Good job Josh, I'm proud of you too! He has, and May be you too, no idea how lucky he is. At 17 years old: Working in a trade Working with an electrician Working with a master electrician Working with a boss who wants to teach Working with someone who cares This dude is your dad Both of you count your blessings Life doesn't get better than that in both directions.
High five from another single dad. I was worried about my younger son making it in the trades. Today he's close to becoming a journeyman electrician working for a very large Los Angeles bureau.
Your son reminds me of myself when I was in high school. I got a taste of HVAC and electrical during a summer job and right away knew that I wanted to do that the rest of my life. I had no desire for college. And I made out well and retired in a comfortable position.
If you got him runnin a mini X at 17 and gettin that expirinence, your doing him a solid, I’m 26 just passed my J exam and just not gettin equipment experience, keep up the great videos, and your raising up a future master electrician, and let em know, electricians dig like a fool 😂
This is great to see a parent passing down real life skills and value. It's not about what you "bought them but,what you taught them." I remember the first time I took my daughter to work with me. We had ditch for andbunderground service that caved in from rain the night before. First order of business during July in KY 80% humidity let's dig out a few thousand pounds of mud. I hand her a shovel and she ran it like a champ, no compllaing. Whe worked with me for a couple more years on a part time basis and has since mostly stayed away from the electrcial field, but those memories are irreplaceable.
Dude this totally was my dad I use to work with him when I was 6 installing commercial kitchen equipment did it till I was 18 then became an electrician
Live in Corpus Christi TX, digging isnt to bad. We often work in San Antonio & Georgetown TX and the digging 100% sucks by hand, so many boulders. No clouds in Texas either, but digging builds character. Keep up the great content!
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! What an amazing experience it must be for you’re son to have such an amazing mentor and teacher. Let alone father. God Bless you both and keep the awesome videos coming!
Your kid is blessed man and so are you. I started this trade as an adult and I wish trades weren’t talked down upon when I was coming up, and wasted so much energy and time in collage I didn’t know what I wanted to do but now I started at 26 years old having the best time learning this trade. Cannot wait to be in a position like you, to pass down the knowledge and work ethic.
Man that's great. I had my son go with me to do handyman work. I joked and told him I was basically paying him to hang out with me. After summer and he was headed back to college I told him I missed working with him. He loves joking back at me saying that I only miss "working with him" not missing just him. We both cherish each other AND our experiences together. Good job buddy
D you are a PHENOMENAL example of an involved parent. You are an incredible educator first and foremost, but this video is an eye opening example of your world class Dad skills. Keep it coming please; we’re not all naturally gifted in the parenting department and we definitely don’t have a Code Book for reference when the going is tough. Thank you for the Electric Education and Good On Ya for the privilege of experiencing your Dad-Of-The-Year level highlight reel! Thank you 🙏🏻 -CY Castor
@@ElectricianU I will do my best to remember that. Been a struggle in the past with apprentices once upon a time I joked there was no section in the NEC covering patience so...
Dude...get the kid a HAT! Being fair-skinned in Texas heat is no joke! Seriously though...it awesome that he is with you out on the jobs. You are the one that showed him a good work ethic...so naturally he has one as well. Love that you guys goof around too...shows a great bond between you two :)
Love to see your kid and hear his perspective. I remember being 17 and having a mix of knowing everything and being dumb and untrained. I would love to hear from him how it was in the moment working with you.
@@ElectricianU - way cool of you to work with him. It's always awesome to see intergenerational work and if he choose to follow in your craft you both have something to be proud of.
My Dad wanted to take me out on jobs when I was a teenager. But I wanted to play video games and ride my bike with my friends. My loss. I can only imagine how much your son learned from you!
I don't know how I originally found your channel, probably a video for something I wanted to do in my own house. Man love your channel. You should definitely be proud of your son and having such a great work ethic and he's fortunate to have a great dad to show him a trade he can make a good living at with out college
Started working with my dad around 8. Got good with a broom. When I was about 12 forgot to resupply his tool boxes with flat washers. When he asked me for a few flat washers told him I forgot. Dad told me to go into my pocket and give him all of my coins. Made me drill holes thru a few quarters and a few nickels that he used. Never forgot to restock anything after that. Two of my pops favorite sayings: Talk & work , Are we going to bullshit all day or work.
I’m 55 years young and I literally grew up in this trade. Now I teach at a technical college in the electrical department. Anyways lol the Shit work builds brotherhood / suffering together. It’s never the easy stuff that we remember it’s the shit that remains. I’m actually going to show my class this video because they are all so excited about becoming electricians but I am trying to show them the 80% shit we have to do. Thanks brother.
Great dad and I love hearing you talk about this experience. I've got three boys and I'm praying one becomes an electrician so I can share this experience too. Very happy for you and wish you guys the best, tell him good luck this year with his school year.
Hello you reminded me of a job I worked on in the 90's in Apalachicola FL. a remodel . The home was 2 story 10' ceilings 2 1/2 ' floor joist with a attic large enough for another floor as well as full attic. The home was relocated to where I started working on it , they set it down on 18" wooden beams over poured concrete supports with a concrete beam at ground level. Smack dab under the panels , so the only way to get new wiring to the front half of the house was to us the attic. I can only guess the square footage of the house but the service was 400 amp. The owner designed hotels around the world . This place was no different on the remodel. Couple of details that stand out I will never forget , first 24k solid trim hockey puck lights in all the china cabinets total of 18 or 20 , second a 3rd or 4th century chandelier from Russia they had to install a steel beam in the ceiling to hang. For liability and the fact the people I was working with were in their upper 60's and 70's I said for them to have someone else hang it and I just terminated the wires for it hanging over it on a ladder with some one holding the ladder and me. I was afraid to breath or drip sweat on the thing. Also the carpenter did not listen to me when I told him to leave a opening on top of the cabinets for the transformers on the puck lights , did he listen NOPE . So I ended up driving a hr back one day to explain why they stopped to the owner when she got back in town and showed a copy of my request to the carpenter to leave a opening . Fun job in the middle of summer on the Apalachicola bay thankfully it was scheduled on a Friday and the local seafood restaurateur had a great seafood platter spacial. :) Just one of many electrical memories.
I’ve been going over your old RUclips channel, “Dustin Stelzer”, and I love it. I’ve been learning a lot such as starting a business and things apprentices should know. It’s been an amazing experience watching all those videos. You’re the main person, besides my dad, that has sparked⚡️a lot of curiosity into becoming an Electrician. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
dude , im almos 40 and i realized just how much is up to me to pass on my work ethic ....since i remember clearly how much my seniors pushed me and made me the quality team member apparently i am.
Single dad here also. My son is really smart and has no desire to work with his hands like I do. He earned a full scholarship and found a summer job that pays well. Lazy as hell at the house but loves making money. Sometimes his boss takes off Fridays and my kid is annoyed as the business is closed. lol I have to take him to school this week for his sophomore year. He invested all his money in a Roth and my GF matched it for him. He checks daily on it. He is actually more like my dad. Oh well I can fix shit and he's probably going to law school. Best of luck with your son.
Well someone has got to Get/keep the olde man outta trouble ! ! ! Jk but my youngest Daughter a jr in prep school & looking at law schools as well. My son works w/ his hands too building like the olde man 🙂
It's not just kids these days. It is also adults who are mesmerized with their cell phones. They walk down the streets, eyes glues to their phones, almost running into me. They even go out to clubs and just stare at their phones. Could just stay home. Turning into a nation of zombies. My phone is at home, plugged into the wall. Where a proper phone should be.
Hey mate can you do a video on neutral to earth voltage, how to check if its on the utility side, how they can happen on the homeowners side, the dangers, and ways to avoid. Thanks
oooohhhh i feel sorry oohhh poor baby. i spent a third of my career running 4 in gal in the trench. summer winter rain snow. 6 in interduct along the grand central parkway. when the plow went by you had to dive in the trench like it was ww1. so many storiesd so many good times
I quit my apprenticeship at a private company for the union I just joined and I’ll say this, that private company was allllll shit work, me and the “journeyman”. Hand Digging all the time for trenches that were up to 100 feet long, the cheap bastard didn’t wanna buy a trencher. 🤦♂️ plus I was doing pool bondings alone constantly. Atleast I’m an inside wireman now 😭 and summer is going away, I’d rather be really cold with warm clothes on than dripping sweat through my pocket tee shirt everyday. How bout u guys?
Dude, your channel's great! Thanks so much for taking the time to help us all understand. BUT - why didn't you job out the digging? Your customers don't want to pay $120/hr for non-dirt-moving professionals to move dirt.
nice save with the "Best electrician i've ever seen" ;) sucks on that voltage drop for that lift man! So interesting though! All great electricians start off digging so josh is on path to becoming just like you! BTW, pro tip for getting distances for looong home runs in a house...Get yourself a measure wheel. Like surveyors use but smaller wheel. goes lot faster.
Great video! Sometimes pushing through tough jobs like that will will grow your confidence and of course toughin you up! I'm running my own business now for a year and it's been tearing me apart lately. so many things you can't control. seems like you're always getting chased around by homeowners and contractors. My son's 3 now so it'll be a few years till he can help with much but he loves going with me to work depending on the job where he can.
Worked on a new commercial project and was pulling the pole lights and the sign circuit. I guess before I got there the GC did the underground for us. He used plumbing pipe instead of grey PVC and it was a bitch to pull back to the building panels each time. We had to push a snake for most of the circuits instead of a string line and vaccum.
I bet he used 90° plumbing fittings..instead of normal electrical elbow fittings... Next time, you tell the GC to pass the wires.. or you make him dig again to fix conduits. The ones wiring the conduits should always be those who installed the conduits.
i'm a plumber and have used directional drilling for water services. would this be an option for electrical conduit? don't know about the soil conditions in Texas for drilling
Lol I now the pain of digging thru rock I live in the granite state no sht the name is true plus deal with having to go 4 ft deep below the frost and with snow and ice it gets cold and lately summers have been around 100 degrees too
Smaller neutral are only allowed at the main service entry point because neutral amps get canceled out when lines charges are balanced. That means that in a 3 wires 120/240v panel, if you put load on both hot wires, you get less amps in the neutral wire. But in his situation, if the motor is only built to be powered by 120v, then i guess he should have both wires ( hot and neutral ) the same size. Personaly, i would have choose a 240v motor, OR, a step up transformer from the house to raise voltage from the house, to the boat house, and a step down at the boat house to bring it to necessary voltage for motor. But usualy, a 120v 15A motor at 500' from power source, doesnt need 200A wires ... Usually, he would have been good with #3 awg copper . He said he used #3/0 awg copper. Very Overkill.
Shovels build character.. . . Especially anywhere in Texas shoveling All day in the summertime hahaha he must have damn good character by now lol Badass you’ve got a great relationship w/ your son! Same as my son & myself whoever can talk the best shit is the automatic winner by default. Funny is always where it’s @! Great vids.. . .long time sub & have learned a LOT over the years Thanks Dustin
Hi new at your channel you explained everything really good thanks one question I need to run under ground wire for a 80 amp brakes 110 feet long what size wire I need?
Dude.. it's not all kids. Does my kid spend a lot of time on a screen? Yeah. But when there is work to be done they are right there with me. It's all in how we forge them.
I started with my dad when I was 11. Been at it for 23 years now. But there is still so much to learn. And I do have a request for a video. Voltage drop and how that actually works. The formula is pretty simple but how do you work out things like a 200amp garage panel 300ft away, coming off a 200amp panel. Do you just have to get a new service because the calculations show my wire out there is larger then what comes into the 200amp service. Calculations are showing 300 Kamil, so that hardly works. I have another that is 300ft to a well which needs 30amps. But there is a 50amp rv oulet at 150ft. How do you make real world calculations in situations like that.
Hell. Sometimes digging all day is a nice break for your brain lol. Mindless digging in a straight line all day lol. Especially when it’s out in the country and you don’t have to worry about hitting other buried utilities.
0:06 @Electrician U Dustin, that was a funny intro and all, but know you already missing him😉; and remember, they always come back😃 And from watching what you two did, your a great father and “boss”, as were patient, explained (not just did the b/c said so crap), and taught! Which is point of having an apprentice, b/c if not teaching you have a goffer and just about anyone can be a goffer (just about, b/c I’ve been on jobs that there were some bad goffers and got fired for always messing up…..Ike how does that happen, lol), but in seriousness; you’ve got a great kid and relationship (something didn’t and don’t w/ my own father) and hope you keep building in that as he grows…..as it’s special. Thx for another vid and stories, love me some stories; and enjoy listening to yours b/c you and your personality make for fun interesting stories, and reminds me little bit of another sparky I knew long ago. Cheers✌🏻
2:37 @Electrician U As an fyi, when I watched these vids and interactions w/ you and your son, actually was a bit jealous, b/c I wished had that kind of relationship with my own father (but not EVER gonna happen, he was brought up in a time where show no emotion, doesn’t even no how and just not gonna happen), not saying he’s a bad guy; as he not, but s a father….he’s not the greatest b/c when he was a boy he didn’t have a father all the time and who hosed him how to act and be; and didn’t experience a relationship that was “good”, so do understand him a bit, but also know ppl can break that cycle, no as he’s better throughout the years, it is what it is and never gonna be anything different than what we have now (know this wa not easy to explain, and follow, but those out there that have experienced this, get it), but wanted to ya again, your an awesome dad and great teacher not just w/ being an electrician, but also a a father and helping your son thru the “crap of life”. 😊
josh there is not an apprentice or a journeyman or master that has not been where you are, and don't let anyone tell you different because the only reason that they can know what you may have screwed up on is because they done it to. young man hang in there your time to shine is coming and when you get older you will understand where your dad was coming from proud of you also.
It’s a crapshoot sometimes how our kids turn out no matter how much we do to raise them right. However, a good dad doesn’t hurt. Good for you in having a great son. AND, it looks like you’ve got a good one. Good job! 👍
You have to consider that your son has found his passion - remember most jobs for a 17 year old teen are sh*tty retail or hospitality jobs that pay minimum wage or less and having to deal with an ungrateful public and managers. Sure it's "a job" but it's not one that really motivates someone to get out of bed and work 2-4 hours being berated by managers and customers (and Karens) on what a lousy job they're doing and being stiffed on tips and such and earning probably $20-30 for the night. Compare that to your son who has a passion for electrical work, is operating heavy machinery and I can bet is probably paid way more so he earns $200+ a day, as a teen. In other words, a much more fulfilling job that has a sense of accomplishment at the end of it. Sure there's more physical work, but it's work worth doing, not just moving this pile of clothes from this table to the next table because the manager said so, then doing the reverse the next day. And at the end of the day, he has more spending money in his pocket, while the other teens, barely have money for lunch. For most teens, the available work is really a great demotivator - there's no real purpose to it other than to have people beat you down and any motivation to work hard is basically erased, only to have barely enough money to get lunch the next day.
Good job Josh, I'm proud of you too!
He has, and May be you too, no idea how lucky he is.
At 17 years old:
Working in a trade
Working with an electrician
Working with a master electrician
Working with a boss who wants to teach
Working with someone who cares
This dude is your dad
Both of you count your blessings
Life doesn't get better than that in both directions.
Good for you for teaching and spending time with your son. We'd be better off as a country if we'd spend more time with our kids.
I wish I would have been able to do half of that with both my dad and my son
Your eyes sparkle when you talk about your child.
Happy for you!
Thank you ☺️
I started working with my dad 2 years ago. I'm 22 right now. It has toughened me up ,alot.
High five from another single dad.
I was worried about my younger son making it in the trades.
Today he's close to becoming a journeyman electrician working for a very large Los Angeles bureau.
Hell ya!
Your son reminds me of myself when I was in high school. I got a taste of HVAC and electrical during a summer job and right away knew that I wanted to do that the rest of my life. I had no desire for college. And I made out well and retired in a comfortable position.
Ya… how is your back and knees tho..
@@shasmi93 Yep, the price we pay.
So happy U have such a good relationship with your son. Keep up the great dad work.
Thank you!
If you got him runnin a mini X at 17 and gettin that expirinence, your doing him a solid, I’m 26 just passed my J exam and just not gettin equipment experience, keep up the great videos, and your raising up a future master electrician, and let em know, electricians dig like a fool 😂
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This is great to see a parent passing down real life skills and value. It's not about what you "bought them but,what you taught them."
I remember the first time I took my daughter to work with me.
We had ditch for andbunderground service that caved in from rain the night before. First order of business during July in KY 80% humidity let's dig out a few thousand pounds of mud. I hand her a shovel and she ran it like a champ, no compllaing.
Whe worked with me for a couple more years on a part time basis and has since mostly stayed away from the electrcial field, but those memories are irreplaceable.
Customer: "so who's the 6 year old in the van?"
Dustin: "that's the apprentice" 😂😂
Dude this totally was my dad I use to work with him when I was 6 installing commercial kitchen equipment did it till I was 18 then became an electrician
Lmao for real that's the first thing that came to my head when I hear that
My IT expert.
Live in Corpus Christi TX, digging isnt to bad. We often work in San Antonio & Georgetown TX and the digging 100% sucks by hand, so many boulders. No clouds in Texas either, but digging builds character. Keep up the great content!
Always tell my kid, if you show up on time and put in a full days effort, you will be ahead of 80% of everyone else. Regardless of talent level.
So true these days
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! What an amazing experience it must be for you’re son to have such an amazing mentor and teacher. Let alone father. God Bless you both and keep the awesome videos coming!
Your kid is blessed man and so are you. I started this trade as an adult and I wish trades weren’t talked down upon when I was coming up, and wasted so much energy and time in collage I didn’t know what I wanted to do but now I started at 26 years old having the best time learning this trade. Cannot wait to be in a position like you, to pass down the knowledge and work ethic.
Man that's great. I had my son go with me to do handyman work. I joked and told him I was basically paying him to hang out with me. After summer and he was headed back to college I told him I missed working with him. He loves joking back at me saying that I only miss "working with him" not missing just him. We both cherish each other AND our experiences together. Good job buddy
D you are a PHENOMENAL example of an involved parent. You are an incredible educator first and foremost, but this video is an eye opening example of your world class Dad skills. Keep it coming please; we’re not all naturally gifted in the parenting department and we definitely don’t have a Code Book for reference when the going is tough.
Thank you for the Electric Education and Good On Ya for the privilege of experiencing your Dad-Of-The-Year level highlight reel!
Thank you 🙏🏻
-CY Castor
My oldest starts his apprenticeship with me next summer. This is making me look forward to it even more.
Hell ya dude! Have fun with it, just remember he doesn’t know shit at first so it just takes a little bit of patience
@@ElectricianU I will do my best to remember that. Been a struggle in the past with apprentices once upon a time I joked there was no section in the NEC covering patience so...
Dude...get the kid a HAT! Being fair-skinned in Texas heat is no joke!
Seriously though...it awesome that he is with you out on the jobs.
You are the one that showed him a good work ethic...so naturally he has one as well.
Love that you guys goof around too...shows a great bond between you two :)
Love to see your kid and hear his perspective. I remember being 17 and having a mix of knowing everything and being dumb and untrained. I would love to hear from him how it was in the moment working with you.
I’ll record one with him soon
@@ElectricianU - way cool of you to work with him. It's always awesome to see intergenerational work and if he choose to follow in your craft you both have something to be proud of.
A summer isn’t enough time to learn much, hope to see him in videos soon and learn more.
My Dad wanted to take me out on jobs when I was a teenager. But I wanted to play video games and ride my bike with my friends. My loss. I can only imagine how much your son learned from you!
Wanted to say thanks for your channel. I watch you almost every day.
Sorry to hear about your friend’s accident, wishing him the best recovery possible!
Sounds like you got a great kid, be thankful.
It's nice to see there are people out there still raising men.
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I have three sons I taught them everything my Truck Driver Teamster dad ,who passed away last year, taught me. They are the same as you and your son.
I don't know how I originally found your channel, probably a video for something I wanted to do in my own house.
Man love your channel. You should definitely be proud of your son and having such a great work ethic and he's fortunate to have a great dad to show him a trade he can make a good living at with out college
Your such a real down to earth person! Your son is just as proud of you as you are proud of him!
Started working with my dad around 8. Got good with a broom. When I was about 12 forgot to resupply his tool boxes with flat washers. When he asked me for a few flat washers told him I forgot. Dad told me to go into my pocket and give him all of my coins. Made me drill holes thru a few quarters and a few nickels that he used. Never forgot to restock anything after that. Two of my pops favorite sayings: Talk & work , Are we going to bullshit all day or work.
I’m 55 years young and I literally grew up in this trade. Now I teach at a technical college in the electrical department. Anyways lol the Shit work builds brotherhood / suffering together. It’s never the easy stuff that we remember it’s the shit that remains. I’m actually going to show my class this video because they are all so excited about becoming electricians but I am trying to show them the 80% shit we have to do. Thanks brother.
Sometimes, even the best workers together, things don't go well and all hell breaks loose. It happens.
Great dad and I love hearing you talk about this experience. I've got three boys and I'm praying one becomes an electrician so I can share this experience too. Very happy for you and wish you guys the best, tell him good luck this year with his school year.
Thank you my friend
Hello you reminded me of a job I worked on in the 90's in Apalachicola FL. a remodel . The home was 2 story 10' ceilings 2 1/2 ' floor joist with a attic large enough for another floor as well as full attic. The home was relocated to where I started working on it , they set it down on 18" wooden beams over poured concrete supports with a concrete beam at ground level. Smack dab under the panels , so the only way to get new wiring to the front half of the house was to us the attic. I can only guess the square footage of the house but the service was 400 amp.
The owner designed hotels around the world . This place was no different on the remodel. Couple of details that stand out I will never forget , first 24k solid trim hockey puck lights in all the china cabinets total of 18 or 20 , second a 3rd or 4th century chandelier from Russia they had to install a steel beam in the ceiling to hang. For liability and the fact the people I was working with were in their upper 60's and 70's I said for them to have someone else hang it and I just terminated the wires for it hanging over it on a ladder with some one holding the ladder and me. I was afraid to breath or drip sweat on the thing.
Also the carpenter did not listen to me when I told him to leave a opening on top of the cabinets for the transformers on the puck lights , did he listen NOPE . So I ended up driving a hr back one day to explain why they stopped to the owner when she got back in town and showed a copy of my request to the carpenter to leave a opening . Fun job in the middle of summer on the Apalachicola bay thankfully it was scheduled on a Friday and the local seafood restaurateur had a great seafood platter spacial. :) Just one of many electrical memories.
Thanks for the story. He’ll do well going forward with that great work ethic.
this is a great channel honestly
Thank you for being here my friend! And commenting 👌💪⚡️⚡️
I’ve been going over your old RUclips channel, “Dustin Stelzer”, and I love it. I’ve been learning a lot such as starting a business and things apprentices should know. It’s been an amazing experience watching all those videos. You’re the main person, besides my dad, that has sparked⚡️a lot of curiosity into becoming an Electrician. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
dude , im almos 40 and i realized just how much is up to me to pass on my work ethic ....since i remember clearly how much my seniors pushed me and made me the quality team member apparently i am.
Seems like we always have to dig every single summer in the hottest time lol, just one of those things. Love the videos. Thanks for sharing
Single dad here also. My son is really smart and has no desire to work with his hands like I do. He earned a full scholarship and found a summer job that pays well. Lazy as hell at the house but loves making money. Sometimes his boss takes off Fridays and my kid is annoyed as the business is closed. lol I have to take him to school this week for his sophomore year. He invested all his money in a Roth and my GF matched it for him. He checks daily on it. He is actually more like my dad. Oh well I can fix shit and he's probably going to law school. Best of luck with your son.
Well someone has got to Get/keep the olde man outta trouble ! ! !
Jk but my youngest Daughter a jr in prep school & looking at law schools as well. My son works w/ his hands too building like the olde man 🙂
Your story made my day. Thanks for sharing it.
You basically put him through “street hire apprentice hell” and he still wants more… respect earned.
Shoveled stone with my 10 year old daughter yesterday. Glad you get to work with him
Good job getting a young man into the trade!
It's not just kids these days. It is also adults who are mesmerized with their cell phones. They walk down the streets, eyes glues to their phones, almost running into me. They even go out to clubs and just stare at their phones. Could just stay home. Turning into a nation of zombies. My phone is at home, plugged into the wall. Where a proper phone should be.
kick ass man. excellent stuff.
Hey mate can you do a video on neutral to earth voltage, how to check if its on the utility side, how they can happen on the homeowners side, the dangers, and ways to avoid. Thanks
oooohhhh i feel sorry oohhh poor baby. i spent a third of my career running 4 in gal in the trench. summer winter rain snow. 6 in interduct along the grand central parkway. when the plow went by you had to dive in the trench like it was ww1. so many storiesd so many good times
Im an ibew apprentice almost every job I've ever done has had some sort of pain In the ass part of it. The struggle is real.
I quit my apprenticeship at a private company for the union I just joined and I’ll say this, that private company was allllll shit work, me and the “journeyman”. Hand Digging all the time for trenches that were up to 100 feet long, the cheap bastard didn’t wanna buy a trencher. 🤦♂️ plus I was doing pool bondings alone constantly. Atleast I’m an inside wireman now 😭 and summer is going away, I’d rather be really cold with warm clothes on than dripping sweat through my pocket tee shirt everyday. How bout u guys?
Everyone in Texas says how hard their ground is…. Worked in Texas last year and it feels identical to Michigan. Easy digging.
Where were you.
Dude, your channel's great! Thanks so much for taking the time to help us all understand. BUT - why didn't you job out the digging? Your customers don't want to pay $120/hr for non-dirt-moving professionals to move dirt.
nice save with the "Best electrician i've ever seen" ;) sucks on that voltage drop for that lift man! So interesting though! All great electricians start off digging so josh is on path to becoming just like you! BTW, pro tip for getting distances for looong home runs in a house...Get yourself a measure wheel. Like surveyors use but smaller wheel. goes lot faster.
Lol @10:36 nice 400A Generac Automatic Transfer Switch
Keep handing brother
Great video! Sometimes pushing through tough jobs like that will will grow your confidence and of course toughin you up! I'm running my own business now for a year and it's been tearing me apart lately. so many things you can't control. seems like you're always getting chased around by homeowners and contractors. My son's 3 now so it'll be a few years till he can help with much but he loves going with me to work depending on the job where he can.
Worked on a new commercial project and was pulling the pole lights and the sign circuit. I guess before I got there the GC did the underground for us. He used plumbing pipe instead of grey PVC and it was a bitch to pull back to the building panels each time. We had to push a snake for most of the circuits instead of a string line and vaccum.
I bet he used 90° plumbing fittings..instead of normal electrical elbow fittings...
Next time, you tell the GC to pass the wires.. or you make him dig again to fix conduits.
The ones wiring the conduits should always be those who installed the conduits.
I love you Dustin ❤️
i'm a plumber and have used directional drilling for water services. would this be an option for electrical conduit? don't know about the soil conditions in Texas for drilling
Can imagine what the village drop would be at 400+ feet. Probably needed to triple the size of the conductor.
Lol I now the pain of digging thru rock I live in the granite state no sht the name is true plus deal with having to go 4 ft deep below the frost and with snow and ice it gets cold and lately summers have been around 100 degrees too
Why would you use a smaller gauge for neutral? The same current is going through both hot and neutral.
Smaller neutral are only allowed at the main service entry point because neutral amps get canceled out when lines charges are balanced.
That means that in a 3 wires 120/240v panel, if you put load on both hot wires, you get less amps in the neutral wire.
But in his situation, if the motor is only built to be powered by 120v, then i guess he should have both wires ( hot and neutral ) the same size.
Personaly, i would have choose a 240v motor, OR, a step up transformer from the house to raise voltage from the house, to the boat house, and a step down at the boat house to bring it to necessary voltage for motor.
But usualy, a 120v 15A motor at 500' from power source, doesnt need 200A wires ... Usually, he would have been good with #3 awg copper .
He said he used #3/0 awg copper.
Very Overkill.
Love the video, reminds me of doing masonry with my dad growing up. Need to hear about that 2v2 deck though👀🧐
I relate to your story, and give you props for raising a man
I plan on working for the Utility Company any advice?
Awesome video keep it up bro
Shovels build character.. . . Especially anywhere in Texas shoveling All day in the summertime hahaha he must have damn good character by now lol
Badass you’ve got a great relationship w/ your son! Same as my son & myself whoever can talk the best shit is the automatic winner by default. Funny is always where it’s @! Great vids.. . .long time sub & have learned a LOT over the years Thanks Dustin
Better make sure he sees your video. ❤️❤️
Hi new at your channel you explained everything really good thanks one question I need to run under ground wire for a 80 amp brakes 110 feet long what size wire I need?
Dude.. it's not all kids. Does my kid spend a lot of time on a screen? Yeah. But when there is work to be done they are right there with me. It's all in how we forge them.
Electrician from Texas! Love clash Royale
I started with my dad when I was 11. Been at it for 23 years now. But there is still so much to learn. And I do have a request for a video. Voltage drop and how that actually works. The formula is pretty simple but how do you work out things like a 200amp garage panel 300ft away, coming off a 200amp panel. Do you just have to get a new service because the calculations show my wire out there is larger then what comes into the 200amp service. Calculations are showing 300 Kamil, so that hardly works. I have another that is 300ft to a well which needs 30amps. But there is a 50amp rv oulet at 150ft. How do you make real world calculations in situations like that.
Hell. Sometimes digging all day is a nice break for your brain lol. Mindless digging in a straight line all day lol. Especially when it’s out in the country and you don’t have to worry about hitting other buried utilities.
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Dustin, that was a funny intro and all, but know you already missing him😉; and remember, they always come back😃
And from watching what you two did, your a great father and “boss”, as were patient, explained (not just did the b/c said so crap), and taught! Which is point of having an apprentice, b/c if not teaching you have a goffer and just about anyone can be a goffer (just about, b/c I’ve been on jobs that there were some bad goffers and got fired for always messing up…..Ike how does that happen, lol), but in seriousness; you’ve got a great kid and relationship (something didn’t and don’t w/ my own father) and hope you keep building in that as he grows…..as it’s special.
Thx for another vid and stories, love me some stories; and enjoy listening to yours b/c you and your personality make for fun interesting stories, and reminds me little bit of another sparky I knew long ago.
Cheers✌🏻
You needa drop electrician u sun hats
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As an fyi, when I watched these vids and interactions w/ you and your son, actually was a bit jealous, b/c I wished had that kind of relationship with my own father (but not EVER gonna happen, he was brought up in a time where show no emotion, doesn’t even no how and just not gonna happen), not saying he’s a bad guy; as he not, but s a father….he’s not the greatest b/c when he was a boy he didn’t have a father all the time and who hosed him how to act and be; and didn’t experience a relationship that was “good”, so do understand him a bit, but also know ppl can break that cycle, no as he’s better throughout the years, it is what it is and never gonna be anything different than what we have now (know this wa not easy to explain, and follow, but those out there that have experienced this, get it), but wanted to ya again, your an awesome dad and great teacher not just w/ being an electrician, but also a a father and helping your son thru the “crap of life”.
😊
Sounds like you lost a great hand! Are you looking for a replacement?
josh there is not an apprentice or a journeyman or master that has not been where you are, and don't let anyone tell you different because the only reason that they can know what you may have screwed up on is because they done it to. young man hang in there your time to shine is coming and when you get older you will understand where your dad was coming from proud of you also.
100a. Future development
low key he dropped that conduit on purpose for all the digging you made him go thought
Hell yeah I've played clash Royale for like 7+ years, since grade 9 in high school haha funny you play
Yessss got to clash!!!!!! Awesome 5 min break
It’s a crapshoot sometimes how our kids turn out no matter how much we do to raise them right. However, a good dad doesn’t hurt. Good for you in having a great son. AND, it looks like you’ve got a good one. Good job! 👍
Broooo you guys play Clash Royale?! I’ve been playing for years on lunch the best pass time, let’s see that deck
CR is a good game
Spent the last month doing this kind of digging.
Those nasty jobs offer the best experience... How can I do this different next time...
Ha clash all the way bebe
What a great experience for you, perhaps your son was emulating your work values.
You have to consider that your son has found his passion - remember most jobs for a 17 year old teen are sh*tty retail or hospitality jobs that pay minimum wage or less and having to deal with an ungrateful public and managers. Sure it's "a job" but it's not one that really motivates someone to get out of bed and work 2-4 hours being berated by managers and customers (and Karens) on what a lousy job they're doing and being stiffed on tips and such and earning probably $20-30 for the night.
Compare that to your son who has a passion for electrical work, is operating heavy machinery and I can bet is probably paid way more so he earns $200+ a day, as a teen. In other words, a much more fulfilling job that has a sense of accomplishment at the end of it. Sure there's more physical work, but it's work worth doing, not just moving this pile of clothes from this table to the next table because the manager said so, then doing the reverse the next day. And at the end of the day, he has more spending money in his pocket, while the other teens, barely have money for lunch. For most teens, the available work is really a great demotivator - there's no real purpose to it other than to have people beat you down and any motivation to work hard is basically erased, only to have barely enough money to get lunch the next day.
Please bring your son in to talk!
Voltage drop
Hey Dustin. Show me your deck 😏
Those of you in Wisconsin who can dig a hole to China and never see a pebble [laughs in driftless area]
Clash 6 years deep. Clan first. Royale since.
I do solar
CLASH!!!!!!! Wooooooo!
Clash Royale 🔥
you had me at 2v2 on clash royale
I better quit watching ElectricianU, during work. Yikes 😳
Sub panel life for those crappy homes lol
Kids learn common sense from their parents. They need engaged parents more than teachers.