Don’t listen to all the cry baby’s . Working live is part of the job . If you can turn it off then do. Sometimes you can’t and shit needs to get done. The times I’ve been shocked were when I didn’t know it was on . If you know chances are you won’t get shocked . Working in a live panel is part of the job. If you can handle it . Pick a different trade. Respect it don’t fear it

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Exactly 💯

@danschumacher5427

Жыл бұрын

Calm down

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

everyones calm

@oldschoolguitars7333

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate this. My journeyman I’m following has me change switches/receps live, no insulated tools. I recently did just buy Klein insulated strippers, so my hands never creep up on the metal part of the tool, that’s the key! And don’t touch any metal parts of the device that’s not the terminals

@simplytrolling6869

Жыл бұрын

Though I completely agree with hot work being part of the job and know from first hand experience how so many will use that “safety crutch”, I’m all for mitigating hazards. I won’t go around my ass to reach my elbow to de-energize anything I’m working on. With that said, if I can easily disconnect the source of feed, I’ll then work it dead.

Myself and the journeyman I was working with recently had to go and add 38 receptacles tapped into nearest available power in a commercial retail setting for our customer. It was standard operating procedure to tap in to the nearest hot box that we could find with the circuit energized so as to avoid shutting off multiple loads that we were not entirely sure what was being powered off of without extensive digging. It would be a wise idea to have a dedicated set of insulated tools for hot work that you know for a fact are in good condition with undamaged insulation on the handles. ✌️

Thank you for the great video. Very helpful!

Thank you for this video, answered all my questions i was looking for

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

glad it was helpful! ☺️

That’s so awesome bro

Appreciate the video bro, u made this seem very easy

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

thanks! more complex in a box, less room/more compact

I'd say you should AT LEAST use a set of insulated tools if you're going to be working hot. A set of insulated gloves would also be ideal if reasonably possible

Thanks for sharing. I will mention that sweat conducts electricity as it contains electrolytes. Be especially careful when working with live wires in hot attics, etc.

@dontblameme6328

Ай бұрын

Really? Wow! You are such a genius.

Great video 👍🏼

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏🏼

thank yuh much appreciate

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

☺️

Hey bud, thanks for taking the time to do this. I turned the switch off but I still have 46v running, as per multimeter. I don't know why that is but was nervous about touching the wires.

@sheldonwhitten990

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not normal

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

Turn the breaker off?

@kenneedsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Probably an older house. My volt pen reads from the water coming out of my faucet. Old wiring. That's what I was told.

@samm357

2 жыл бұрын

Dimmer switch ? Dimmers will leak voltage to the light

@PureNationalism13

Жыл бұрын

@@kenneedsmusicwhat the 😳😂

this was a great tutorial. pull the wires right out of the housing, and really get them clear of eachother - that's the way to do it. the people who are worried about working live are fine to be worried. stay worried, and stay out of electrical. if they think this is bad, how about sticking a tool into a live panel. this is what your journeymen have to do. this is why we pay them properly.

@jodycwilliams

Жыл бұрын

This is the best comment to this video.

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

thank you

@thelifeofguitar8082

4 ай бұрын

@jodycwilliams took the words out my mouth, watch them tho because you’re next :)

Thanks

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Well personally I always use linemans gloves. But I mostly work on 277/480 stuff. An extra layer of protection is good insurance in my opinion.

@mikehunt8129

2 жыл бұрын

1st year apprenti?

@CFrey42

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikehunt8129 I bet not, that’s just called not being dumb

You are savage lmao… just watching this made me more comfortable although it’s usually 208/460 I use 1000v wiha tools and trust them but always fear that arc… That’s the real fear everyone should have…getting shocked just sucks

@DailyElectrician

4 ай бұрын

i would not mess with 460+ live lol, 208 hurts still lol. avoid it as much as possible. aint worth dying to save a company some time

People claiming that ground wires are intended to keep “you” safe is a complete misunderstanding. The ground wire protects equipment which along with that protection provides protection when someone makes contact with that equipment.

@FreeAmerican-mm2my

Жыл бұрын

You should disconnect hot, neutral and ground in that order because you have less things the hot can come into contact with.

@simplytrolling6869

Жыл бұрын

@@FreeAmerican-mm2my one thing I preach is that “it only takes a one wire hook up “two” wire a screw up”

@passengersview7479

Жыл бұрын

The PE does protect you. Imagine L would be in contact with a metal housing if your equipment that is not connected to earth. If you would touch it you would be the connection to earth and that can be very deadly ;)

Stupid question , so you can use a pliers or linesmen to untwist them, so you have to have one arm not touching anything? Or can you use both hands to grab the pliers or have to have again one free hand out while the other does all the work? And why doesn’t the pliers arc or short it out compare to when the wires touch something metal? Sorry found your Chanel and know nothing about electricity but found it amazing.

@thelifeofguitar8082

4 ай бұрын

Definitely use one hand to avoid passings from one arm to the other with your heart in the path. As far as arc or shorting out is the same as screwing on a wire nut, as long as it doesn’t touch you or something grounded it has no path. However there is always a potential for an arc no matter how careful you are. Find the disconnect unless you’ve exhausted all options. Hope it’s not too late

@AnthonyArmendariz-nt3nm

Ай бұрын

​@@thelifeofguitar8082can we not splice everything with a pair of linemans?

If your index finger and thumb get connected, say 120v, or even 240, will it just blow through your fingers right? Not hitting your heart by any chance?

@CFrey42

2 жыл бұрын

You would hope :)

@loganocchionero6621

2 жыл бұрын

Electricity will take every path available to it. If there's a way for it to go through your heart, it will.

@kenneedsmusic

Жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if your whole body become part of the circuit by your 2 fingers connecting it. Or if it just runs only through the fingers. I guess it just runs through your fingers since old school electricians used to test by licking there fingers and touching the wire.

@OfficialTakGiovanni

Жыл бұрын

electricity will flow where ever it needs to go to get to the ground and in pretty much any case you are touching the ground

It seems I always find the one nick in the wire insulation

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

😢

👍👍👍👍👍

If anyone wants to be absolutely safe - grab yourself a pair of dielectric gloves. They don't cost a fortune and you will work stress free.

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

never heard of them, ill look into them. thanks!

@tonyhollis3385

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you get them?

@A.AInc.

Жыл бұрын

Was wondering if those were available to buy somewhere.. Don't know if 2 pairs of those yellow/ marigold washing up gloves would work?

@ignasst

Жыл бұрын

@@A.AInc. Haha, no way. Don't use household gloves as they are too thin.

@inkman002

Жыл бұрын

​@@A.AInc.😂

Aren't you supposed to twist the wires first before you put the wire nut on?

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

to each their own. as you can see when i removed the wirenut it twisted itself just fine. no one on the west coast pre-twists

@RoronoaJah

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the wire nut twists the wire itself, why do extra work for no reason?

@mfill5043

2 жыл бұрын

Been taught by every electrician that it's not good enough and you have to always pre-twist

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

i'm not everyone 😉

@everyone2975

2 жыл бұрын

Never twist first.

Why not wear gloves? Do you normally do it bare handed.

If I need to disconnect anything hot and I’m not sure and don’t want to screw around I’ll just snip the line

Those are definitely not insulated Linemans.

@DailyElectrician

Жыл бұрын

never said they were

I still can’t believe u hardly use ur linemens pliers.

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

lol, west coast best coast 😂

@xxxxixi6073

2 жыл бұрын

You mean my hammer?

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

😂

i meed to "borrow 4000+ kilowatts.i was😊 petrified.... nyc elrctric is crazy... ~1]02

Yes, let’s not work live ever at least in a residential setting. If there are situations electricians have to work live the legal risk for their company is massive if they are happy to carry that risk then they really should not be in the industry. Better to teach safe isolation, lockout and tagout. In industrial settings there may be more reasons to work hot - to reduce downtime, carry on production but even here a risk assessment and arc flash assessment should take place. Once the industrial customer knows the legal liability and risk around that most if not all companies would schedule downtime. To many electricians have lost their lives thinking they were immune to electrical shocks, they were too experienced they were too knowledgeable.

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, wise to not work live but also good to know how to just in case

Man this is a 5 year experience tip

Scary shit lol.

@DailyElectrician

2 жыл бұрын

not really

@Alex-jo2oi

2 жыл бұрын

@@DailyElectrician just at first glance.

@Alex-jo2oi

2 жыл бұрын

@@DailyElectrician I’m sure it’s more of a procedure than anything.

@MrStompingshadow

3 ай бұрын

Yes really you almost touched an exposed wire while touching another live wire

This is not the way you should do things.

@DailyElectrician

7 ай бұрын

can you be more specific?

@giovanniwright7716

3 ай бұрын

How would you do things ? If you’re going to call someone out back it up

@justinhurst5019

6 күн бұрын

I'm literally in a Comcast building, doing this same stuff. Uncertified, only two weeks in, unsupervised! I'm on here trying to learn what not to do.