Pics of quality craftsmanship
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360Youth
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- Newport, NC
My brother is an electrician in MD/DC/VA and has migrated to fire alarm systems and is not shy to state his preference (the small stuff) when we discuss work.
Great pics. Although I prefer residential over commercial, I really enjoy fine pipe and switch gear work. I applaud those that do it well. Ever since the "What do ya look like" thread, I have been wanting to start one with installs that we can look back on and smile, whether our own or somebody else's.
Here is a before and after ATS install we did a few months ago.
Here is another that I do not have a before, but we added the the disconnect and ATS at a sewer plant and had to some finagling to reroute conductors from meter through switch and back to switch gear in the mecahanical room.
Not the scale posted so far, but a lot of "art work" comes from keeping what looks good remaining that way.
ceb58
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- Raeford, NC
This is a small job I did. My son, who was 14 at the time, wanted to run the pipe so with a few pointer and help with layout away he went.
mattsilkwood
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- missouri
i love threads like this. i just wish i had more pics of some of the stuff ive done. seems like the camera is always either at home or dead batteries.
its good to see some craftsmen are still out there in this day and age of mc and cable tray.
its good to see some craftsmen are still out there in this day and age of mc and cable tray.
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
Posted this before but here ya go....
Posted this before but here ya go....
is that a coil of slack SER to the left in the pic incase the HO wants to move the panels to install a new water softener or something? :smile:
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
No, thats a UF going to a temp job trailer. :smile: Uf was expensive when we bought it, so I didnt cut it for future use.
JJWalecka
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- New England
this is a small job i did. My son, who was 14 at the time, wanted to run the pipe so with a few pointer and help with layout away he went.
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tonyou812
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- North New Jersey
Whats with the two GFCI and it almost seems like each panel is really lightly loadedPosted this before but here ya go....
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
The two GFCIs were for the people working on the job, they were the temp power. And the panels are lightly loaded, we sold them a 320A service because we could.
TwinCitySparky
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- Minnesota
This was a fun one. I work for a small company. We were contracted to change out the old lighting/dimming system at bosses place of worship. Long story short. 1 other guy working with me got canned - I end up assembling, wiring, hanging every one of these lights by myself, running JLG day after day precariously close to cieling beams and pews (which they would only remove 1 row of!). I wish I took pics of the twenty-five 90 LB. antique fixtures hanging over the alter that I had to "block and tackle" to the ground (with the priests and clergy watching). Many nights and weekends involved. Boss was a proud praying man in the end.
>> Maybe the pics get bigger when you click'em? :-?
>> Maybe the pics get bigger when you click'em? :-?
steelersman
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- Lake Ridge, VA
Wow! That is some intense artwork. Impressive!These?
steelersman
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- Lake Ridge, VA
right on. All I mostly deal with at my full time job is 18-3 and 18-2 control wiring. And after wiring houses for a few years and pulling big conductors in commercial buldings for another few years I prefer control wiring. It's still nice once in a while to work in a house or bend some EMT. One thing I don't miss though is working with MC cable.
GUNNING
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- Gainesville, Florida
oops?
oops?
Nice romex job. This is when the Inspector appears and says they wiring isnt up to code and everything has to be changed to rigid.
oops?
Nice romex job. This is when the Inspector appears and says they wiring isnt up to code and everything has to be changed to rigid.
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
electricalperson
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- massachusetts
how long did that romex job take?
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
Probably not that long, If your used to working like that it comes easy, if your use to just pulling the stuff, then well, its going to take a month of sundays.
big john
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- Portland, ME
My green is showing, but: That's pretty neat, I've never once seen a vertical hanging rack. Hard to tell, would there be any savings as far as time and labor? Once the pipe is installed, how sturdy is it compared to a rack hanging from some pieces of all-thread?
-John
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
I take it those are not electric pipes-- bends look too sharp
tonyou812
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- North New Jersey
Dont get me wrong but you really have to charge a good amount of money to get that kind of result. If I took that long on a job most of my old Bosses would have put their boots up my butt. With that said I wonder if using a trough, some cable trays and some pipe would have expediated this work a bit.
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