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  • @natoe5
    @natoe511 күн бұрын

    The wire doesn’t know what color it is but the inspector does. I guess 3 phase low voltage colors go a phase red, b phase black and c phase blue?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric11 күн бұрын

    Penal 1 one red line, penal 2 two red lines penal 3 three red lines.

  • @natoe5
    @natoe510 күн бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric 👍👍

  • @erikburleson7821
    @erikburleson782111 күн бұрын

    nipple for the ct wires looks crooked

  • @Bob-cx4ze
    @Bob-cx4ze11 күн бұрын

    I thought a disconnect was always required, but the meter was considered a disconnect.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric5 күн бұрын

    Until 2020 code cycle the only time you need it a disconnect is if the main penal was not derectry on the other side of the wall from meter. Here where we live some countries require you to install disconnect if SE Cable runs longer than 5 or 7 ft inside of the house before it enters main panel.

  • @NutkeyDoesMinecraft
    @NutkeyDoesMinecraft11 күн бұрын

    r/HomeDataCenter for sure

  • @russellcali9294
    @russellcali929411 күн бұрын

    What was that called for the low voltage?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric5 күн бұрын

    Low voltage bonding bridge

  • @OG_Kalbasa
    @OG_Kalbasa12 күн бұрын

    ti ruskiy?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric12 күн бұрын

    Да

  • @OG_Kalbasa
    @OG_Kalbasa12 күн бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric а работники нужны?

  • @doughecka
    @doughecka12 күн бұрын

    I'm surprised that the transfer switch is considered the main panel (thus requiring the ground/neutral to be bonded in that panel) without a main breaker located in there. Transfer switch is on the grid side? Is that new code requirements that changed that or has that always been the case?

  • @Calico5string1962
    @Calico5string196211 күн бұрын

    That transfer switch is not on the "grid side" of the system. It is on/downstream from the "load" side of the utility meter - the same place that a "traditional" main breaker/service disconnect would be located - and since it is the first disconnecting means AFTER the service entrance (meter), it IS the main/service disconnect/emergency disconnect (it must be properly labled as such). The main circuit breaker, located in the panel board (inside) is the overload protection device for the load(s). Furthermore, those GE 200A switches are rated as "Service Entrace Equipment", and therefore acceptable to use. The only discrepancy I can see, is that the utility-side lugs are not "guarded" (i.e., protected from contact) after the conductors are in place. This is an NEC requirement (for the last few years), but otherwise the installation should comply. I have installed a few of these exact same swithes on stand-by generator installations. Nice switch, but a bit pricey.

  • @Tokk4-A
    @Tokk4-A10 күн бұрын

    It could be with overcurrent proteccion like fuse or breaker

  • @tymz-r-achangin
    @tymz-r-achangin12 күн бұрын

    1:28 why would they leave the bricks that way

  • @mephInc
    @mephInc11 күн бұрын

    It's a corner. They haven't started the other side yet.

  • @tymz-r-achangin
    @tymz-r-achangin11 күн бұрын

    @@mephInc Oh ok. I never seen it done that way where they would be coming back to interlock the next brick wall in it. I've always seen where they start from the ground up and go all around a parameter while they work their way upward

  • @mephInc
    @mephInc11 күн бұрын

    @@tymz-r-achangin There's a myriad of reasons why they'd do that. Maybe a small crew, they side may not be ready, weather, etc. It was stated that the house is 8,000+sq ft so maybe they have fancy stuff going on.

  • @renestaghjnielsen1110
    @renestaghjnielsen111012 күн бұрын

    Tænker at det er vildt. I Danmark er det normal at have mellem 25 og 35 amp. ved 230 volt x 3 og 400 volt 3 gang. Så 600 amp er vildt. Men det er jo også meget laver spædingen.

  • @Moosetick2002
    @Moosetick200212 күн бұрын

    Some think its overkill but with the rise of electric cars this could just be good planning

  • @tomnorman5461
    @tomnorman546112 күн бұрын

    WOW! Never seen this much "juice" for a residential installation...Good Lord! Over circuited?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric12 күн бұрын

    Biggest house I ever been to. 8,200 sq.ft . I watched a guy pool I believe 1500 amp to a residential property service. Just the pool and a pool house required 600 amp service and the rest was the main house it was gigantic.

  • @zlcoolboy
    @zlcoolboy11 күн бұрын

    I highly doubt a house would use this many amps, so probably just amps because of the potential maximum.

  • @patrickd9551
    @patrickd955112 күн бұрын

    600 amps? We run entire farms on that much power and then we have electricity to spare for a small datacenter. And some wonder why the rest of the world looks at America as a wasteful country. Even for a big big mansion we wouldn't need that much power.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric12 күн бұрын

    Actually if you do load calculation this house was on the border line 600 or 800 service. Some people they have 200 amp service for really big houses I'm not sure how they pass inspection I assume some inspectors don't know how to do load calculation properly and they let it slide. This house already came with plans precalculated load calculation. I did my load calculation on my own and we need 600. But secondly yeah you can run that whole entire house on half of the amperage if you don't do load calculation. But when people spend three million dollars on the house they want it done right.

  • @patrickd9551
    @patrickd955111 күн бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric so, if you would be so kind to give us a realistic situation in which you would need 120kW of power concurrently. I'm not talking theory, but an actual real life scenario. Because those 200 amp houses work simply because that's all that's needed in a realistic situation. As much as I only need 25 amp

  • @ThatOneGuyWithTheEye
    @ThatOneGuyWithTheEye3 күн бұрын

    ​@ProTecElectric retarded bro. I run 2 240v well pumps, 2 houses a detached garage and 3 50amp trailers all on 200amps and am not even tripping breakers even in 115f heat with every ac on the property running. Also have 2 full sized fridges in the garage and both houses have fridges. Anyone who "needs" 800 amps to watch TV and do some gaming/ charge their cars is stupif

  • @denisrichard58
    @denisrichard5813 күн бұрын

    Why would a house require 600 amp?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric13 күн бұрын

    It's a huge 8,000 sq ft house, 3 full kitchens, 200 recessed lights, 3 50amp car chargers,...... Fully loaded

  • @ColinRichardson
    @ColinRichardson12 күн бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric So, it's a 3 apartments disguised as a single house?

  • @Cline3911
    @Cline391112 күн бұрын

    Secret basement weed lair/grow operation/crypto mining operation. Maybe both.

  • @patrickd9551
    @patrickd955112 күн бұрын

    @@ColinRichardson 3 apartments? My big boy family home isn't even that large, let alone something you would call an apartment. You can fit my house 5 times into that and I live quite comfortable with my family of 5 in it and both my wife and I have an office to ourselves.

  • @ColinRichardson
    @ColinRichardson12 күн бұрын

    @@patrickd9551 I was having to guess, since this seemed it was the US, and the US has anaemic voltages and counter that with higher amps. We have 100amp but at double the voltage, so used the wattage and came out with 3. Though, knowing the US wiring, I would still guess even with 600amps, they still couldn't power a standard kettle to make a cup of tea.

  • @seanhoffman6100
    @seanhoffman610013 күн бұрын

    My god I can’t believe you reviewed this , and was like …yep it’s perfect.

  • @DexterFaulk-py1hs
    @DexterFaulk-py1hs19 күн бұрын

    That must have been some good weed😂

  • @jameshamilton2501
    @jameshamilton250122 күн бұрын

    Say, thank you for the video. It was informative and direct. Good video for sure

  • @jp-us9rq
    @jp-us9rq24 күн бұрын

    My whole upstairs lights are flickering u think theirs a good chance its a breaker mt house is very old

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric17 күн бұрын

    Good chance there is bad connection somewhere and it's arcing, you better get it checked out

  • @TheOmengod
    @TheOmengodАй бұрын

    I'm having an issue where im not getting full power to my house. When my refrigerator cranks on, you can here it not getting full power and its sucking power away from my fan; fan slows way down. Any help, thanks!

  • @captainwho1
    @captainwho1Ай бұрын

    How do you determine if the breaker isn't tripping when there is a short circuit or arcing? I had a situation where an old 12awg wire got damaged against a sharp edge in a too small metal box when installing a gfci and the wire melted when I turned the breaker on but it didn't trip the breaker before I manually shut it off. Now that was an arcing situation and not a direct short and this was a standard non gfci/afci breaker. Does that mean the breaker is not necessarily bad? I will probably replace it with a new one but I will still be wondering if it was bad or not.

  • @Superman-ed9rs
    @Superman-ed9rs2 ай бұрын

    Crooked ass lights scabs work👍

  • @jacobsamson257
    @jacobsamson2572 ай бұрын

    That spaghetti hanging out of the box is burnt

  • @mdnnickb
    @mdnnickb2 ай бұрын

    I was replacing a water pressure regulator with my boss on a house when a storm rolled in. Just after disconnecting the WPR, while we were readying the new regulator, an ark leapt from the water supply to the copper pipes of the house... That ark was so loud and bright. I'm very glad I wasn't holding both ends of the copper pipes when it happened. I'm pretty sure I escaped death. Another job I was called to was an outdoor unit (HVAC) that had been hit by lightning. The destruction path was surprisingly, intricate. There was a hole in the accumulator to start but somehow the air-handler took the brunt. As you looked at the air-handler... Every screw holding the doors on had a sooty black star pattern. The indoor coil had a hole. The t-stat wire needed to be replaced from t-stat to handler. And... The t-stat needed to be replaced... I cannot believe we didn't replace the unit lol. But it's crazy how lost lightning can get.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric2 ай бұрын

    Lightning is not a joke 😬 Home owner asked for a price quote to replace main penal, all breakers and new grounding.

  • @tomcharles1260
    @tomcharles12602 ай бұрын

    how about the SE cable strap installed backwards inside the panel? Nice.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric2 ай бұрын

    You mean SE connector?

  • @tomcharles1260
    @tomcharles12602 ай бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric yup the connector. I don't know why I said strap. 😃

  • @dawn1berlitz
    @dawn1berlitz2 ай бұрын

    from the outside it looks like it hit the line for the outdated pots and sometimes lightning can be like a mini EMP like i can remember when lightning struck the transformer or the ground wire for the transformer of which the lighting arrestor failed as it literally exploded i used to find shards of it and the transformer ended up failing as they was unable to get it to energize even after replacing the pole fuse.....that old thing wasnt rated for 200 amp service anyways but onyl things that seemed damage was low voltage stuff like not everytihng with a circuit board was fried like i had u-verse at the time the stuff on ethernet got cooked like the dvr i had dead alongw th some ethernet switches and one of my wireless routers and somehow even the thermostat which has its own wires

  • @theillestKP
    @theillestKP2 ай бұрын

    I played this bad boy at 1.75 and felt like Trinity when she learned how to fly the helicopter

  • @bryanherman1035
    @bryanherman10352 ай бұрын

    Cut a piece of cardboard from the box the panel comes in and masking tape it to the panel cover (completely covering it) so the drywallers can't get shit all over them. I usually slice a sort of "H" into it so you could open the cover if necessary.

  • @non7top
    @non7top2 ай бұрын

    Huge!

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric2 ай бұрын

    Ceilings over 10ft

  • @lexdunmon7345
    @lexdunmon73453 ай бұрын

    with all of these additional "loads" on the grid, it will be a boon for standby generator manufacturers.

  • @denisrichard58
    @denisrichard583 ай бұрын

    With the price of labor, would it not be cheaper just to redo it all instead of trying to do patchwork and figuring out what was done wrong?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric3 ай бұрын

    If all drywall would be out. Probably would be easier to redo the whole thing.

  • @charletonzimmerman4205
    @charletonzimmerman42053 ай бұрын

    No Permit? Walk away, save yourself a lot of headache.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric3 ай бұрын

    We are pulling permit.

  • @JohnThomas-lq5qp
    @JohnThomas-lq5qp3 ай бұрын

    Would have installed two 40 circuit panels and a spare conduit leading to attic for future circuits. Had to install 3 yo 5 new circuits just for kitchen updates.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric3 ай бұрын

    Yes for personal home definitely good idea for future. But when you build for a house builder, they don't really want to pay for something they are not going to get profit today for by homeowner.

  • @SteveStowell
    @SteveStowell3 ай бұрын

    Very few need 400 amp you can charge up to 14 vehicles with a single 50 amp circuit.

  • @cobravids
    @cobravids3 ай бұрын

    Nice work, brother. Im a home DYI and do many things myself. I just installed a sub panel to my garage and learned a few things about subs in the process. We all can be electricians if you just educate yourself. Not on youtube either.

  • @InfoOnly2U
    @InfoOnly2U4 ай бұрын

    торопиться

  • @jaytravel-12
    @jaytravel-124 ай бұрын

    I have a question so I have a 30amp for my hot water heater when the old heater was token out it was leaking at the heat elements and water was every where then it made a pop electrical spark so should i change my breaker for new one .?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric3 ай бұрын

    I would test it to make sure you still have voltage going through when it's on and no voltage when it's off. Breakers are designed to be reset and be reused after short, unless they go bad.

  • @usa5439
    @usa54394 ай бұрын

    Nice job brother 👍 Looks like they tried to bypass the meter and steal electricity. I upgraded my own meter and panel without calling the poco. Just cut the SE lines and reconnect with an insulated splice. 😂 learned it all from KZread.

  • @TheGuruStud
    @TheGuruStud4 ай бұрын

    B/c they like spending more money for nothing lmfao. They won't even use 100A.

  • @ss-fc2fh
    @ss-fc2fh4 ай бұрын

    200 amp panel goes a long way when furnace, cooking, water, dryer are gas...

  • @ryanyoder7573
    @ryanyoder75734 ай бұрын

    Gas leaks

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    Agree 100% When all appliances and heat on gas, 200amp panel is enough in most cases

  • @-Diana469
    @-Diana4694 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @FireAlarm225
    @FireAlarm2254 ай бұрын

    batter up

  • @timothywhieldon1971
    @timothywhieldon19714 ай бұрын

    half up front every time, no exeptions

  • @slamdvw
    @slamdvw4 ай бұрын

    uhm... is having exposed cable up to code?

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    Most states are ok with SEU cable like that, I heard WA state not allowing.

  • @justinballard7242
    @justinballard72424 ай бұрын

    I built my home with a 200 amp service. But im not an idiot. We dont need all this bs in a house. My electrrc bills are 100 in the summer and 130 in the winter. Build smart people.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    Well insulated house goes long ways👍

  • @justinballard7242
    @justinballard72424 ай бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric yes it does. And it doesn't cost that much more. Just attention to detail.

  • @beemerkon
    @beemerkon4 ай бұрын

    Its not hard to do right yourself. You don't need to hire nobody just don't be an idiot and you will be fine

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    You are right. There are a lot of diy era that really handy and really knowledgeable.

  • @waltersmith7950
    @waltersmith79504 ай бұрын

    Interesting video. Went from very scary to a nice job considering what you were allowed (by client) to do. You did explain the need for a proper ground rod. If the client won't pay, client don't get. 👍

  • @ProfessorDIY
    @ProfessorDIY4 ай бұрын

    IN same cases I agree with you in other cases not.

  • @21trips
    @21trips4 ай бұрын

    batter?

  • @billmalec
    @billmalec4 ай бұрын

    Hire an electrician, then do it yourself? I think it's better you hire an English teacher THAN write your own titles. 🤦🤦 Seriously, this is like 4th grade English.

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    I'm sorry to offend you with my English, English is my second language I speak three languages. I'm not the smartest. I'm not the coolest. But God has blessed me in many ways and I don't deserve it either. I still love you 👍 wish you good day.

  • @billmalec
    @billmalec4 ай бұрын

    @@ProTecElectric good try

  • @usa5439
    @usa54394 ай бұрын

    ​@ProTecElectric ignore him man. Your English is fine. 👍

  • @user-ih7cd7pj2l
    @user-ih7cd7pj2l4 ай бұрын

    SMH, i do know know which is the worse, and wtf still using SEU for service upgrades or repairs? lol

  • @ProTecElectric
    @ProTecElectric4 ай бұрын

    In our state you are allowed allowed to have I see you exposed like that, as long as there is no vehicle traffic and away from physical damage area. I can use rigid conduit or PVC schedule 80, some people can't afford those price tags. It passed inspection and the customer is happy.

  • @ryan39584
    @ryan395844 ай бұрын

    It's not better.