Day In The Life Of An Industrial Electrician - Starting a New VFD Project
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Good Day Everyone
It’s Dusten Huebner here from Electrician Information Resource.
In today's video, we are going to go on a journey. This is going to be the beginning so it's going to be another day in the life of an industrial electrician. And I got a lot of work to do that I want to try to capture on film and take you guys on the journey with me.
Pretty much out there there's a disc stack unit and I got installed a VFD in there. The motor that's in there it can't start across the line. So we need a soft start VFD control, there's a PLC out there. So we've got a lot of control wiring within that unit right out there you can see it called bald and we got to tie it into DCS and the control for the entire facility. So I'm gonna walk around them.
So you see here and show you guys from the main control center that we got to control that one, VFD and PLC inside that building. So here it is guys. This one there is for motor control drill off the facility. And this is where we have our DCS controlling devices throughout the facility. For here we got a bunch of analog inputs some outputs down below here we got a bunch of discrete inputs and outputs and we got to tie into some of these Spears here to get some control feedback from that VFD and PLC out there. And then we got some Fios, which are discreet outputs, which control some actions out in that an out in that building. So doing here, we've got to take some wires here. This goes to a junction box out in the field. Then we've got to tie into, those will end up being in there.
So yeah, this is a fairly large project. I got to do red lines and do all the control wiring design pretty much. So I've got to draw it out. I've been starting here with some of my drawings and I've got to go through all my prints and tie this all together. So the DCS, which is what you're looking at right now, that's the main computer and where the main control comes from. So it'll tell things in that building to start and stop. Plus we also have this stack feed pump motor for this VFD right here, controls the out in the tank farm, which feeds on oil to that building. And we got to tie all of this together. So there's quite a bit of work to do. And I want to take you guys on the journey with me, so I'm going to try to record me doing red lines so you can get an idea of that. And we're going to be going through the DCS, all the control wiring there, plus going out in the field and installing that VFD. It's a big, it's a big cabinet. It's heavy and yeah, it should be fun. It's a lots of work guys. I hope you enjoy this. And this is going to be episode two of the day in the life of an industrial electrician. So stay tuned guys.
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I am an industrial electrician and I would love to work in such a clean work environment. I work at a tire manufacturing plant and it’s dirty and hostile. It’s nice to know there are places with clean air.
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I'm a maritime & offshore recruiter and was watching videos for a job I have available as a maintenance electrician and want to understand more about the role, if you are still open to a cleaner work environment we can chat
LoL. First thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail... How the hell is that panel so clean.
@@juanbaez-navarro2768 you hire from the navy?
I enjoy watching your videos. I worked 16 years as an industrial electrician. I reached journeyman level and ran crews but I suffered from severe arthritis in both knees and became unable to continue working in 2018, I had just started studying for the exam.. I miss the challenge of installing new equipment or troubleshooting. Hell, I even miss running conduit. If your wondering why wait so long, I live in Alabama and most electrical contractors are non union, so no real need for a license. Spending hours wiring control panels and watching the equipment run right the first time was rewarding as hell. Thanks for the chance to relive the experience.
how old were you when you had to stop working? Hope you will get better but I know that osteoarthritis is a non-ending desease... One day you will need a knee surgery.
Sorry for your atritis i can help with contacts of herbal doctor in africa
Where are your from sir ?
@@cynthiawalker4018 🤣
Marvels feed back
I am a new immigrant in Canada and thinking about enrolling as an Industrial Electrician apprentice. Just wanted to say your videos make me intrigued
Thanks for the great feedback! How has it been working out for you so far?
This was cool to watch I build these control panels for a living
Nick thanks for the great feedback. That’s sounds like a good gig, where are you based out of?
Electrician Information Resource based out of Georgia i work for a small company that builds control panels for air filtration systems and electric/gas heating systems
@@nick1512 what’s the name of the company I live in GA
1st year apprentice working in industrial, I can't believe I understood all that
I just started an apprenticeship at an industrial plant and this was overwhelming 😂 looks a lot like my plant though.
How do you like it I’m thinking to get some in it
Cool video. I see that you design and draw your diagrams on your laptop. Could you do a video showing your designs and drawings?
Thanks for the great feedback!
There is another video on my channel that covers some drawing work.
I hate doing this shit, loved it coming out of trade schools but every facility I've worked in has been a horrible experience and has caused me to absolutely hate the shit. No pay doing it in my area either.
Haha I hear ya dude! I've worked at some real crappy facilities in my day but now I'm steady at one facility and really like it here.
Great job my brother! I from Brazil, industrial electrician and industrial automation. could you tell me a little about the area there and which plcs are most used?
Im doing an Electrical Millwright course, will be an apprentice in 5 months...this looks so overwhelming😂😂but im only a level/year 1 student so i guess im fine
We all started in the trade at the very beginning haha. There was so much stuff that was overwhelming in the beginning, but just like anything, you learn it as time goes along.
Hello sir getting good information from your video ... actually i am electronic engineer and doing vfd repair of 1 kw to 1000 kw at component level so have any job in London for this profile..i can repair all make and vfd installation at so many applications .
Got an interview Monday. New lumber Mill. Here for a refresher. I know vfd variable frequency drive. What's vlc?
I am a 50 year old woman with years of factory experience but I want to move up. Am I too old to bother with a vocational school to become an electrician?
No. You're never too old. If you want it go get it.
When you were showing the inputs and outputs early in the vid, my understanding is that color code conventions suggest blue as the 24V discrete I/O and the red is the 120-240V analog i/o. At least in the US that's what I am used to.
Hey man I have a question. How can I start from the bottom and work my way up to an industrial electrician non union? I am currently a machinist but want to jump to this trade. So I will be more of a helper. But if you know anything please let me know thanks.
You might look into companies which offer an Industrial Electrician Apprenticeship, that is what I am working towards.
Why the fuck would you wanna specifically be non union? If you want to work in the trades you wanna be union period. Fuck even if you aren't a tradesman union is the way to go.
Day in the life to an extent you need to explain more how you engineer in the field. Been there done that i specialize in dynamometers. Every thing you get schematic wise is cut and paste, very frustrating to work for largest dyno company in the world and have cut and paste schematics
Thanks for sharing
Great video man, keep them coming!
Was that a Mac you were doing Ladder Logic on??? Looked like you may have been using Rockwell. Did you get Studio 5000 to work on a Mac?? if so, how did you do it? Thanks.
Josh Ontko for programming on my Mac I run a windows virtual machine.
I will never buy a windows computer haha
Do I need to be a math genius to be an electrician? I'm entering grade 12 upgrading and I'm ok with mathematics, but obviously not a expert
No you don’t need to be a math genius
Not at all required to be a math genius. You will need to know how to transpose formulas like a MF though.
Keep it up 👍
Thank you, I will
Can a electrician afford to live in St. Louis Missouri being a commercial electrician because I’m in trade school right now trying to get my license as a commercial electrician.
Yeah you would financially be able to support your self man. I just graduated my trade school I’m headed to the union soon
@@MoonHawk01 appreciate it for this comment as well I just had to make sure my research match for this as well too I’m glad going right now as well too.
who Trained you and where can I find training
Do you know which company did the installation and construction of that mcc? I noticed the cable tags looked familiar and I've only seen that type with the company I work with rn (my first electrical job)
Great
Can you transition from a commercial electrician to industrial electrician in a reasonable amount of time(few years)?
Hey John
Certainly yes, just keep applying for industrial electrician jobs and gain the work experience.
Are you a journeyman?
@@electricianinformationreso9701 thanks for the info. Not a journeyman I’m finishing an introduction technologist program for renewable energy. Just trying to figure what next step should be. I’ve enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship program for commercial/residential electrician but just wanted to know if that would backtrack me from the industrial side of electrical
Programmable Logic Controllers are the norm nowadays.
Agreed
Good job sir
badass
Hey bro nice video ! I just have question for you , I wire up a cigar shop , but I have a make up air , and an exhaust fan , inspector wants me to interconnect then ex fan is 230v , make up air is 120v , can you please Tell me how can I do that . Thanks .
i guess you should just buy a power converter 230v to 120v
Just another day eh?
Can I ask u if Electrical installation projects is complicated or not than maintenance?
Hmm comparing electrical installation to maintenance.
Both have their challenges and basically you need to know both to do one or the other depending on the situation.
If you are a construction electrician that just reads engineered prints to install equipment but you never commission the equipment, then installing is very easy. But if you go full circle and are in charge of commissioning that equipment as well then you need both.
@@electricianinformationreso9701 thank you very much I like solving troubleshooting of electrical devices and I found that I like Automation like Scada programming and API do u know any center to learn professional training of this field but not expansive
Greetings colleague, I work as an industrial electrician as well but in Russia. Though i am a beginner (24 y.o.). Could you please tell me what the salaries are like in US in this domain? For example in Russia advances workers earn around 1000 dollars a month not in a big city.
id say on average where i live they make $100,000+ a year
so like $8300 a month
@@desertoutlaw3317 where do you live? US?
@@torpediq61 Thats US. My father is industrial electrician here in Florida and makes 6 figures. Its good money if you want to come here to work
Agreed
What’s the starting wage for an industrial Electrician?
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16-20 hr for green hands from what ive seen mostly
Well if u are in an apprenticeship u will start at 50% of what a the plant electrician makes and then receive quarterly raises as long as you pass .industrial electricians make any wher from 25.-50. Hr depending on company
Shit absolute shit
Is this the same as electrical engineering technology??????
That would be more on the engineering side of things where as electricians are out in the field installing the equipment.
I want to do what you do.that is my current goal ...this looks so complicated..what does a new guy do where u work?
Jr Hr pretty much fetch tools and listening and learning from people who know what they are talking about
Easy
Just another day eh bud?
Hello sir i am Lionel L Abot from Philippines i am Motor rewinder and industrial Electrician if you have vacant job i want join your group
whats a VFD? a variable fire damper?... LOL
I live in Eugene OR and when I go bar hopping, girls throw their panties at me when I tell them I am an electrician,
Haha sounds like Eugene is a great place for electricians!
It's not though. Get gritty
Has anyone ever heard of a "naught" wire.
Not yet bro what is it?