@@kevinthompson4690 i have definently done this on occasion when I am all out of plastic 1 gang nail on boxes and its 3:30 on a friday and have to get the job done that exact day
@@chrisdediostheelectrician2877I'm positive his tone was more of a "this inspector expects 2x the standards set by the most up to date code that most of the country(US at least) doesn't adopt for code cycles at a time(3 years) and always behind. This "inspector" knew his romex.... thats... about.... IT
So he starts with saying the first outlet should be 2 feet from a wall, but that first box does not look 2 feet from the wall unless those studs are 12" on center.
If I were Alan, I would have wanted to clean up the wiring seen on this segment before the cameras started recording. It may have been functionally acceptable, but seems rrr-rough in the execution. The countertop receptacles NM cable was pretty twisted and not run consistently horizontal.
That insulation in the top and bottom plates is a no go where I come from. Not even allowed to use fire foam it needs to be “fire caulk” as my inspector said lol
1:06 I don't see any cable connector in that metal box to prevent the cable from getting cut by the sharp edges of the knockout. There should be either a metal or plastic insert in the knockout to protect the cable.
@@PaulRudd1941 Unions… every trade requires a license to do any simple home repair. Requiring conduit and only copper piping (no pex here) means homeowners likely won’t have tools to do it themselves and whoever does it can bill longer hours 👌
@@Sports-Jorge ooooohhhhh thank you sir. That makes a huge difference. Not to mention the hours and time it takes for brazing, crimping, bending and material. I'm totally oblivious, here in BC, Canada we use pex, and only commercial and industrial stuff needs that. I'm in HVAC so I don't know a huge amount about plumbing anything but air. But thanks for the explanation! Super appreciated.
Most municipalities require a nail plate if the edge of the 2X4 to the actual wire is less than 1 1/4 inches. I always used nail plates over every stud regardless of the depth. I’ve done service calls where the wire(s) had a safe distance during the construction but upon remodeling, some people will drill in longer screws. Oh what fun it is trying to find those dead shorts.
I had my home inspector come in and he complained about the breaker having double wire. The house was built in 2003 and became the breaker was double wire he failed my inspection. Can you explain to me why? He stated that the codes has change and breaker have to haves there own wires. But I don’t understand what that has to do with me has a home own. What we would have to change breakers from houses that was built in the 1970 or even on the 50’ s. I’m confused.
They don’t want two wires under one screw on the breaker. You can pig tail two circuits together, then bring one wire to the breaker. You do need to evaluate what gauge wire is allowed to share a breaker and what amperage is needed to accommodate two circuits safely.
NEC 2020 doesn’t have receptacle requirements at 4 feet; while I understand on a counter, which looked like the height they were at normal/regular rooms don’t have a 4 foot requirement. I say that as 2020 NEC is what we’re using where I am, some jurisdictions are still under 2017 and even 2014; and beyond the code used some municipalities can require more than minimum code. If someone is aware of the 4 foot requirement note the # in a comment as I’d like to be corrected if wrong. Code is good on some things and over kill on others. For example I’ve been installing whole home surge protectors on every new/upgraded service I’ve done for over a decade now, it is now the standard in the 2020 NEC; AFCI requirements on the other hand, at least in my opinion, have gone too far and have lead to a big jump in new work pricing over the last 6-7 years leading a lot of people to just do it themselves. I live in NY were electricians, outside of a few municipalities, are not required to have a license and couldn’t be licensed even if they wanted to be; this can lead to some issue but also makes getting into the trade easier as spread apprenticeships, at least outside of union halls/houses, are easier to obtain and are skill/area specific. I grew up watching This Old House and New Yankee Workshop in a trades family and am glad I did because regardless off economy or education the trades are always needed; hopefully more people are seeing the trades need and shortcomings of education only choices and we’ll see more people get into the trades.
MA has amendments to the NEC which makes up the MA electrical code. Could be within the amendments. I would have to check the book but I believe for a normal room spacing requirement remains at 6’.
NEC 210.52(C)(1) does cover: Wall Countertop and Work Surface. And states: A receptacle outlet shall be installed at each wall countertop and work surface that is 300 mm (12 in.) or wider. Receptacle outlets shall be installed so that no point along the wall line is more than 600 mm (24 in.) measured horizontally from a receptacle outlet in that space. However 210.52(A)(1) does cover general spacing, which is no more than 6 foot horizontal distance along the wall to a receptacle which would allow a 12 foot spacing. This is an area where I think minimum code is a good starting place because I don’t believe you can have enough receptacles; at least I’ve never gotten a complaint about too many. I like every 6th stud @16” centers as well as location specific, if you know planned or foreseeable layouts, like on each side of a bed. I just didn’t want someone to think they needed receptacles every 2 feet.
Besides NFPA70-2020 Article 210.52(C), consider the practical matter that the listed countertop appliances available for sale today have cords that are 24" in length, which harmonizes with the requirement in the Code. You can really never have enough outlets on kitchen countertops.
@@steveloux4709: No you really can’t have too many; NEC 2020 finally caught up to kitchen islands. I’ve been installing pop-ups and drawer outlets for years. I like putting USB outlets in the kitchen at counter level as well as they reduce a lot of clutter and add safety by removing the power bricks. Always though minimum code was a decent starting point but have been doing more than code, outside of AFCIs, for years. I also like a receptacle at switch height as well as it makes vacuuming much easier. Kitchens and bathrooms have both outpaced code as far as amp/circuits required over time just as we’ve grown our appliances as the years have gone by. When I re-modeled my kitchen I added a sub-panel to ensure easier wiring as well as a simple place to reset trips as I exclusively used GFCI breakers as well as allowing easier addition of circuits; went from 1 to 8 with 2 in the walk in pantry alone so that we could just leave everything plugged in and use it when we wanted to. Before we’d pull an appliance out and run it on the counter; we would trip breakers every thanksgiving. I ran 2 gangs and 12/3 to my counter receptacles allowing both sides to have appliances without issue. I also ran a filtered water line to my commercial Keurig coffee maker which has probably paid more dividends than anything else as I have never had to worry about it running out.
Agree, I would’ve been embarrassed that I was on that job. Love the fact the electrician showed the red and blue. Says that the blue is for a single cable and red was for two. Yet the just finished showing multi blues with two cables. Lol
@@mr.g937 Too much slack between staples. Decided to drill the hole in the middle of the bay and proceeded to pull the wire and stapled it with about 12" of wire just hanging on the diagonal. And where the home runs are at, didn't use stackers to make it look neater. And the wires on the ceiling? They are NOT to code. The beams should've been drilled out and wires pulled through.
That's pretty much how everyone runs wire overhead in N.E because most builders use strapping to hang the drywall/plasterboard. Against code...no, a good idea... probably not.
There are several inspections. This one is specifically for rough in, meaning all wires are available for viewing or it doesn't pass. Cant move on to final inspection without passing this one.
Most of the time, but not always. If you are running new stuff, you're probably going to see standard colors, but if it's older, all bets are off. Colors also tend to vary in different countries.
Even Kevin knows the electrician's natural enemy is the drywall guy......like electricians and plumbers, electricians and tile people, electricians and other electricians.....
Working on a 23 story apartment back in the '70's. The dry wallers kept putting screws through our romex so the foreman hands a 3lb. hammer to an apprentice and tells him to find all the short circuits in an apartment that was particularly bad. That apprentice beat holes in every wall in the apartment, it was a mess but after that there were no more shorts.
When doing videos on jobs that aren’t DIY you could try to deviate from using the “How to” video title structure. Such “How to” title suggests it’s a tutorial on how to do something so you can DIY it. Of course DIYing an inspection is pointless. 🙂
That looks like apprentice level work . Should of been a 4s deep box since your having to install a gfci outlet at the counter top . And that " inspector" is new or needs more experience
Around here in VA, one GFCI upstream can protect those down. Is that maybe what they are doing? I did not go back and look whether we could tell where those outlets were relative to the panel.
Extension cords are perfectly safe provided they have fuses built in. Which in many jurisdictions, they do by law. And fuses cost pennies. So much cheaper than having to install outlets every six inches.
@@tatersngravy99 In the UK almost every single cord has a fuse built in to the plug. Their plugs are about 3 times the size of ours so they can fit it. And they also say extension cord when they mean power strip. In the US a power strip might have a fuse built in. In the UK they are overly cautious about electrical stuff. There are no outlets allowed in bathrooms and all outlets have rocker switches built in so they can be turned off.
@@c0mputer rightfully so, since in the UK they have an affinity for 240V line-to-neutral. Double the voltage, twice as deadly (I'm referring of course to Ohm's law).
I’ve been a master electrician for over 40 years and here’s one thing that never changes, there is no arguing with an inspector. You can make a point or even point out a difference in the code book but every municipality has the last say so. I know a great deal about our NEC (National Electric Code used in the U.S.) but I always got revisions from the city I was working in to see what they required to avoid conflict later.
l got a diyer 2003. EVERY time l opened a box there was a problem. on had fcukin DOORBELL WIRE so l immediately disconnected it. then th o/l above th stairwell stopped working. etc etc. jeezuz murphy. my kid bought a condo in ottawa. the tester showed 1 o/l wired backwards.
Yeah just pay no attention to the sharp metal box with no bushing cutting the insulation on the wires at 1:05.. that's clearly not a violation at all 😂😂
Those boxes have internal cable clamps. There’s nothing wrong with the romex coming through the box that way. That’s very typical of that style metal box.
To eliminate the difference in wires, I would run all 6 gauge. 6 gauge is good up to 50amps. You will never overload or have a wire fire on 6gage @ 20 or 30amp breaker. It’s much simpler to keep track of wire if your buying by the foot. Although the electrician may not like it because they gotta work a little harder. Also, Eaton make a breaker arc fault & gfi. No more pigtails.
@@Kevin-mp5of feel better now? If that’s the only thing your going to pick out that’s wrong, then you must agree with the main idea of the message I was sending.
I prefer to run 3-3-3-5 cable and put a small (40 space) 100A subpanel in every room I wire. The homeowner can cover the panel with a framed Thomas Kinkade painting to hide it, but then they have the flexibility to add as many branch circuits as they need in the future.
Eaton does make a AFCI without a pigtail. It’s for the plug on neutral panels. As far as running #6 for everything, yes equipment will run better and be more efficient since voltage drop would be less of an issue but in all reality it comes down to cost. Someone has to pay for it and your typical homeowner won’t justify the added cost. Also good luck wiring up your device boxes.
Eaton started a lil’while ago Afci & gfi in 1 Circuit breaker. No pigtail. It’s basically plug and play. Leviton makes a afci & gfi WiFi circuit breaker. When it trips it’s alerts the property owner and electrician. Provides the electrician to know if something wrong with the wire or breaker and what the cause of the circuit to trip. Kind of nice because it provides the electrician to know if it trip because of a gfi, that means water. Then no need to call the electrician, better call a plumber. Or if something is arcing. Basically a discussion is made if in fact it warrants a truck roll. Go search for yourself Leviton TH-cam bout smart circuit breakers. Its how I found out..
@Fisher Man just do what I do: run the wires, install the panel, the service, the ductwork, install and start up the equipment, install the septic tank and leech field and the plumbing. Jeez, ya slacker 🙄
@@bmwmike3534 A keyboard warrior is not someone fighting online. It’s someone who pretends to be the greatest in whatever the topic is from the comfort of his/her keyboard. So it could just be a kid on his moms computer saying he’s a pro to make himself look big.
@@Engineer9736 yup. So i guess i dont meet your own deffinition. If I said this garbage was great work, you could make the same argument. Are you so upset because this is your own proud work? Or because your work looks the same? 🤣
Agreed. I’ve been a Electrician for 24 years here in Ireland. American wiring always seems so rough to me. Why don’t they ever put sleeving over the bare copper earth(or as they call it ground) wire.?
@@eoincasey5461 What is the benefit of putting a sleeve on it? I agree that in a crowded junction box you run the risk that the ground might touch something energized...but that's a pretty low risk
We are living in a pivotal times and there are so many opportunities for entrepreneurs who invest in reinventing low tech items such as household waste and learn sustainability . I have never comprehend how much a bunch of numbers floating around the spreadsheet can sustain human Life or soul . What will people eat when the food supply stops ?. what will be the stream of income after retirement or dismissal . This should be the utmost concern of everyone
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"rough" is the greatest word ever to describe this video of an electrical inspection.
It’s a rough in inspection
no kidding who uses metal 4 square bracket boxes and mud rings on a house?
@@kevinthompson4690 i have definently done this on occasion when I am all out of plastic 1 gang nail on boxes and its 3:30 on a friday and have to get the job done that exact day
@@chrisdediostheelectrician2877I'm positive his tone was more of a "this inspector expects 2x the standards set by the most up to date code that most of the country(US at least) doesn't adopt for code cycles at a time(3 years) and always behind. This "inspector" knew his romex.... thats... about.... IT
Thanks I will be inspecting my all neighbors homes while the owners are away.
A true hero the neighborhood needs
Lmao!!!
Good luck and make sure you leave the bill!
Don't forget to remove all the drywall prior to inspection.
ty ser
Smart move, make the inspector flustered by putting him on TV. He'll miss all the violations! jk. jk.
So he starts with saying the first outlet should be 2 feet from a wall, but that first box does not look 2 feet from the wall unless those studs are 12" on center.
Did my man dirty with the thumbnail
If I were Alan, I would have wanted to clean up the wiring seen on this segment before the cameras started recording. It may have been functionally acceptable, but seems rrr-rough in the execution. The countertop receptacles NM cable was pretty twisted and not run consistently horizontal.
There’s no protection of 12/2 romex going into metal gangbox in kitchen. Sloppy work
Nice to see Allen again.
As a contractor for 40 years 70% of inspector are normal people but the other 30% are the ones who give government a bad name
That insulation in the top and bottom plates is a no go where I come from. Not even allowed to use fire foam it needs to be “fire caulk” as my inspector said lol
1:06 I don't see any cable connector in that metal box to prevent the cable from getting cut by the sharp edges of the knockout. There should be either a metal or plastic insert in the knockout to protect the cable.
That type of box has a screw down clamp to hold the wire in place. No connector required.
@@phi5head Not installed in the video at 1:06. You can clearly see 3 romex wires coming in from the top with no clamp (metal box wire connector).
@@guytech7310 Yes, the box at 1:06 has a clamp with a screw to tighten it down on the inside of the box. Out of view.
@@phi5head No. look closely. No clamp. You would still see the thread and the nut. or the plastic tab if was using a plastic insert.
@@guytech7310 do a search for "square box nm clamps" and you'll see what is going on.
As a State Board Licensed Master Electrician EN Georgia, and Inspector, I say no permits pulled, no work done ! Absolutely not your guy says A+
I would have used an oversized nail protector plate if just wall, due to baseboard where they use 2 1/2 air nailed brad nails 6 in up.
This Old House really has stepped up their game lately
Psh come to Chicago where everything has to be in conduit! Freaking crazy!!!
Blame the Chicago fire... probably...
-some random shmuck in Canada
@@PaulRudd1941 Unions… every trade requires a license to do any simple home repair. Requiring conduit and only copper piping (no pex here) means homeowners likely won’t have tools to do it themselves and whoever does it can bill longer hours 👌
@@Sports-Jorge ooooohhhhh thank you sir. That makes a huge difference. Not to mention the hours and time it takes for brazing, crimping, bending and material.
I'm totally oblivious, here in BC, Canada we use pex, and only commercial and industrial stuff needs that.
I'm in HVAC so I don't know a huge amount about plumbing anything but air. But thanks for the explanation! Super appreciated.
Chicago is a cesspool.
Or in NYC where everything has to be BX
Been a while since we have seen Allen
Where I live, countertop outlet spacing cannot exceed 24 inches
Romex bushing is what it is called… button connector?
Anyone know what kind of pouch the electrician had on
Shouldn't there be nsil plates in the kitchen area where the wire goes thru each stud?
Most municipalities require a nail plate if the edge of the 2X4 to the actual wire is less than 1 1/4 inches. I always used nail plates over every stud regardless of the depth. I’ve done service calls where the wire(s) had a safe distance during the construction but upon remodeling, some people will drill in longer screws. Oh what fun it is trying to find those dead shorts.
1:37 “So small, medium, and large…” 🤦♂️
it's true since each wire is thicker
I had my home inspector come in and he complained about the breaker having double wire. The house was built in 2003 and became the breaker was double wire he failed my inspection. Can you explain to me why? He stated that the codes has change and breaker have to haves there own wires. But I don’t understand what that has to do with me has a home own. What we would have to change breakers from houses that was built in the 1970 or even on the 50’ s. I’m confused.
They don’t want two wires under one screw on the breaker. You can pig tail two circuits together, then bring one wire to the breaker. You do need to evaluate what gauge wire is allowed to share a breaker and what amperage is needed to accommodate two circuits safely.
Did Alan resign from ask this old house contract?
Good tips to know.
NEC 2020 doesn’t have receptacle requirements at 4 feet; while I understand on a counter, which looked like the height they were at normal/regular rooms don’t have a 4 foot requirement. I say that as 2020 NEC is what we’re using where I am, some jurisdictions are still under 2017 and even 2014; and beyond the code used some municipalities can require more than minimum code. If someone is aware of the 4 foot requirement note the # in a comment as I’d like to be corrected if wrong. Code is good on some things and over kill on others. For example I’ve been installing whole home surge protectors on every new/upgraded service I’ve done for over a decade now, it is now the standard in the 2020 NEC; AFCI requirements on the other hand, at least in my opinion, have gone too far and have lead to a big jump in new work pricing over the last 6-7 years leading a lot of people to just do it themselves. I live in NY were electricians, outside of a few municipalities, are not required to have a license and couldn’t be licensed even if they wanted to be; this can lead to some issue but also makes getting into the trade easier as spread apprenticeships, at least outside of union halls/houses, are easier to obtain and are skill/area specific. I grew up watching This Old House and New Yankee Workshop in a trades family and am glad I did because regardless off economy or education the trades are always needed; hopefully more people are seeing the trades need and shortcomings of education only choices and we’ll see more people get into the trades.
MA has amendments to the NEC which makes up the MA electrical code. Could be within the amendments. I would have to check the book but I believe for a normal room spacing requirement remains at 6’.
NEC 210.52(C)(1) does cover: Wall Countertop and Work Surface. And states: A receptacle outlet shall be installed at each wall countertop and work surface that is 300 mm (12 in.) or wider. Receptacle outlets shall be installed so that no point along the wall line is more than 600 mm (24 in.) measured horizontally from a receptacle outlet in that space. However 210.52(A)(1) does cover general spacing, which is no more than 6 foot horizontal distance along the wall to a receptacle which would allow a 12 foot spacing. This is an area where I think minimum code is a good starting place because I don’t believe you can have enough receptacles; at least I’ve never gotten a complaint about too many. I like every 6th stud @16” centers as well as location specific, if you know planned or foreseeable layouts, like on each side of a bed. I just didn’t want someone to think they needed receptacles every 2 feet.
Besides NFPA70-2020 Article 210.52(C), consider the practical matter that the listed countertop appliances available for sale today have cords that are 24" in length, which harmonizes with the requirement in the Code. You can really never have enough outlets on kitchen countertops.
@@steveloux4709: No you really can’t have too many; NEC 2020 finally caught up to kitchen islands. I’ve been installing pop-ups and drawer outlets for years. I like putting USB outlets in the kitchen at counter level as well as they reduce a lot of clutter and add safety by removing the power bricks. Always though minimum code was a decent starting point but have been doing more than code, outside of AFCIs, for years. I also like a receptacle at switch height as well as it makes vacuuming much easier. Kitchens and bathrooms have both outpaced code as far as amp/circuits required over time just as we’ve grown our appliances as the years have gone by. When I re-modeled my kitchen I added a sub-panel to ensure easier wiring as well as a simple place to reset trips as I exclusively used GFCI breakers as well as allowing easier addition of circuits; went from 1 to 8 with 2 in the walk in pantry alone so that we could just leave everything plugged in and use it when we wanted to. Before we’d pull an appliance out and run it on the counter; we would trip breakers every thanksgiving. I ran 2 gangs and 12/3 to my counter receptacles allowing both sides to have appliances without issue. I also ran a filtered water line to my commercial Keurig coffee maker which has probably paid more dividends than anything else as I have never had to worry about it running out.
There is no inspections of any kind where I live. I live out side of the city limits
Middle of the ocean? moon?
I'm a licensed electrician. I usually overlook some stuff if you pay me enough.
Brown?
Seeing romex everywhere and 0 conduit is just crazy to me (I'm from Chicago)
Definitely a low budget rough in.
Agree, I would’ve been embarrassed that I was on that job. Love the fact the electrician showed the red and blue. Says that the blue is for a single cable and red was for two. Yet the just finished showing multi blues with two cables. Lol
Explain how this is low-budget. This looks typical...
@@mr.g937 Too much slack between staples. Decided to drill the hole in the middle of the bay and proceeded to pull the wire and stapled it with about 12" of wire just hanging on the diagonal. And where the home runs are at, didn't use stackers to make it look neater. And the wires on the ceiling? They are NOT to code. The beams should've been drilled out and wires pulled through.
@@mr.g937 it’s just poor workmanship. If that’s all the job pays then by all means do it as fast as you can as long as your code compliant.
That's pretty much how everyone runs wire overhead in N.E because most builders use strapping to hang the drywall/plasterboard. Against code...no, a good idea... probably not.
What if the walls aren't exposed... how can you inspect in a house that is finished?
There are several inspections. This one is specifically for rough in, meaning all wires are available for viewing or it doesn't pass. Cant move on to final inspection without passing this one.
Bring back Bob Villa...he's a veritable god in the construction industry and always asks pertinent questions.
Is the romex color standard?
Yup
Most of the time, but not always. If you are running new stuff, you're probably going to see standard colors, but if it's older, all bets are off. Colors also tend to vary in different countries.
Except for direct burial which is usually just grey or black for multiple awg wire sizes.
He didn't leave any slack for the box.
Even Kevin knows the electrician's natural enemy is the drywall guy......like electricians and plumbers, electricians and tile people, electricians and other electricians.....
Working on a 23 story apartment back in the '70's. The dry wallers kept putting screws through our romex so the foreman hands a 3lb. hammer to an apprentice and tells him to find all the short circuits in an apartment that was particularly bad. That apprentice beat holes in every wall in the apartment, it was a mess but after that there were no more shorts.
You electricians sure are a contentious lot
"rough, just like your mother likes it" - sean connery
@@Kevin-mp5of "you look like you're 19 with those barrettes in your hair" - also joe biden
When doing videos on jobs that aren’t DIY you could try to deviate from using the “How to” video title structure. Such “How to” title suggests it’s a tutorial on how to do something so you can DIY it. Of course DIYing an inspection is pointless. 🙂
The inspector stated incorrect information. The white wire can be a two or three conductor, not just a two. The same goes for all three actually.
0:22 lol nope, they just take a look and bail.
Wait a minute. He looks at a couple of staples and nail plates and signs off?
yes mate the whole 3 min vid is the entire inspection
America!
They are lucky he didn't do a drive by inspection..."Yo, looks good from my pickup!"
He mentioned in the video he checks the terminations and the grounding...I'm sure he also checks conductor sizing and load as well
Lol I know he’s clearly acting for the cameras, we all know that rough in failed inspection.
That looks like apprentice level work . Should of been a 4s deep box since your having to install a gfci outlet at the counter top . And that " inspector" is new or needs more experience
Around here in VA, one GFCI upstream can protect those down. Is that maybe what they are doing? I did not go back and look whether we could tell where those outlets were relative to the panel.
One more thing. Someone should inform the inspector that those devices are called receptacles, not outlets.
Electrical emissions and arcing. How direct electricity away from you.
Extension cords are perfectly safe provided they have fuses built in. Which in many jurisdictions, they do by law. And fuses cost pennies. So much cheaper than having to install outlets every six inches.
@@tatersngravy99 In the UK almost every single cord has a fuse built in to the plug. Their plugs are about 3 times the size of ours so they can fit it. And they also say extension cord when they mean power strip. In the US a power strip might have a fuse built in.
In the UK they are overly cautious about electrical stuff. There are no outlets allowed in bathrooms and all outlets have rocker switches built in so they can be turned off.
Yep you sound like a home owner that does rat work.
@@c0mputer rightfully so, since in the UK they have an affinity for 240V line-to-neutral. Double the voltage, twice as deadly (I'm referring of course to Ohm's law).
I’ve been a master electrician for over 40 years and here’s one thing that never changes, there is no arguing with an inspector. You can make a point or even point out a difference in the code book but every municipality has the last say so. I know a great deal about our NEC (National Electric Code used in the U.S.) but I always got revisions from the city I was working in to see what they required to avoid conflict later.
So now I know everything I need to know to inspect my own electrical work? Great.
Next week: a 9-min video on how to be a brain surgeon.
I don’t miss Alan galant…. A Masshole if there ever was one.
l got a diyer 2003.
EVERY time l opened a box there was a problem.
on had fcukin DOORBELL WIRE so l immediately disconnected it.
then th o/l above th stairwell stopped working.
etc etc. jeezuz murphy.
my kid bought a condo in ottawa.
the tester showed 1 o/l wired backwards.
Yeah just pay no attention to the sharp metal box with no bushing cutting the insulation on the wires at 1:05.. that's clearly not a violation at all 😂😂
Oh men I trough nobody else saw that 😂😂😂
Well as I have gotten older working in the trades I learned TOH has a lot of butchers
@@Kevin-mp5of excuse my ignorance, but what is the TOH?
@@PaulRudd1941 Short for this old house
Those boxes have internal cable clamps. There’s nothing wrong with the romex coming through the box that way. That’s very typical of that style metal box.
This is so weird for me. Someone coming to inspect my work. Aren't we trained professionals?
Freaks me out to see all that romex ran everywhere.
To eliminate the difference in wires, I would run all 6 gauge. 6 gauge is good up to 50amps. You will never overload or have a wire fire on 6gage @ 20 or 30amp breaker. It’s much simpler to keep track of wire if your buying by the foot. Although the electrician may not like it because they gotta work a little harder. Also, Eaton make a breaker arc fault & gfi. No more pigtails.
@@Kevin-mp5of feel better now? If that’s the only thing your going to pick out that’s wrong, then you must agree with the main idea of the message I was sending.
It doesnt work like that 🤣🤣🤣
Please never wire anything.
I prefer to run 3-3-3-5 cable and put a small (40 space) 100A subpanel in every room I wire. The homeowner can cover the panel with a framed Thomas Kinkade painting to hide it, but then they have the flexibility to add as many branch circuits as they need in the future.
Eaton does make a AFCI without a pigtail. It’s for the plug on neutral panels.
As far as running #6 for everything, yes equipment will run better and be more efficient since voltage drop would be less of an issue but in all reality it comes down to cost. Someone has to pay for it and your typical homeowner won’t justify the added cost. Also good luck wiring up your device boxes.
Eaton started a lil’while ago Afci & gfi in 1 Circuit breaker. No pigtail. It’s basically plug and play. Leviton makes a afci & gfi WiFi circuit breaker. When it trips it’s alerts the property owner and electrician. Provides the electrician to know if something wrong with the wire or breaker and what the cause of the circuit to trip. Kind of nice because it provides the electrician to know if it trip because of a gfi, that means water. Then no need to call the electrician, better call a plumber. Or if something is arcing. Basically a discussion is made if in fact it warrants a truck roll. Go search for yourself Leviton TH-cam bout smart circuit breakers. Its how I found out..
Dude had NM wiring going into metal boxes with no bushing or clamps and said “looks good to me”
Dudes don’t know wtf they are talking about.
Run your little wires just make sure to leave enough slack for my ductwork
@Fisher Man just do what I do: run the wires, install the panel, the service, the ductwork, install and start up the equipment, install the septic tank and leech field and the plumbing. Jeez, ya slacker 🙄
Get your duct in first bud.
Looks like crap
What a terrible job 🤣
A very convinced keyboard warrior 🤣
@@Engineer9736 that would imply that im fighting with someone online. As an electrical contractor, I would be embarrassed in the quality of that work.
@@bmwmike3534 I agree. This was horrendous. I’ve seen better quality in apartments.
@@bmwmike3534 A keyboard warrior is not someone fighting online. It’s someone who pretends to be the greatest in whatever the topic is from the comfort of his/her keyboard. So it could just be a kid on his moms computer saying he’s a pro to make himself look big.
@@Engineer9736 yup. So i guess i dont meet your own deffinition. If I said this garbage was great work, you could make the same argument. Are you so upset because this is your own proud work? Or because your work looks the same? 🤣
rough is right, what a mess.
Exactly how? Please educate.
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American wiring always looks hideous. Cables running in all directions, twisted and scruffy as.
Agreed. I’ve been a Electrician for 24 years here in Ireland. American wiring always seems so rough to me. Why don’t they ever put sleeving over the bare copper earth(or as they call it ground) wire.?
As what?
@@yaosio as scruffy as…
@@eoincasey5461 What is the benefit of putting a sleeve on it? I agree that in a crowded junction box you run the risk that the ground might touch something energized...but that's a pretty low risk
@@eoincasey5461 , why should we? Please educate us.
We are living in a pivotal times and there are so many opportunities for entrepreneurs who invest in reinventing low tech items such as household waste and learn sustainability . I have never comprehend how much a bunch of numbers floating around the spreadsheet can sustain human Life or soul . What will people eat when the food supply stops ?. what will be the stream of income after retirement or dismissal . This should be the utmost concern of everyone
Grossly oversimplified
I didn’t see much craftsmanship lol.
What? These are some of the finest Millennial generation craftsman available! /sarc
Simply have pros do your wiring work correctly, when you want it for craiglist prices you deserve a house fire.
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That's a piss poor electrical job. Bullshit work