Care to share your Finds ?

[Karl H]

I can't help but think if a 1942 electrician were to see the electrical technology of 2008 Romex,VFD's,solor voltaic,back stabb recept,GFI's,arc fault,cordless drills,inverse time breakers,etc.Would think you guy's are either really scared,genius,or extremely lazy when it comes to electrical work. Wirenut??? what happened to solder and tape?Any Monkey could install a wirenut...Oh my, you guys are even too lazy to put on a wire nut.You had to invent Push-In connectors.

 

[480sparky]

1942 Electrician Video.

 

[Karl H]

My helpers are going to freak when they see me show up tommorrow with freshly greased back hair, wearing a sweater,and using a meter that consists of two leads and a 60W light bulb.They will think" Man, Karl takes ST.Patricks day WAYYYYYYYY tooo seriously!"LMAO Or they will be thinking to themselves,"Man I MUST still be drunk!"

 

[quogueelectric]

I have a 1963 code book somewhere?? Oh btw that was the last time I think I looked at it. I used to bring it on the job as a joke for the older guys. It was about 25 pages in all. Nice!! My dads license number was like 300 or something silly like that.

 

[monkey]

I like the part where he says:"Electricians are called by various names". Although I don't think he had in mind what I did.

 

[mdshunk]

I have a 1963 code book somewhere?? Oh btw that was the last time I think I looked at it. I used to bring it on the job as a joke for the older guys. It was about 25 pages in all. Nice!! My dads license number was like 300 or something silly like that.

An inspector told me about 4 years ago he had an electrician come to an appeal hearing for a red tag with his 1978 code book. I guess he didn't think things changed much in 25 years.

 

[480sparky]

I have a 1963 code book somewhere?? Oh btw that was the last time I think I looked at it. I used to bring it on the job as a joke for the older guys. It was about 25 pages in all. Nice!! My dads license number was like 300 or something silly like that.

It's not an NEC. There's no '63 NEC, and the '62 is 448 pages.

 

[acrwc10]

An inspector told me about 4 years ago he had an electrician come to an appeal hearing for a red tag with his 1978 code book. I guess he didn't think things changed much in 25 years.

"See nothing in here about GFCI's or in-use covers"

 

[brantmacga]

Odd ball stuff , and old POCO meters.
But here is my favorite.

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(in my captain barbosa voice) - "where did you get that?"

 

[Michael15956]

The one thing that I decided to keep WITH me on the job even though it could not be used was more to remind me that no matter how smart you think you are, if you are tired you can make mistakes that will hurt you! I had an old klein flat head screw driver that was given to me in my first year as a helper by my journeyman... that several years ago after working close to fourteen hours was half melted at the base of the steel shank by my wanting to be done already. I was not injured by nothing shy of a miracle. And it was carried every day to remind myself that you can only be stupid so many times before it catches up with you!

Yes, got me one of them screwdriver also, and for the same action! Keep it in my toolbox and for the same reason also.

 

[acrwc10]

(in my captain barbosa voice) - "where did you get that?"

Westinghouse.






I had a large order several different breakers years ago and one case full was like this. It was a factory mistake. I have yet to test it to see if the setting is correct and the handles wrong or if the handles are the same as the settings.

 

[480sparky]

I try to keep ahold of things that are items that I've only seen once or twice in my life. There's so many neat things a fella could collect, so I have to be choosy or I'd need a warehouse. Here's one example, a quadraplex receptacle:

Other than that, I like to collect oddball electrical tools. Two examples would be the Wiremold Canopy Notcher and the little thing-a-ma-jig Square D used to make to break out the "notch" in the mounting rail to mount CTL type QO breakers (the kind with the "hook").

Here's some in use:

 

[al hildenbrand]

How about a switched receptacle:

 

[al hildenbrand]

One of my all time favorites is a very early residential circuit breaker service center made by Square D. The "Multi-breaker" was first introduced in 1936.

I removed the unit below, as part of a service upgrade and remodel, from a home build in 1938.

The unit was purchased with breakers assembled by the factory. One chose from a limited number of stock configurations.

All the neutrals were behind the tray that the breakers are mounted to. To access the neutral, one disconnected the service conductors, bent them out of the way, and then swung the whole breaker assembly on its hinge (at the left). Proper extra length and routing of hot conductors was required to be able to swing the breaker assembly clear.

And last, the lable.

 

[220/221]

Here ya go. From this morning. I only run into this occaisionally.

This is stock wiring, early 60's, before grounded romex. They ran a sepatate #16 ground to all the boxes.

I have seen it in just the kitchens, the kit and bathrooms and, in this case, throughout the house.

 

[lt2000]

here is the oldie.