertone3809]

Glad you are making real progress. Best of luck.

[@ronnydowdy7432]

Good to see you smiling. Congratulations on jumping thru the hoops with the POWER company. When you get your other lathe going and a good welder you'll be covered with job requests lol.

[@mvpolo2k3]

thats a LOT of 3 phase for that small of a shop. hopefully youll have more buildings. I have 13 machines running on a 200 A service, thats with a 30hp screw compressor and a bunch of 50 taper machines.

[@tpalshadow]

So exciting. That's some serious juice.

[@dmadere1]

Just like being constipated for a long time and finally taking a dump!! Lol

[@jimmyeveridge9896]

This hole thing was awesome thanks for the video Love your channel

[@ronmartblog]

Congrats - it’s been a long journey to get here 🍻

[@RadDadisRad]

That’s some easy work.

[@Slapgaat]

Nice to see you smiling again, Erik. That bulging vein in your neck was scary!

[@ErikCortina]

😂

[@oldschooljack3479]

This is my day, every day.

[@ColonelK0rn1]

Pretty sure having all that construction material and conduit on the floor of the shop is driving you bonkers Erik. Glad you got some powahhh!

[@Dwayne7834]

Glad you are hooked up and turned on . I know you are ready to get to work on your tuners.

[@joesguiltyguitar]

Your getting it done 👍

[@CHICAGOHAND]

I do that high voltage work everyday in Chicagoland. 30 years. I would have marked rotation in that disc panel.

[@tubeonline629]

This is like a soap opera, As the Meter Turns.

[@papasnipe1]

Good job

[@billy19461]

Proud for you! Looks great.

[@Aereaux]

When I built my house I had to run some of the power cable about 300 feet from the post to my house. Heavy and hard to snake so we would slip it into individual pieces of pipe for opposite ends as we laid it in the trench. What a pain, but lots of amps.

[@kevinrogers4223]

Been a battle for sure! Congratulations !

[@markroper9269]

Wow. Looks great! Almost there!! :) Be honest, you almost peed your self when you walk by the AC unit when It came on!! :P

[@abelgirsh6440]

Glad to see progress👍.

[@bentheguru4986]

"That's what she said" What a pearler!

[@daviddale3624]

Love it! Ready for my black "Easy Tuner/Brake", when you get to em. Glad to have a prototype or a piece from the pre-production run. Your seconds beat most folks premium product...just saying.

[@FClassJohn]

When you say transformer, I somehow expect it to turn into a giant EC Tuner Robot......

[@ErikCortina]

😂

[@ronnydowdy7432]

He's going to be very busy making tuners.

[@basketofdeplorables4253]

It’s a transformer that identifies as a transformer.

[@patricks7622]

Very cool to see that 3-phase stuff Eric, geez I had no idea those wires need be so large had no idea that machine took so much power... Have fun :-)

[@Jcreek201]

"There's always the possibility it might just blow up.." And that's exactly what makes life worth living.

[@judclark7376]

You should get a panel with cam lock to breakout that three phase. There are a ton of power distribution boxes out there that can use it.

[@perdidocamaronero5400]

Back in my Brown and Root days I watched electricians shoot "birdies" through conduit with compressed air with a pull string attached to the birdie. Then a stronger pull tape was attached and plenty of lube. They called them birdies because they were shaped like a badminton birdy.

[@j.walker3498]

i use balloons string and air for small conduit. Plastic bag string and shop vac for bigger conduit.

[@perdidocamaronero5400]

@@j.walker3498 All kinds of ways to skin a cat.

[@j.walker3498]

@@perdidocamaronero5400 right as long as the job gets done it was the right way to do it.

[@robertmakovhrib]

Erik Cortina, watching your videos,first I improve my reloding, now I'm gono improve working with concerti and electrical.. LOL...🍻🍻

[@jeffguy3868]

Great to hear Erik you almost have power now

[@Henryprofile.]

There’s nothing as satisfying as a well placed “that’s what she said” joke 😂😂

[@ErikCortina]

😂

[@michaelbrennan7148]

Best of luck Eric.

[@RatelLaw]

Always interesting, always informative. Thank you.

[@squatch2461]

Outstanding in a field!

[@johnarmenta2199]

"Four hundred" refers to the size of the cable. It is a measurement of the cross sectional area of the cable. The unit is "kilo-circular mils", or "kcmil", or "MCM" which is an archaic expression. One kcmil = 0.5067 square millimeters, so "400" is a cable with a cross sectional area of 400 x 0.5067 = 202.68 sq millimeters, or 0.314 sq in. Ironically, that number is pi ÷ 10. I don't think that is a coincidence.

[@drycreek3204]

Make sure to grab a leg with one hand and the other holding a ground rod! 🤣 It won't hurt long... Pushing 500 MCM copper is how I destroyed my neck and shoulders!

[@kingdaddy4200]

Eric more lights in your shop

[@terrywildman3362]

From my experience with most all the electrical companies in the San Antonio area FELPS is the best Because it is FELPS you were able to get 400 amps all the rest would have done a survey of your full load and gave you a precent of that And when you expanded you would have to go through this all over again My shop has expanded and I have CPS and most days we have to run only some machines And run other’s on second shift we could run one shift if we could get more power Like I say “ we are in Manufactering desert land” I hope the power problems we had in February will get state and federal help to fix are power grid the President said he wants to improve infrastructure let see Like good shooting don’t hold your breath

[@barryd.thomassr.9156]

All Good things come to Those that Wait!

[@michaelmatich9837]

Congratulations!

[@eugenejensen576]

Getting closer to running full time

[@dbmail545]

Fished a lot of wires before I retired. Pulled an entire elementary school security with no helper except for the very last, worst pull. Ever pulled wire by yourself? You go from one ladder to the next for 3-5 feet of progress.

[@joewebb4836]

Great voltage, must be close to the sub-station.

[@jcrows6627]

Christmas in April!!

[@randytolle6706]

The cable is apparently 400 MCM. Circular mils is used rather that wire gauge on larger cable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_mil

[@leeleland1183]

Really happy for you that it's finally happening. They jacked you around way too long.

[@stephenhair5501]

4 inches too short. Hahahahahahahaha!!! Glad to see your progress Eric.

[@MrJugsstein]

Chase these electrons Eric woo hoo

[@RadDadisRad]

Ooooo you used copper, could’ve used aluminum and saved a good bit of money and maintained the same capacity by upsizing the conductor.

[@abelvaleriano7785]

Well technically all that is freaking awesomeness 👍👍👍

[@markz1711]

Paciencia really pays off

[@kellywagner4473]

WhootWhooooooo. Finally, Now Get Back to Work!!!!!!!!!!!! LoL

[@thebaconbrotato]

Hey Erik, Matt was saying the other day that he should have gone bigger on the building. Does that mean well see a Demo HQ 2.0 build?

[@ErikCortina]

🤷‍♂️😁

[@jamesklink4698]

Great, almost there! How are you set for tooling?

[@ErikCortina]

I’m good. Thanks.

[@briancobb978]

Wish I had this job on t&m rates, pretty easy little job

[@glockparaastra]

Finally!

[@bastropplant5592]

HOW IS THE BARDOS DOING?

[@DieselRamcharger]

awesome stuff my man.

[@toycollector2611]

With 3 ph you should look at optimizing the power factor to maximize you power transfer and reduce your power cost.

[@scottwagner9828]

I honestly thought that for as much headache as you were going through, that this was gonna be a 480Y setup, I'm a little surprised you did all this just for 208...

[@CGT80]

I didn't hear what amperage the main panel/service would be, but I'm also surprised it isn't 480 and that they ran double wire that size for such a small building.......unless he plans to pack it completely full of large machines and run them all at the same time.

[@jimmorwood9715]

But glad to see you get power

[@bwarrior6340]

Not sure what that lathe pulls ito power but that electrical installation looks seriously over done 🤣 Looks very impressive and we'll.done.

[@weldmachine]

Great having your power Finally connected to the building. Seems this part dragged on longer than anything else. I am guessing the machine was Ordered, Built, Shipped Delivered and Installed and still NO power, LOL.

[@rustynut1967]

You got the power 😎

[@robb6211]

Yeehaw, how exciting!!!

[@danielbeer8922]

I really like this series. Is there a vid that explains what the ec tuner does ? Also the back of that transformer has some big copper coils and a few hundred gallons of oil.

[@walterzimmer1352]

Good job !

[@wrstew1272]

Yes, now on to cnc training? Or reloading, or shooting?

[@beramsofficial7495]

Nice to see my friend I am a electrician what size of wire cable fulling