You guys have any recommendations on tape measures that don’t split often?1wk ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
A single one of these turns your measured off runs into a complete rats nest 😑1yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
It’s always a fight with these. Almost every connector and coupling 🤦♂️2yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
When you’re going out on a trouble call and the fix is resetting a tripped breaker.5yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Good old March weather in northern Canada today. Sunny & -40C. Phase tape for the meter base.2yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
30oz of coffee usually last me all day... For you fellow canucks, it’s a full 2-6 with just enough for mix 😂1yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Was told you guys might like? Meterbase on a 5KW inverter I installed.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/cableporn
Well the day is nearly done. Time to cut off a piece of cardboard from your material box and sharpie down tomorrow materials.4yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
I don't know about ya'll, but... Installing new lights or upgrading to new brighter lights.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Who in the heck keeps roughing in electrical into solid stone buildings and tunnels lol? All video games.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
You guys ever do this? Just a small saw marking to have the center of 30° for kick 90’s.1yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Customer didn't know why half of their kitchen receps had no power. Started tracing out wires, when I opened this 4 & 11/16.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/cablefail
Had to finish some other sparky's half finished panel. Tried to make it look dece with the wire he left in the HR's.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/cableporn
My boss’s father was a linesman before becoming a sparky. This is his KO kit.5yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
When your boss gives you the mech control diagram, and you feel like you have to redraw.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
There are just some tools that you have to have from a specific brand.4yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Sparky here. This always happens. My 120/208 panel, EMT pipe, yellow cat6, and patch panels. Someone comes in after and puts that garbage in, and makes my stuff look like crap.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/cablefail
Had my Milwaukee 11-in-1 for a while. Found the old Klein one and it fits. Which handle do you prefer?2yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Came back to a house I roughed in earlier this fall. Drywallers helped themselves to the wiring.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Taking a little pride in showing up the cable guy’s free-aired stuff.6yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
I like to put the labels on fluorescent lamps all on one side facing down. Anybody else got little things like this that they always do?8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Do you guys run with a good pair of pliers and a second pair that’s more of a hammer or back up? The Milwaukee’s are back up or used for roughing-in.2yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
One more pic from Shanghai. Had breakfast in a Mr. Pancake restaurant. 99 lights in one entrance.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
House caught fire a few months ago (built in the 60's). Complete rewire.It's a great start to the week. Screw residential renovations, and screw blown in insulation... I'm going home.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Sparkies., what's your worst hey, while you're here, story when talking with the customer?8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
One thing I always enjoyed from school was drawing the schematics.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
You can either finish electrical, or finish concrete—and some people can’t even do that. Main grounding and some bonding meant for the MDP. About 3’ buried.2yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
J-man sparky. Saw this level a while ago here. Don't mind the new torpedo at all.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Troubleshooting F/A in an old hotel. Original wire and pipes from the late 60's. No plans or drawing to be found. This pull is a deep 4x4 with a 5/8 mud ring. 24 #12 solid wires, 10 splices, and the pull station stuffed in. This is as far as the wires will pull out.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Sparky here. Our cat5 up top. I loathe the telephone/IT guys for always making our shit look bad.10yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/cablefail
Was sent to fix a guys meat grinder. Here's the panel. And yeah, this is the state it stays in year-round.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Is it just me, or are most telephone guys like this? The guy could of at least screwed the panel to the wall.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/cablefail
Here's the work bench at our shop. Now show me a part of your shop.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Tracing out the existing data pipes in hope's of using them for new lines. Came across this 2.6yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
The apprentice like to use his impact with 1/4” bits to drill holes. Makes me cringe hearing it.5yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Asked the apprentice to pass me his 9/16’s today. Felt like I was the first person to use it. Motor swap out.7yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Was told to post this here. Customer had no idea why their kitchen counter receps were only half powered up. Started tracing out wire when I opened up this 4 & 11/16.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Apprentice lost the #8 bit for his 11-in-1 at a pub. Thing is pretty much useless now.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
This tip on this cheap-o Fuller No. 8 has lasted longer than my previous five Klein No.8's combined.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
I hate to think about how many more there might be. Was looking for a splice from a 3-wire to a 2-wire that fed a light. Buried box... With a bonus Al/Cu butt-splice.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Upgrading an existing panel for more circuits. I've seen this far too often.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
I tried these three with Milwaukee once. Demoted to the home tools. Klein’s are staying at work.5yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Apprentice snapped my file a few months ago. Picked up a new one today.5yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Going through the cod4 campaign on the PS3 after seeing the remastered reveal.8yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/CallOfDuty
Apartment building getting a new F/A system build from the ground up. Data in, data out all day in my head.9yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians
Apprentice broke our Hilti bit putting in a ground rod, (was once broken and fixed by a welder). Out in the boonies and he clutched it with this.6yr ⋅ Sparky120208 ⋅ r/electricians