Electrical work being preformed by untrained people. Putting peoples lives at risk.
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@AMIAmigaman5 ай бұрын
Worked as a major appliance repair tech for 23 years. Often ran electric stoves that wouldn't get very hot. Right off I knew they miss-wired the stove or the outlet. They would say they had an electrician wire it. Probably not. One guy did it himself. I explained how he had made the whole stove cabinet hot and could have killed someone. He said he didn't know. That's why they have electricians. If you screw up plumbing, you may have a flood. If you screw up electrical, you may die.
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment !! That'd crazy that you brought up a shorted stove. The reason I decided to get into the electrical field was when i was 12 my mom was getting shocked when she touched the range and the metal sink base. I watched as an electrician fixed the problem and was mesmerized ! I just don't understand how people are willing to do electrical work whit out the knowledge to do so. As you said they are putting peoples lives at risk !!
@user-lb1hg4fd8j4 ай бұрын
Hey man appreciate the video im in school to become an electrician apprentice and this helps me understand a lot about the field. I hope you can make more videos about electrical work you are an amazing at explaining how it works
@peep395 ай бұрын
When I moved into my "new" home in 2019 it was full of knob and tube and cloth romex. I think the K&T held up better, even being older. Plus it was tinned. All gone now
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
I have to agree on the knob and tube ! at least the conductors were separate from each other... so no chance of the two conductors shorting out. The broken link part of knob and tube is that the electrician would solder in ( tin) any where along the wires .... so if the joint weakened a short could occur . Not being in a box to starve it of oxygen it was free to start a fire. But Thanks SO much for the comment . Glad to hear you removed it all !!
@jasonstarr64195 ай бұрын
Those watching might not understand the importance of aluminum corroding. In the home we used to live in, someone, sometime, had installed aluminum Sylvania breakers (oh, how I hate those super expensive breakers!) and they had not used any anti-corrosive gel on the aluminum busses. The problem with not using anti-corrosive is this: copper oxidizes/corrodes just like any metal. BUT, cuprous oxide is conductive. Aluminum oxide is NOT! When aluminum corrodes, the "oxidation" or "aluminum rust" causes a barrier between the two elements - breaker and wire or breaker and panel buss. This means that when the electricity forces its way across or through the barrier, it does so in the same fashion as an arc welder. It is arcing across the barrier. This is what causes fires. This can occur in a panel or in an outlet in a wall. Just sayin'.
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
Jason WOW WOW !!! loved your comment on aluminum !! This takes it from a tradesman level... to a science level. Greatly appricated !!!
@joewebb48364 ай бұрын
BX and cloth covered cable came after knob&tube.
@Shrig-vs8vx4 ай бұрын
AC units can be on a breaker bigger then the wire size NEC rules on motors. Depending on what kind of aluminum wire (AA-8000) you may not need antioxidant compound.
@ThatISPerfection
4 ай бұрын
Great comment !! I found the nec rules on motors a very interesting read ! this section : Protecting a 14 AWG conductor with a 30A circuit breaker, for example, just looks wrong. But keep in mind that motor branch circuit conductors are protected against overloads by the overload device. That device is sized between 115% and 125% of the motor nameplate current rating [430.32]. The "just looks wrong" would have been my take before reading the code. so you just taught an old dog a new tri...er code :) And yes i was not aware there was a new aluminum wire available : However, today's AA-8000 aluminum alloy is much different than that of AA- 1350. It contains 0.001 to 0.3% zinc, 0.001 to 0.03% titanium, 0.001 to 0.5% manganese, and 0.03 to 0.4% silicon, depending on product specification. This combination produces excellent strength and resistance to corrosion again great comment !!
@anthonymarino42605 ай бұрын
well said
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
i assume the reply was to ami comment i have to agree !!!
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Worked as a major appliance repair tech for 23 years. Often ran electric stoves that wouldn't get very hot. Right off I knew they miss-wired the stove or the outlet. They would say they had an electrician wire it. Probably not. One guy did it himself. I explained how he had made the whole stove cabinet hot and could have killed someone. He said he didn't know. That's why they have electricians. If you screw up plumbing, you may have a flood. If you screw up electrical, you may die.
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment !! That'd crazy that you brought up a shorted stove. The reason I decided to get into the electrical field was when i was 12 my mom was getting shocked when she touched the range and the metal sink base. I watched as an electrician fixed the problem and was mesmerized ! I just don't understand how people are willing to do electrical work whit out the knowledge to do so. As you said they are putting peoples lives at risk !!
Hey man appreciate the video im in school to become an electrician apprentice and this helps me understand a lot about the field. I hope you can make more videos about electrical work you are an amazing at explaining how it works
When I moved into my "new" home in 2019 it was full of knob and tube and cloth romex. I think the K&T held up better, even being older. Plus it was tinned. All gone now
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
I have to agree on the knob and tube ! at least the conductors were separate from each other... so no chance of the two conductors shorting out. The broken link part of knob and tube is that the electrician would solder in ( tin) any where along the wires .... so if the joint weakened a short could occur . Not being in a box to starve it of oxygen it was free to start a fire. But Thanks SO much for the comment . Glad to hear you removed it all !!
Those watching might not understand the importance of aluminum corroding. In the home we used to live in, someone, sometime, had installed aluminum Sylvania breakers (oh, how I hate those super expensive breakers!) and they had not used any anti-corrosive gel on the aluminum busses. The problem with not using anti-corrosive is this: copper oxidizes/corrodes just like any metal. BUT, cuprous oxide is conductive. Aluminum oxide is NOT! When aluminum corrodes, the "oxidation" or "aluminum rust" causes a barrier between the two elements - breaker and wire or breaker and panel buss. This means that when the electricity forces its way across or through the barrier, it does so in the same fashion as an arc welder. It is arcing across the barrier. This is what causes fires. This can occur in a panel or in an outlet in a wall. Just sayin'.
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
Jason WOW WOW !!! loved your comment on aluminum !! This takes it from a tradesman level... to a science level. Greatly appricated !!!
BX and cloth covered cable came after knob&tube.
AC units can be on a breaker bigger then the wire size NEC rules on motors. Depending on what kind of aluminum wire (AA-8000) you may not need antioxidant compound.
@ThatISPerfection
4 ай бұрын
Great comment !! I found the nec rules on motors a very interesting read ! this section : Protecting a 14 AWG conductor with a 30A circuit breaker, for example, just looks wrong. But keep in mind that motor branch circuit conductors are protected against overloads by the overload device. That device is sized between 115% and 125% of the motor nameplate current rating [430.32]. The "just looks wrong" would have been my take before reading the code. so you just taught an old dog a new tri...er code :) And yes i was not aware there was a new aluminum wire available : However, today's AA-8000 aluminum alloy is much different than that of AA- 1350. It contains 0.001 to 0.3% zinc, 0.001 to 0.03% titanium, 0.001 to 0.5% manganese, and 0.03 to 0.4% silicon, depending on product specification. This combination produces excellent strength and resistance to corrosion again great comment !!
well said
@ThatISPerfection
5 ай бұрын
i assume the reply was to ami comment i have to agree !!!