I'm 59 and have been doing electrical work of some sort since I was 16. I'm one of those walking tropical rain forests that sweats like crazy. It does get pretty hot here in NC as well as TN and FL when I lived there. You covered pretty much everything Dustin, great tips. One thing I would add is try to acclimate yourself to the heat. Don't keep your house 60 degrees, keep it about 75 or so and it will make a huge difference. Keep a fan going instead. You do get used to it, you'll save some on your bills and you won't be as susceptible to dying in the heat. Don't get me wrong, 75 is no 110, but you'd be surprised how much it helps. Chillin' in the AC is great, but for me, 75 is the new 60 lol. Great channel bud, nice to see some folks still excited about the best trade out there.
Omg ! I live in Arizona and I thought I was the only one that did that my house is always at 78 through 81 and it’s not even hot when I go outside it’s about 100 and it honestly doesn’t bother me😅
Wear light color, the more reflective the better. I also have a pair of yellow tint polarized sunglasses, I'm a fan because it keep the burn away without making everything dark. And I've got a large brim "Arctic hat", not very fashionable but it has a reflective film on top and the inside is made to be damp it in water. That was my two cents 😂✌️
Great tips! Every year I’ve had to pull guys off job sites from heat exhaustion/stroke. Those are scary moments for everyone involved. Keep a cool towel around the neck, slow down and stay hydrated. It’s so much better than making a call to your loved ones explaining that there’s an IV in your arm and you’re starting to feel better.
Heat stroke is no fun happened one time and I hope it never happens again I passed out the first time got up and was hella confused and walking around and then passed put again. Last summer was quite the adventure with it consistently in the 100's.
Worked outside for about 35 years and a spare change of stuff in the truck is always handy, especially dry socks and boots if the weather makes you soggy. Our shop had a couple of 12x12 pop-up canopies for both shade and rain protection. Some of our guys would buy beach umbrellas for cheap at the end of the season, then keep one in the work truck. Add in a few 8x10 tarps plus a few chinch straps or bungee cords with some imagination and you can weatherproof lots of things. A small fan was on my list some 30 years ago, back when I did boiler work, usually in unventilated rooms. The one thing that sticks in my mind was an old guy who had a pith helmet with a solar powered fan. Everyone made jokes about that 30 years ago, but it worked well!
I bought a Compcooler powered ice water vest a couple AZ summers ago and it''s borderline a life-safer. It's especially helpful if you just can't get any notable airflow. I wouldn't say that it keeps you cool (nothing does in 115F heat) but it fundamentally will keep you from overheating while it runs -- that is, you still feel hot, but at no point do you feel like you're going to pass out or feel like you are slowing down. I find that one large ice bladder lasts for almost 2 hours around here, so I keep a few of them ready to go. The batteries last all day.
Dustin --- and every other electrician and apprentices, about the clothing you choose to wear for work. You should always avoid wearing any clothing, especially shirts, sweatshirts, etc.. that are made from nylon, Lycra, rayon, any material that is man made. Cotton, 100% cotton is all you should ever wear. Reason being that if you get electrocuted, get an arc flash, or any type of high heat or flame, that nylon, rayon, Lycra, etc... is going to melt onto your skin and then harden like plastic. So if you survive, you are going to wish you died. All that plastic stuck to your body has to be peeled and cut away from your already burned flesh. If you've ever melted something plastic and seen how it drips liquid fire and it will melt into almost any surface and then hardens as it cools and becomes imbedded into the surface, that is what it will do to your body. Only wear 100% cotton, or flame resistant NOMEX protective clothing. Cotton will catch fire quickly and turn to light ashes and basically fall away from you and disappear. 100% cotton is the safest material. No sports shirts, no wickaway shirts, none of those workout shirts jackets, pants, should ever be worn by anyone working with electrical.
While this is true, im in florida and those long sleeve fishing shirts that melt like straight plastic are life savers lol. I also watched my coworker get arc flashed and while his shirt didnt melt. He was still cooked crispy tho
Depends what kind of electrical work you are doing. If you are doing residential then it's not likely you will have an arc flash that will toast you like in industrial/commercial.
@@illestofdemall13 ---- you are correct in what you wrote. The risk is somewhat lower with residential work. But, the risk is there, nonetheless. In residential new construction the odds are very low, but doing service work it can happen. Working on a main panel or meter socket /main combo, 240 volts single phase will still blow an arc and flame as well as all the shrapnel, melted metals, plastics and be hotter than the sun when it does that. Working on any live electrical in any scenario, is always taking the risk of not going home at the end of the day. Even 120 volts. It may not roast you like a marshmallow but it will kill you if you can't get yourself disconnected from that circuit. It will make your heart misfire and fail. It will also give some nice burns to the contact point that starts from the inside out like cooking a hotdog in the microwave oven. The same noises, steam escaping from the splits in the skin from the liquid boiling inside. That's why most electricians who know the reality of the results of being in an electrical accident, will usually say I hope it kills me because survival would be worse than death. We do one of the most dangerous and deadly jobs that there is. The average person who doesn't even think about how the electricity works safely every time they turn on a light or start the microwave or plug in their new television or computer. They don't even realize how many people die every year and have died over the last 150 years so they don't have to wonder if the lights will work every day. People question why we charge so much money to come and do some repairs or installs. Because we risk our lives every day, every job, no matter the size of the job.
@@13_13k I pretty much wear cotton because I like how it feels but I keep an extra shirt because I sweat through them. Yes, it is a risky job and there are certain tasks that are riskier than others. I know a few people who have been it with 120 and also 240 that were lucky to break free for one reason or another. My brother in law fell off the ladder and that broke the connection. He was moving supposedly disconnected fluorescent shop lights off a shelf in order to take them to the dumpster, but one was connected still and must have had a fault because when he grabbed it, it grabbed him back.
@@illestofdemall13 ---- I'm hoping your bro in law is okay after that? I myself have been an electrician for over 30 years, more than half my life. I was union journeyman commercial/industrial for 16 years, was an apprentice on a service truck and a couple extra years, almost 7 years on that job, and I've had my own business and state contractors license for 10 yrs now. I've been shocked so many times I couldn't tell you the number. Two were scary, one I was standing on the top of a 14 ft ladder and got hit with 277v emergency circuit while demo ing a commercial building, I didn't fall, Thank God. But it bit me pretty good, another time as an Apprentice working in a doghouse that contained a water heater and a furnace and a ¾ inch copper water pipe was in front of me and I was leaning with my chest onto the pipe as I worked on a box with a pair of receptacles. I had shut off the breaker before but some other trades were on the job and someone turned the breaker on without asking anyone, this was before lockout tagout was a thing and I got hit with the return on a neutral wire catching 240 volts as I was very much grounded to a copper pipe across my chest. Luckily I was able to let go but my left arm and most of the left side of my torso were numb for about 30 minutes. But I've been in some very very dangerous situations that one wrong move, or if I dropped a tool or a part, while working inside a very large piece of switchgear in the electric room of a high rise, landing a round of 500 mcm wire on the ground bussbar, landing the neutral on its bar and the 3 phases on the 800 amp breaker. Sweating bullets from the heat being generated from all the electric equiptment, probably 115° F in that metal switchgear, plus knowing that one simple mistake would kill me and my tool partner. Hair on my arms standing up from the induction electricity coming off the other breakers and wires, sweat was pouring off me, my head and face and even my forearms. My gloves were soaked, Unwashed soaked. Even that could have been my death if the sweat made the connection between my arms or body and live bussbar, I wouldn't have to touch it, just be close enough and the power could jump across and I would be done. I've worked on 3 phase panel that had rain running down the riser from a pool of water on the roof and running into the panel making it shoot random flames and hissing and spitting, dripping through the meter socket also so no way to shut it down except pull the breakers and get the load down to zero and then wait for Edison to show up and unlock the meter ring and pull the meter. There are other situations, but all in a day's work. Sorry for the long stories
I'm surprised you didn't mention Phase cooling vests, water cooling vests or evaporative vests. The latter doesn't work in humid environments but the other two are quite effective. I'm a "sweater" contractor and I use a phase cooling vest. Its a must have when I go into an attic. Another tip for heavy sweaters is to lightly spray yourself with a garden hose. It feels good and you'll stay a tad cooler. Plus it hides your sweat :) Great video btw, i'm gonna try wool socks. Mad respect to anyone who works in that kind of heat, I wouldn't last an hour in it.......
Wake up Drink coffee Work like an animal Drink nothing Eat nothing Curse ceaselessly Eat nicotine lozenges because smoking is bad for you Continue working and cussing Go home. Drink beer. Eat dinner Drink more beer. Shower Sleep Repeat. Welcome to my world
I use frozen water bottles, wrap them in my cooling tower then tie it to the back of my neck, works amazing and you have ice cold water to drink as it melts
When I worked construction in the summer breaks from college in Florida. I would do pretty much everything you said, water, long sleeves, wear a bandana, etc, carry a change of work clothes but also a regular set of clothes with flip flops. I would change my wet shirt at lunch and after I was done for the day change my work clothes to some comfortable rags and take off my work boots and wear flip flops to go home. Oh and I always carry a roll of TP in the car... you never wanted to need to go do your business and find out there's no TP anywhere...
Definitely agree with the water thing, way too many people I see out here don't drink ANY water for the day, they drink a cup of coffee in the morning and maybe a soda at lunch but they never stay hydrated
Us bald dudes KNOW we ALWAYS have to have a hat, or something covering our heads. Even if it is overcast, cloudy, somewhat cooler out (75 or below)...That scalp burn is NO JOKE and you FEEL it when you take that shower after work...But, I always say "See the landscapers? Wear what they wear!" those dudes KNOW how to dress for working outside in the heat!
I bought an M18 fan last year and I use it all the time now! I wish I had it my first year as an apprentice, was on a commercial job with the windows closed up tight with the superintendent threatening to kick people off the job if they touch the windows😭 That was one humid summer here in Houston!
Honestly the best way I've found to make heat more bearable? Turn off the AC. When I was younger and we didn't have air conditioning it seemed like you become accustomed to the heat. I still notice it on days when I blast the air conditioning all the way to the job site and as soon as I open the door it's like I just drove to the center of hell. Whereas if I drive with the windows down instead it doesn't seem to be that big of a shock to your body when you get out and it's 115° Also polyester is King when it comes to moisture wicking and staying cool. The only problem with polyester and being an electrician? If you're to get catastrophically zapped it's likely your clothes are going to melt to your skin. My super bought that fan and he loves it. I personally find my hard hat is heavy enough lol
As a texas boy I bought that hard hat fan as soon as it came out and it make a world of difference, got me extra batteries for it to last my 12-18hr days... It's amazing
Easy turbo… We got up to 106 in Minnesota last year and we got horrible humidity. And yes I am one of those violent sweaters!🤣 that was the best description I’ve ever heard!
I work in the dc area rarely ever gets over 100 degrees in the summer but we have extremely high humidity makes one feel like you can’t breathe when working .
Hey fantastic video man thanks for starting the conversation. This is important to our health as well as production. Brother could you do a video on safety related to working in confined spaces, small rooms, and areas with poor air flow while someone is welding or lots of propane heaters are burning?
On your simulated Journey man test on question #77 you came up with D/L value using a diferent formula. I know how to use the 2kIL formula to solve for Vd or Cm but not for D/L. Please let me know hiw did you solve for D/L, thank you very much! Im the guy that made the electrician song btw 2 christmas ago! Dude you rock!
I'm a warm person, especially when I have a full beard. I also have tinea versicolor (most people do, but on my fair skin it can grow into rashes). Ventilation, sun protection, etc. Are crucial. Fans are great and the ability to go shirtless (not a luxury everyone can enjoy, but I'm no professional) is priceless (or at least keep the button down open. I'm wary of A/C... Get back in the truck if you need to, of course. But air conditioning conditions our bodies in a poor way. Can create stress. I prefer to never use A/C (even in my home, just use fans). Of course, if you are working outside just cutting out the hottest part of the day and enjoying a siesta in the shade is a must. Start at 5AM go to 11 and start back up around 3 to finish. In the Ozarks and in the Great Lakes region I know how to deal with the humidity! Good advice!
Oh and of course: pacing yourself. Keep your breathing even, don't keep "pushing it." Work efficiently, be mindful of your body movements and keep your internal furnace pumping heat at a minimum! Take breathers as necessary.
I agree with the AC. I do use it at home but not in my van i feel like my body goes into shock from being nice and cool to swamp ass hot. Sometimes ill even turn the heater on slightly just to try to start acclimating for the day
Light colored clothing can make at least 10 degrees of temperature difference when you're in direct sun. White works well, but shows the dirt, of course.
Totally agree - long pants, every day - no matter the temperature. I never understood people working on the jobsite half-naked. The long sleeve shirts can be ordered with SPF protection too. :)
The only time i hate wearing pants is doing crazy digging in the middle of the summer. Everyone is so sweaty their pants are soaked and then they get caked in a sweaty mud mix. Everyone looks damned miserable at the end of the day its almost funny until you remember its only monday
Super solid advice. I've suffered from heat exhaustion twice as an apprentice. Once was in the attic space of a small casino in Wyoming during the summer, once was in the attic of a big dog kennel in Minnesota during the summer. It required traveling across the entire building, but in the attic. Not only does the heat of the attic space get to you but the physical energy require to travel in an attic space. If all you have to do is put a single wire nut on or close up a junction box but can't feel like you'll make it, stop. Turn around and cool off. It isn't worth it.
If I had seen this video early in my career, I probably still wouldn't have taken your advice on keeping an extra set of clothes. I'm stubborn. But it's a lesson I've learned working in Tennessee. It feels AMAZING to change into a dry shirt halfway through the day. And yes, Arizona is hotter, temperature-wise, but I've worked inside a shipping container in Phoenix in the dead of Summer and barely broke a sweat. The humidity in the South is the killer!
DRINK WATER! - Those cramps while pulling wire, or uses your hands installing devices, handling hardware, etc IS REAL...I hate that shit, I sweat SO MUCH, I cannot drink ENOUGH water! I literally tell my wife that I cannot have my gallon jug in my hand at all times! LOL - She hates when I wake up with leg cramps in the middle of the night!
I recommend a 90% Nylon and 10% spandex shirt for hot or humid climates, this will quickly wick away moisture and air out. It's light, surfers use this mixture of fabrics...Cotton is the worst unless you like to be a wet boiling blanket all day. Jokes on everyone else when I show up to work in Billabong shirts...
DONT FORGET Your ice packs in coolers and even better they sell ice pack cooling vests that are filled with mini ice pack pocketed vests are about 35 bucks online lowers body temp about 10 -45 degrees and work great also if you have hypo-glycemia (low blood sugar) (ask all employees on site if they have it) then dont over hydrate with sugary drinks which will dehydrate you quicker than anything and turn you into lobster red skin which is deadly and will give you quick heat stroke and your skin will feel tingly inside which is first sign of heat stroke if you feel tingly stop immediately and under no conditions keep working until body core temp is lowered as quick and safe as possible your health is more valuable than anything dont be manly and die screw work cool down
Skin cancer is no joke; surgery on your face isn't fun. BTDT. Use sun screen and covering and maybe in 20-30 years you can avoid it. I have a dorky-looking baseball cap with neck and ear shields that even fits under a hard hat.
Here's a tip that will keep you cool as a cucumber and comfortable all year long at your work: Work in IT. Maybe bring a jacket for the datacenter sorties.
120v from 1 hot leg of 208 3 phase, 2 hot legs is 208v single phase, and obviously all 3 are 208v 3 phase. In a high leg delta the wild leg is 208v to ground single phase using just 1 hot. High leg systems are not really common mostly older and rural areas.
I'm a violent sweater lol. Extra clothes are a life saver. When inside, I keep a bunch of bandanas on me, tying them around my forehead keeps sweat out of my eyes. Also several pairs of comfortable work gloves help keep all your sweat and dirt off of nice finish materials.
Snow and cold shut down job sites? I spent hours outside in minus -40. You think becuase it up north we never have heat either? I gotten plenty a heat stroke in weather that with the humidex was hotter than the forecast in Arizona at the time. I live the border and hour from Ottawa, Canada. Easier than all of that take some ice water from your cooler, wet a towel, drape it over the back of your neck.
Funny my father and I were talking about those packets recently. I've just been going for gatorade until I become rich lol. Great for sport use as well!
Merino wool sock are a most, yes there expensive but well worth it. 12hr day and the only thing not soaked is my feet. Good pair will cost around 20$ but there phenomenal
I am a warehouse associate for a small company that’s growing quickly. I want to learn to be a technician for this company but I have to go out the work sites but I am a person, who hates heat and the cold and when it comes to one or both I will be agitated because of it, and people are talking to me and I am trying to focus on one thing. I can’t be moving around and shit I need to focus on staying cool while also working on one thing. But I rather be at the warehouse where it’s insulated from the heat, and only get hot when we leave the doors open and the air we have that’s cool out. But no matter what I do I get overwhelmed from the heat, people trying to talk to me while I’m focusing on my work that I was assigned to, and people wanting me to help them with something and the site supervisor getting onto me, for saying no because I will be overwhelmed even more and more agitated as I already am from trying to work in the heat, and focus on the assigned assignment.
you can get one of those large black ponds or tin tubs from home depot, fill it up with ice and then take a 3 minute ice bath in an unseen location or use a spicket from a cooler and run really cold water all over your head during a break freeze a balaclava in a freezer have an extra pair of cold shoes in a work freezer but wrap a grocery bag around it cause some people might think that's nasty. make sure the shoes have nice padding like maybe some cheap fubu shoes from walmart
Keeping your cool oh like actually keeping cool I thought you meant arguments and getting into fights on job sites that might be a good video too to tell people how to cool off when they are mad and heated over a bad job that was done
I just can’t do the long sleeves . I do a big ol hat with neck cover tho. I wear tanks and shorts made of cooling fabric. But I want a neck fan . So humid here . Is it humid there ?
I like to wear dickies work pants or cargo pants cuz in the summer they don’t stick to ur skin like jeans and I’ll wrap a bandana around my neck to stop the Sun from burning tf out my skin
I wear long sleeve Columbia shirts and a big straw hat. I hate jobs where some asshat in an air conditioned office comes up with a rule requiring you to wear a hard hat working on taxiway lights out in the middle of an airfield.
Really dark glasses that are not polarices could damage your eyes, the darkness will make your eyes more sensible to light rays which will more damage to your eyes if they not polarice and blocking thise light rays
9:55 In the scene where your sitting next to the Pecan tree in long grass, in Texas I think rattlesnakes. I suspect that's why you have a handgun that you don't show in your video.
Btw cooling your end points such as hand, feet and face have been notably studied to lower core temperature of the body and even improve performance in athletes.
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Yea Im pretty north like my state borders canada and it still gets intot the 100's here and then conversly it's in the 20's durning winter and I hate it.
Former landscaper in GA here. Cover up with lots of moisture wicking fabrics and a wide brimmed hat. Wool socks for sure. I like 75% Merino wool blend, the lower the wool, the more my feet get swampy wet. My feet sweat like crazy so I usually change my socks at lunch time. Wool socks don’t usually get stinky so I’ll lay the wet pair out in the back of my truck and wear them again the following day. When I was doing landscaping, I would usually drink 1/2 a Gatorade in the morning before Ieft. Gallons of water during the day, then the other half when I got home. Also would change my shirt once or twice during the day depending on customer interaction.
I have a Tip Video Request... I am about to start a PM role in facilities that are being built, where we are installing potentially hazardous things like switchgear. Now, I am not an electrician, nor do I play one on TV. For the most part I will be outside the arc flash boundary, perhaps occasionally inside the limited approach boundary, but I would never be in the limited or restricted areas. Plus, unless we're doing testing on installed equipment, it won't be energized. I am OSHA 30, and I'm familiar with 70E, plus I have the well honed survival instinct that several years of playing with dangerous ordinance will give anyone who doesn't get themselves blown up. And of course I have the proper Cat-2 PPE. (I will never be doing anything that requires Category 3 or 4 Arc Flash gear) So, outside of the obvious safety related stuff; what other tips or advice would you have, that are OUTSIDE of the training and books? The kinds of things you learn "On The Job" . I'd also be interested in any thoughts from other viewers.
LOL. I live and work in Florida and I definitely SWEAT VIOLENTLY . Even my crew agrees. If I'm in one spot more than a minute I make puddles. Great vid bro! Keep up the great content!
Great great video! Glad I ran across your channel. I work outdoors most of the time and my boyfriend is an electrician. He also has the Klein hard hat with the headlamp and the fan attachment and he absolutely loves his! I’ll be checking out your videos for gift ideas for sure! One thing I’ll mention is the Milwaukee job site speaker he has had for YEARSSSSS. (It’s the bigger square model)This thing has been through it all. Accidentally been rained on a few times.It’s still working like a champ. I was hesitant because of the price but after owning it i would purchase another in a heartbeat. Well worth the extra money.
Question 1 Why don't 2 pole circuit breakers have arc fault protection. I can only find ground fault protection breakers. Question 2 Why would you need to do all of the breakers in the box to be arc and ground fault protected when you could just do the main like 200 AMP breaker?
when I started doing service work and might not know what job i’m going to be dispatched to after the first job, so i take a fanny pack to keep in whoever’s van i’m in with sunscreen, sunglasses, and UV sleeves and UV skull cap/neck shade. i’m in the atlanta metro area and it’s pretty humid as well as hot.
Man I watch one of your videos the other day that saved my ass today. I bought a low voltage tester to trace some wires (because I saw it on your video) and I found the problem. My question is way can’t I get any tone in the service panel from that circuit? I’ve found tone all around the panel, I’ve found which breaker the circuit is on, but when I use the test in the panel, cover off, touching the tip of the test to the wire coming out of every breaker I get nothing. Any ideas? There are 2 gfci receptacles on that circuit
We are doing a bunch of warehouse lighting changeouts right now, best investment was a dewalt cordless fan. The big 4 and 5ah batteries last about 3 to 4 hours on full blast which works out just about perfect for lunch and quitting time. Just strap that badboy up on the lift and its almost chilly lol.
In the bathroom of most fire/rescue stations in the deep south, you will see a wall chart with pictures of urine, from water white to deep dark yellow. This is a reminder: If your urine is not damn close to water white, you ARE dehydrated and must drink more water.
At 13:15, I did this as I started my apprenticeship, and got laughed at by the truck runner, saying I won’t make it at all in the trade, since I started off doing remodels in 100+ degree heat in humid Mississippi. Since then I just had to accept it, until he got fired for abusive treatment of helpers and constant harassment of staff and clients.
Could you do a vid on more commercial/industrial stuff please?
I agree
He does videos based off of his experience and he is a residential electrician so I doubt he will be able to talk about commercial or industrial.
@@kalebjohns7715 2:45 That looks like commercial.
@@kalebjohns7715 he does everything, plenty of videos of him in industrial settings
@@kalebjohns7715 You're a fool and have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm an apprentice in Canada and we have the opposite problem, Winter and communists.
You will get the heat problem in the summer trust me
@@Alexsmartway We've been up on the asphalt roof installing solar panels. It's hot up there in July.
We have communists also
You’re so brave you should move to china.
i think most you are having trouble with "BONGS" stay off the choof
PHuking communists whats wrong with you-------
I actually clicked thinking this was about maintaining emotional equilibrium rather than temperature 😁 Maybe a subject for a future video?
i thought the same at first, that would be a great topic as well
I definitely had that initial thought too. Does that video exist? I need it.
That video would probably have kept me from throwing my hard hat across the job site a few hundred times
Tip 1
Start at 5 am. You can get to 5pm and it will never feel that bad.
If your start at 9am. You will be done by, 9:05am.
Truth right here. If you start before the sun your body will acclimate much better by the time it’s out
Amen, Brother. Early bird, etc.
I'm 59 and have been doing electrical work of some sort since I was 16. I'm one of those walking tropical rain forests that sweats like crazy. It does get pretty hot here in NC as well as TN and FL when I lived there. You covered pretty much everything Dustin, great tips. One thing I would add is try to acclimate yourself to the heat. Don't keep your house 60 degrees, keep it about 75 or so and it will make a huge difference. Keep a fan going instead. You do get used to it, you'll save some on your bills and you won't be as susceptible to dying in the heat. Don't get me wrong, 75 is no 110, but you'd be surprised how much it helps. Chillin' in the AC is great, but for me, 75 is the new 60 lol. Great channel bud, nice to see some folks still excited about the best trade out there.
Yup, clever Texans do that too.
Omg ! I live in Arizona and I thought I was the only one that did that my house is always at 78 through 81 and it’s not even hot when I go outside it’s about 100 and it honestly doesn’t bother me😅
Is this some kind of sick joke?! I was roughing a kitchen that had an inch of snow on the ground like 2 weeks ago 🤣
Wear light color, the more reflective the better. I also have a pair of yellow tint polarized sunglasses, I'm a fan because it keep the burn away without making everything dark. And I've got a large brim "Arctic hat", not very fashionable but it has a reflective film on top and the inside is made to be damp it in water. That was my two cents 😂✌️
I also have one of the super wide brimmed sun hat. Looks goofy but when I’m working or hiking I’m protected.
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Great tips! Every year I’ve had to pull guys off job sites from heat exhaustion/stroke. Those are scary moments for everyone involved. Keep a cool towel around the neck, slow down and stay hydrated. It’s so much better than making a call to your loved ones explaining that there’s an IV in your arm and you’re starting to feel better.
Heat stroke is no fun happened one time and I hope it never happens again I passed out the first time got up and was hella confused and walking around and then passed put again. Last summer was quite the adventure with it consistently in the 100's.
I seriously thought you meant "how to keep cool (and not beat the fuck out of your coworkers) on the jobsite"
until I read the description lol
Apparently quite a few did lol. I’ll make that one now too
Worked outside for about 35 years and a spare change of stuff in the truck is always handy, especially dry socks and boots if the weather makes you soggy. Our shop had a couple of 12x12 pop-up canopies for both shade and rain protection. Some of our guys would buy beach umbrellas for cheap at the end of the season, then keep one in the work truck. Add in a few 8x10 tarps plus a few chinch straps or bungee cords with some imagination and you can weatherproof lots of things. A small fan was on my list some 30 years ago, back when I did boiler work, usually in unventilated rooms. The one thing that sticks in my mind was an old guy who had a pith helmet with a solar powered fan. Everyone made jokes about that 30 years ago, but it worked well!
I bought a Compcooler powered ice water vest a couple AZ summers ago and it''s borderline a life-safer. It's especially helpful if you just can't get any notable airflow. I wouldn't say that it keeps you cool (nothing does in 115F heat) but it fundamentally will keep you from overheating while it runs -- that is, you still feel hot, but at no point do you feel like you're going to pass out or feel like you are slowing down. I find that one large ice bladder lasts for almost 2 hours around here, so I keep a few of them ready to go. The batteries last all day.
Dustin --- and every other electrician and apprentices, about the clothing you choose to wear for work. You should always avoid wearing any clothing, especially shirts, sweatshirts, etc.. that are made from nylon, Lycra, rayon, any material that is man made. Cotton, 100% cotton is all you should ever wear. Reason being that if you get electrocuted, get an arc flash, or any type of high heat or flame, that nylon, rayon, Lycra, etc... is going to melt onto your skin and then harden like plastic. So if you survive, you are going to wish you died. All that plastic stuck to your body has to be peeled and cut away from your already burned flesh. If you've ever melted something plastic and seen how it drips liquid fire and it will melt into almost any surface and then hardens as it cools and becomes imbedded into the surface, that is what it will do to your body.
Only wear 100% cotton, or flame resistant NOMEX protective clothing. Cotton will catch fire quickly and turn to light ashes and basically fall away from you and disappear. 100% cotton is the safest material. No sports shirts, no wickaway shirts, none of those workout shirts jackets, pants, should ever be worn by anyone working with electrical.
While this is true, im in florida and those long sleeve fishing shirts that melt like straight plastic are life savers lol. I also watched my coworker get arc flashed and while his shirt didnt melt. He was still cooked crispy tho
Depends what kind of electrical work you are doing. If you are doing residential then it's not likely you will have an arc flash that will toast you like in industrial/commercial.
@@illestofdemall13 ---- you are correct in what you wrote. The risk is somewhat lower with residential work. But, the risk is there, nonetheless. In residential new construction the odds are very low, but doing service work it can happen. Working on a main panel or meter socket /main combo, 240 volts single phase will still blow an arc and flame as well as all the shrapnel, melted metals, plastics and be hotter than the sun when it does that. Working on any live electrical in any scenario, is always taking the risk of not going home at the end of the day. Even 120 volts. It may not roast you like a marshmallow but it will kill you if you can't get yourself disconnected from that circuit. It will make your heart misfire and fail. It will also give some nice burns to the contact point that starts from the inside out like cooking a hotdog in the microwave oven. The same noises, steam escaping from the splits in the skin from the liquid boiling inside.
That's why most electricians who know the reality of the results of being in an electrical accident, will usually say I hope it kills me because survival would be worse than death.
We do one of the most dangerous and deadly jobs that there is. The average person who doesn't even think about how the electricity works safely every time they turn on a light or start the microwave or plug in their new television or computer. They don't even realize how many people die every year and have died over the last 150 years so they don't have to wonder if the lights will work every day. People question why we charge so much money to come and do some repairs or installs. Because we risk our lives every day, every job, no matter the size of the job.
@@13_13k I pretty much wear cotton because I like how it feels but I keep an extra shirt because I sweat through them. Yes, it is a risky job and there are certain tasks that are riskier than others. I know a few people who have been it with 120 and also 240 that were lucky to break free for one reason or another. My brother in law fell off the ladder and that broke the connection. He was moving supposedly disconnected fluorescent shop lights off a shelf in order to take them to the dumpster, but one was connected still and must have had a fault because when he grabbed it, it grabbed him back.
@@illestofdemall13 ---- I'm hoping your bro in law is okay after that?
I myself have been an electrician for over 30 years, more than half my life. I was union journeyman commercial/industrial for 16 years, was an apprentice on a service truck and a couple extra years, almost 7 years on that job, and I've had my own business and state contractors license for 10 yrs now. I've been shocked so many times I couldn't tell you the number. Two were scary, one I was standing on the top of a 14 ft ladder and got hit with 277v emergency circuit while demo ing a commercial building, I didn't fall, Thank God. But it bit me pretty good, another time as an Apprentice working in a doghouse that contained a water heater and a furnace and a ¾ inch copper water pipe was in front of me and I was leaning with my chest onto the pipe as I worked on a box with a pair of receptacles. I had shut off the breaker before but some other trades were on the job and someone turned the breaker on without asking anyone, this was before lockout tagout was a thing and I got hit with the return on a neutral wire catching 240 volts as I was very much grounded to a copper pipe across my chest. Luckily I was able to let go but my left arm and most of the left side of my torso were numb for about 30 minutes.
But I've been in some very very dangerous situations that one wrong move, or if I dropped a tool or a part, while working inside a very large piece of switchgear in the electric room of a high rise, landing a round of 500 mcm wire on the ground bussbar, landing the neutral on its bar and the 3 phases on the 800 amp breaker. Sweating bullets from the heat being generated from all the electric equiptment, probably 115° F in that metal switchgear, plus knowing that one simple mistake would kill me and my tool partner. Hair on my arms standing up from the induction electricity coming off the other breakers and wires, sweat was pouring off me, my head and face and even my forearms. My gloves were soaked, Unwashed soaked. Even that could have been my death if the sweat made the connection between my arms or body and live bussbar, I wouldn't have to touch it, just be close enough and the power could jump across and I would be done. I've worked on 3 phase panel that had rain running down the riser from a pool of water on the roof and running into the panel making it shoot random flames and hissing and spitting, dripping through the meter socket also so no way to shut it down except pull the breakers and get the load down to zero and then wait for Edison to show up and unlock the meter ring and pull the meter. There are other situations, but all in a day's work. Sorry for the long stories
I'm surprised you didn't mention Phase cooling vests, water cooling vests or evaporative vests. The latter doesn't work in humid environments but the other two are quite effective. I'm a "sweater" contractor and I use a phase cooling vest. Its a must have when I go into an attic.
Another tip for heavy sweaters is to lightly spray yourself with a garden hose. It feels good and you'll stay a tad cooler. Plus it hides your sweat :)
Great video btw, i'm gonna try wool socks. Mad respect to anyone who works in that kind of heat, I wouldn't last an hour in it.......
Wake up
Drink coffee
Work like an animal
Drink nothing
Eat nothing
Curse ceaselessly
Eat nicotine lozenges because smoking is bad for you
Continue working and cussing
Go home.
Drink beer.
Eat dinner
Drink more beer.
Shower
Sleep
Repeat.
Welcome to my world
I use frozen water bottles, wrap them in my cooling tower then tie it to the back of my neck, works amazing and you have ice cold water to drink as it melts
What about a video for us Texans that can handle the heat, but can't handle the cold?
Just work harder and you’ll stay warm👍😂
@@Munyanyo2219 HAHA true
When I worked construction in the summer breaks from college in Florida. I would do pretty much everything you said, water, long sleeves, wear a bandana, etc, carry a change of work clothes but also a regular set of clothes with flip flops. I would change my wet shirt at lunch and after I was done for the day change my work clothes to some comfortable rags and take off my work boots and wear flip flops to go home. Oh and I always carry a roll of TP in the car... you never wanted to need to go do your business and find out there's no TP anywhere...
Working outside in Florida right now was complaining about the heat just today this is a perfectly timed video
I worK in MN. Trade?
@@zdestroyer09 commercial electric
Definitely agree with the water thing, way too many people I see out here don't drink ANY water for the day, they drink a cup of coffee in the morning and maybe a soda at lunch but they never stay hydrated
Us bald dudes KNOW we ALWAYS have to have a hat, or something covering our heads. Even if it is overcast, cloudy, somewhat cooler out (75 or below)...That scalp burn is NO JOKE and you FEEL it when you take that shower after work...But, I always say "See the landscapers? Wear what they wear!" those dudes KNOW how to dress for working outside in the heat!
I bought an M18 fan last year and I use it all the time now! I wish I had it my first year as an apprentice, was on a commercial job with the windows closed up tight with the superintendent threatening to kick people off the job if they touch the windows😭 That was one humid summer here in Houston!
Honestly the best way I've found to make heat more bearable? Turn off the AC. When I was younger and we didn't have air conditioning it seemed like you become accustomed to the heat. I still notice it on days when I blast the air conditioning all the way to the job site and as soon as I open the door it's like I just drove to the center of hell. Whereas if I drive with the windows down instead it doesn't seem to be that big of a shock to your body when you get out and it's 115°
Also polyester is King when it comes to moisture wicking and staying cool. The only problem with polyester and being an electrician? If you're to get catastrophically zapped it's likely your clothes are going to melt to your skin.
My super bought that fan and he loves it.
I personally find my hard hat is heavy enough lol
As a texas boy I bought that hard hat fan as soon as it came out and it make a world of difference, got me extra batteries for it to last my 12-18hr days... It's amazing
I have found a small lightweight canopy helps in direct sun,like when you're putting in a service.
Also helps if the snow is melting off a roof and you’re just getting pissed on. Or obviously rain.
Easy turbo… We got up to 106 in Minnesota last year and we got horrible humidity.
And yes I am one of those violent sweaters!🤣 that was the best description I’ve ever heard!
I thought this was gonna be a video on how to not get mad at other people.
I work in the dc area rarely ever gets over 100 degrees in the summer but we have extremely high humidity makes one feel like you can’t breathe when working .
Hey fantastic video man thanks for starting the conversation. This is important to our health as well as production.
Brother could you do a video on safety related to working in confined spaces, small rooms, and areas with poor air flow while someone is welding or lots of propane heaters are burning?
On your simulated Journey man test on question #77 you came up with D/L value using a diferent formula. I know how to use the 2kIL formula to solve for Vd or Cm but not for D/L. Please let me know hiw did you solve for D/L, thank you very much! Im the guy that made the electrician song btw 2 christmas ago! Dude you rock!
I'm a warm person, especially when I have a full beard. I also have tinea versicolor (most people do, but on my fair skin it can grow into rashes).
Ventilation, sun protection, etc. Are crucial. Fans are great and the ability to go shirtless (not a luxury everyone can enjoy, but I'm no professional) is priceless (or at least keep the button down open.
I'm wary of A/C... Get back in the truck if you need to, of course. But air conditioning conditions our bodies in a poor way. Can create stress. I prefer to never use A/C (even in my home, just use fans).
Of course, if you are working outside just cutting out the hottest part of the day and enjoying a siesta in the shade is a must. Start at 5AM go to 11 and start back up around 3 to finish.
In the Ozarks and in the Great Lakes region I know how to deal with the humidity!
Good advice!
Oh and of course: pacing yourself. Keep your breathing even, don't keep "pushing it." Work efficiently, be mindful of your body movements and keep your internal furnace pumping heat at a minimum! Take breathers as necessary.
I agree with the AC. I do use it at home but not in my van i feel like my body goes into shock from being nice and cool to swamp ass hot. Sometimes ill even turn the heater on slightly just to try to start acclimating for the day
Light colored clothing can make at least 10 degrees of temperature difference when you're in direct sun. White works well, but shows the dirt, of course.
Totally agree - long pants, every day - no matter the temperature. I never understood people working on the jobsite half-naked. The long sleeve shirts can be ordered with SPF protection too. :)
The only time i hate wearing pants is doing crazy digging in the middle of the summer. Everyone is so sweaty their pants are soaked and then they get caked in a sweaty mud mix. Everyone looks damned miserable at the end of the day its almost funny until you remember its only monday
Super solid advice. I've suffered from heat exhaustion twice as an apprentice. Once was in the attic space of a small casino in Wyoming during the summer, once was in the attic of a big dog kennel in Minnesota during the summer. It required traveling across the entire building, but in the attic. Not only does the heat of the attic space get to you but the physical energy require to travel in an attic space. If all you have to do is put a single wire nut on or close up a junction box but can't feel like you'll make it, stop. Turn around and cool off. It isn't worth it.
If I had seen this video early in my career, I probably still wouldn't have taken your advice on keeping an extra set of clothes. I'm stubborn. But it's a lesson I've learned working in Tennessee. It feels AMAZING to change into a dry shirt halfway through the day. And yes, Arizona is hotter, temperature-wise, but I've worked inside a shipping container in Phoenix in the dead of Summer and barely broke a sweat. The humidity in the South is the killer!
I work in industrial so FR clothing is required at my job site , gets hot as hell even with light colors 🥵
DRINK WATER! - Those cramps while pulling wire, or uses your hands installing devices, handling hardware, etc IS REAL...I hate that shit, I sweat SO MUCH, I cannot drink ENOUGH water! I literally tell my wife that I cannot have my gallon jug in my hand at all times! LOL - She hates when I wake up with leg cramps in the middle of the night!
I recommend a 90% Nylon and 10% spandex shirt for hot or humid climates, this will quickly wick away moisture and air out. It's light, surfers use this mixture of fabrics...Cotton is the worst unless you like to be a wet boiling blanket all day. Jokes on everyone else when I show up to work in Billabong shirts...
DONT FORGET Your ice packs in coolers and even better they sell ice pack cooling vests that are filled with mini ice pack pocketed vests are about 35 bucks online lowers body temp about 10 -45 degrees and work great also if you have hypo-glycemia (low blood sugar) (ask all employees on site if they have it) then dont over hydrate with sugary drinks which will dehydrate you quicker than anything and turn you into lobster red skin which is deadly and will give you quick heat stroke and your skin will feel tingly inside which is first sign of heat stroke if you feel tingly stop immediately and under no conditions keep working until body core temp is lowered as quick and safe as possible your health is more valuable than anything dont be manly and die screw work cool down
Skin cancer is no joke; surgery on your face isn't fun. BTDT. Use sun screen and covering and maybe in 20-30 years you can avoid it. I have a dorky-looking baseball cap with neck and ear shields that even fits under a hard hat.
Here's a tip that will keep you cool as a cucumber and comfortable all year long at your work: Work in IT. Maybe bring a jacket for the datacenter sorties.
Up here in canada we got the total opposite at least half of the year haha, should do a video on the cold weather!
Suggestion for future video: sometimes I see resi stuff rated at 120/208V 1ph 3w and I've never understood how you get 208V in a 1ph system.
120v from 1 hot leg of 208 3 phase, 2 hot legs is 208v single phase, and obviously all 3 are 208v 3 phase. In a high leg delta the wild leg is 208v to ground single phase using just 1 hot. High leg systems are not really common mostly older and rural areas.
I'm a violent sweater lol. Extra clothes are a life saver. When inside, I keep a bunch of bandanas on me, tying them around my forehead keeps sweat out of my eyes. Also several pairs of comfortable work gloves help keep all your sweat and dirt off of nice finish materials.
Snow and cold shut down job sites? I spent hours outside in minus -40. You think becuase it up north we never have heat either? I gotten plenty a heat stroke in weather that with the humidex was hotter than the forecast in Arizona at the time. I live the border and hour from Ottawa, Canada. Easier than all of that take some ice water from your cooler, wet a towel, drape it over the back of your neck.
Funny my father and I were talking about those packets recently. I've just been going for gatorade until I become rich lol. Great for sport use as well!
Merino wool sock are a most, yes there expensive but well worth it. 12hr day and the only thing not soaked is my feet. Good pair will cost around 20$ but there phenomenal
I am a warehouse associate for a small company that’s growing quickly. I want to learn to be a technician for this company but I have to go out the work sites but I am a person, who hates heat and the cold and when it comes to one or both I will be agitated because of it, and people are talking to me and I am trying to focus on one thing. I can’t be moving around and shit I need to focus on staying cool while also working on one thing. But I rather be at the warehouse where it’s insulated from the heat, and only get hot when we leave the doors open and the air we have that’s cool out.
But no matter what I do I get overwhelmed from the heat, people trying to talk to me while I’m focusing on my work that I was assigned to, and people wanting me to help them with something and the site supervisor getting onto me, for saying no because I will be overwhelmed even more and more agitated as I already am from trying to work in the heat, and focus on the assigned assignment.
you can get one of those large black ponds or tin tubs from home depot, fill it up with ice and then take a 3 minute ice bath in an unseen location
or use a spicket from a cooler and run really cold water all over your head during a break
freeze a balaclava in a freezer
have an extra pair of cold shoes in a work freezer but wrap a grocery bag around it cause some people might think that's nasty. make sure the shoes have nice padding like maybe some cheap fubu shoes from walmart
Texans - it’s 110 outside we don’t stop working.
Also Texans - it snowed a quarter of an inch shut the state down for a month and give me a blanket.
Keeping your cool oh like actually keeping cool I thought you meant arguments and getting into fights on job sites that might be a good video too to tell people how to cool off when they are mad and heated over a bad job that was done
Yeah, add some FR into the mix and you'll really be ready for the heat. That and those stupid goggles that DOW makes us wear...
I just can’t do the long sleeves . I do a big ol hat with neck cover tho. I wear tanks and shorts made of cooling fabric. But I want a neck fan . So humid here . Is it humid there ?
I like to wear dickies work pants or cargo pants cuz in the summer they don’t stick to ur skin like jeans and I’ll wrap a bandana around my neck to stop the Sun from burning tf out my skin
I wear long sleeve Columbia shirts and a big straw hat. I hate jobs where some asshat in an air conditioned office comes up with a rule requiring you to wear a hard hat working on taxiway lights out in the middle of an airfield.
Really dark glasses that are not polarices could damage your eyes, the darkness will make your eyes more sensible to light rays which will more damage to your eyes if they not polarice and blocking thise light rays
Wool socks from Darn Tough are made in the US and have a lifetime warranty. Highly recommended.
9:55 In the scene where your sitting next to the Pecan tree in long grass, in Texas I think rattlesnakes. I suspect that's why you have a handgun that you don't show in your video.
Btw cooling your end points such as hand, feet and face have been notably studied to lower core temperature of the body and even improve performance in athletes.
Its kinda just something I’ve noticed on my own but mustard really helps with not getting cramps if you get to that point
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Yea Im pretty north like my state borders canada and it still gets intot the 100's here and then conversly it's in the 20's durning winter and I hate it.
You never disappoint !
Great vid ! I’m one of those violent sweating people, and it SUX.
I always wear shorts when it's warm I have never suffered any cuts or injuries that pants would prevent . Unless calorie rated is needed .
i will say, from welding and fabricating things myself, nylon or neoprene is a no go, maybe its a little different working on stuff thats not live
If you want to be cool you absolutely have to tuck your ears into your hat. It’s the only scientifically proven way of being cool
I was always told electrical workers shouldn't wear vented hard hats, especially indoors.
Definitely going to share with my son…an Electrical Worker in FLorida
Former landscaper in GA here. Cover up with lots of moisture wicking fabrics and a wide brimmed hat. Wool socks for sure. I like 75% Merino wool blend, the lower the wool, the more my feet get swampy wet. My feet sweat like crazy so I usually change my socks at lunch time. Wool socks don’t usually get stinky so I’ll lay the wet pair out in the back of my truck and wear them again the following day. When I was doing landscaping, I would usually drink 1/2 a Gatorade in the morning before Ieft. Gallons of water during the day, then the other half when I got home. Also would change my shirt once or twice during the day depending on customer interaction.
one of the most texas things i saw was this construction worker wearing a neon orange, cowboy hat shaped, hard hat. awesome
What about a video on staying warm as an electrician. Just use some heat wire and a 12V battery
Stand in the shade when possible..
i’m from arizona when ever we take a 5 minute break in the truck it always turns into a 20 minute break lol
Long sleeve shirt and a sombrero FTW.
I'm from Houston.
Am I the only one who read the title of this video and thought it was about not yelling/fighting on the job site?
I have a Tip Video Request...
I am about to start a PM role in facilities that are being built, where we are installing potentially hazardous things like switchgear.
Now, I am not an electrician, nor do I play one on TV. For the most part I will be outside the arc flash boundary, perhaps occasionally inside the limited approach boundary, but I would never be in the limited or restricted areas. Plus, unless we're doing testing on installed equipment, it won't be energized.
I am OSHA 30, and I'm familiar with 70E, plus I have the well honed survival instinct that several years of playing with dangerous ordinance will give anyone who doesn't get themselves blown up. And of course I have the proper Cat-2 PPE. (I will never be doing anything that requires Category 3 or 4 Arc Flash gear)
So, outside of the obvious safety related stuff; what other tips or advice would you have, that are OUTSIDE of the training and books? The kinds of things you learn "On The Job" .
I'd also be interested in any thoughts from other viewers.
Heat stroke is no Joke!!!
Every Texan knows:
Go get yourself some cheap sunglasses.
I work in Florida and I find if you run water over your wrist and hands it helps out, cools you down
I keep the sweaty clothes on and go in AC to let the wet shirt get cold. Better and cheaper than wasting ten outfits a week
Lol so many resi electricians in this comment section. Try commercial boy.
LOL. I live and work in Florida and I definitely SWEAT VIOLENTLY . Even my crew agrees. If I'm in one spot more than a minute I make puddles.
Great vid bro! Keep up the great content!
I'd like to wear my birthday suit. Lol
Great great video! Glad I ran across your channel. I work outdoors most of the time and my boyfriend is an electrician. He also has the Klein hard hat with the headlamp and the fan attachment and he absolutely loves his! I’ll be checking out your videos for gift ideas for sure!
One thing I’ll mention is the Milwaukee job site speaker he has had for YEARSSSSS. (It’s the bigger square model)This thing has been through it all. Accidentally been rained on a few times.It’s still working like a champ. I was hesitant because of the price but after owning it i would purchase another in a heartbeat. Well worth the extra money.
I'm a violent sweat kinda guy and I live in South Florida. Lol
Question 1
Why don't 2 pole circuit breakers have arc fault protection. I can only find ground fault protection breakers.
Question 2
Why would you need to do all of the breakers in the box to be arc and ground fault protected when you could just do the main like 200 AMP breaker?
If you leave the sweaty clothes on with the ac for long enough, you get double cold.
These Texans have to start keeping cool is March, fuckin insane.
Cool!? How about warm! It was -2 in Colorado and I had to wire a mini split.
I live in San Antonio and about to start my apprenticeship, pray for me
when I started doing service work and might not know what job i’m going to be dispatched to after the first job, so i take a fanny pack to keep in whoever’s van i’m in with sunscreen, sunglasses, and UV sleeves and UV skull cap/neck shade. i’m in the atlanta metro area and it’s pretty humid as well as hot.
Brutal working outside? Wait till you get in the attic!
Be safe people. (I'm in Texas, too.)
Man I watch one of your videos the other day that saved my ass today. I bought a low voltage tester to trace some wires (because I saw it on your video) and I found the problem. My question is way can’t I get any tone in the service panel from that circuit? I’ve found tone all around the panel, I’ve found which breaker the circuit is on, but when I use the test in the panel, cover off, touching the tip of the test to the wire coming out of every breaker I get nothing. Any ideas? There are 2 gfci receptacles on that circuit
I wish that fan hardhat existed when I did commercial and wore a hardhat daily...
Violent sweater. That's going on my dating profile
your welcome for the like and views to keep you funded. 😅🙏
We are doing a bunch of warehouse lighting changeouts right now, best investment was a dewalt cordless fan. The big 4 and 5ah batteries last about 3 to 4 hours on full blast which works out just about perfect for lunch and quitting time. Just strap that badboy up on the lift and its almost chilly lol.
In the bathroom of most fire/rescue stations in the deep south, you will see a wall chart with pictures of urine, from water white to deep dark yellow. This is a reminder: If your urine is not damn close to water white, you ARE dehydrated and must drink more water.
At 13:15, I did this as I started my apprenticeship, and got laughed at by the truck runner, saying I won’t make it at all in the trade, since I started off doing remodels in 100+ degree heat in humid Mississippi. Since then I just had to accept it, until he got fired for abusive treatment of helpers and constant harassment of staff and clients.
random question is the 120v club still a thing ?