Residential, Commercial or Industrial?

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BackInTheHabit

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What type of work do you perform? I have recently switched from residential to commercial due to the housing market. Wondering if others have done the same.

I welcome all replies from anyone on the forum.
 

mdshunk

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Location
Right here.
My target market is people who use electricity. I've pretty much abandoned the Amish and the homeless as a dead end as far as work goes.
 

brantmacga

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Georgia
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Former Child
mdshunk said:
My target market is people who use electricity. I've pretty much abandoned the Amish and the homeless as a dead end as far as work goes.

lmao ---

i recall an article once where a homeless man, in chicago i think, had tapped a 120v line that i believe was feeding the lights above the bridge he lived under. he had a microwave, television, lamps, . . .the works.

its obvious that he had some electrical skill.

its also ominous. wonder if he did residential work?
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480sparky

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Iowegia
brantmacga said:
lmao ---

i recall an article once where a homeless man, in chicago i think, had tapped a 120v line that i believe was feeding the lights above the bridge he lived under. he had a microwave, television, lamps, . . .the works.

its obvious that he had some electrical skill.

its also ominous. wonder if he did residential work?
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Maybe it's this guy!:grin:
 

e57

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brantmacga said:
lmao ---

i recall an article once where a homeless man, in chicago i think, had tapped a 120v line that i believe was feeding the lights above the bridge he lived under. he had a microwave, television, lamps, . . .the works.

its obvious that he had some electrical skill.

its also ominous. wonder if he did residential work?

I've seen that from time to time... Gotta get some pic's next time I do.
 

ITO

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Location
Texas
Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional are my bread and butter, but I will do the occasional multi million dollar house, high rise condo or retirement community.

Home owners are a pox.
 

Rewire

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We do service upgrades,docks,remodels,custom homes,and service calls.Most of our work is a one or two day job that gives us steady cash flow and a customer base that is quite large.
 

macmikeman

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Rewire said:
We do service upgrades,docks,remodels,custom homes,and service calls.Most of our work is a one or two day job that gives us steady cash flow and a customer base that is quite large.

That two day formula is what I have found to be the optimum formula myself. And in my own case allows for a nice day of surf between.
 

bradleyelectric

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Location
forest hill, md
I'm trying to find that area of the field where I can be on the beach watching bikinis with a cell phone at most and someone depositing checks for me. Hasn't worked out for me yet. I'll keep you posted.
 

emahler

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they are 3 different fields with different pitfalls and requirements...most guys are not able to effectively transition between them at the same time....not saying guys can't transform from one to the other...but it's really difficult to operate in all 3 fields at the same time...btw- we have all but gotten out of resi and are strictly commercial (medical, retail, food service)...but we do almost no real Industrial work....we work in factories, warehouses, etc...but nothing that I would consider Industrial...
 

emahler

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bradleyelectric said:
I'm trying to find that area of the field where I can be on the beach watching bikinis with a cell phone at most and someone depositing checks for me. Hasn't worked out for me yet. I'll keep you posted.

if you want, i can tell you the secret to do this...just send me a check for $495 to my beach house along with your cell number :D
 

480sparky

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Location
Iowegia
bradleyelectric said:
I'm trying to find that area of the field where I can be on the beach watching bikinis with a cell phone at most and someone depositing checks for me. Hasn't worked out for me yet. I'll keep you posted.

Here's a hint: 'Management'. :grin:
 

bikeindy

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Location
Indianapolis IN
brantmacga said:
lmao ---

i recall an article once where a homeless man, in chicago i think, had tapped a 120v line that i believe was feeding the lights above the bridge he lived under. he had a microwave, television, lamps, . . .the works.

its obvious that he had some electrical skill.

its also ominous. wonder if he did residential work?
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shure he did and only used #12, went out of business and became homeless.
 

brantmacga

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Location
Georgia
Occupation
Former Child
bikeindy said:
shure he did and only used #12, went out of business and became homeless.

lol. but if it was in chicago, i think he had to use 12???(lets ask dave aka tiger elec.) i wonder if he ran pipe under the bridge?
 
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