Inspecting the Electrical Panel & Meter with Julie Erck, CPI
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2021
- Follow along with InterNACHI® Certified Professional Inspector® Julie Erck as she inspects an electrical panel, meter, and service mast. To download the free InterNACHI® electrical system inspection checklist, visit nachi.org/home-inspection-checklist
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Excellent SOP inspection!!! Thank you, Julie!!!
John Grimaldi
CMI and InterNACHI Home Inspector Mentor
Thank you, John.
Julie is the best.
This is not SOP inspection because she took off the dead panel.
Great quick video. Thank you!
Thank you for your feedback.
Julie is the best.
Great job Julie!!!
Agreed.
Nice work.
Thank you! Cheers!
Off topic but I saw it in the video. You can mention to folks that a lot of Kiddie brand fire extinguishers are under safety recall. If they are under recall they can go to the brand website and they can get a new one for free and it includes a box to ship the old one back to the company.
Oh, good comment there.
Please! Come spend a day looking at stablock and zinsco panels. I’d love to see such nice panels!
Thank you for watching and commenting.
I enjoyed the video. It seems the main breaker is 200 amps as you mentioned. I was looking at the wires feeding the main breaker and they seem smaller than what I see for 200 amps: is the wire’s undersized for the main or is the wire rated for 200 amps. I was wondering.
Great point!
Was this a main service panel or a sub-panel? It appeared there were 4 service entrance conductors which would indicated that this is a sub-panel. The reason I ask is because normally a #4 bare copper grounding electrode conductor is used for grounding in a main service panel.
Main.
I want to upgrade my panel from 100amp to 200amp. I have an old box and not only am I upgrading box but the amps. My question is will the inspector come in the house to test all the outlets or report me to the county for any other building code violations. Its a 100 year old house. Im just wondering if they would do that? Thank you
Home inspectors are not code inspectors. They do not enforce the code. They can't make anyone do anything.
My home's service mast is on the side of the house. Should it be moved?
No. Masts can be on the side of a house, for sure.
Where did she exactly look where it was 200 Amp? I would like to know while I’m training
Good question.
Thank you
Are we required to open the breaker box
We are not required to take the panel cover off.
No.
Correct.
why dual breaker on each incoming line?
You ought to reach out to the inspector for that one.
Good job not many girls interested in electrical
Thank you for watching.
Can you have two grounds under same lug
Yes. It's described in www.nachi.org/inspect-main-electric-panelboard.htm
Personally I wouldn't say wire nuts in panels are a good thing period, sometimes it is necessary and not against the NEC but I would caution against the practice. As far as breakers are concerned, some breakers are actually made to accept two conductors. There again not something I would recommend but, probably better than wire nuts if the circuits combined aren't overloading the rating of the breaker. I use gloves when inside a panel, just the way I roll. Lately I've seen two instances of dead snakes inside panels, they somehow worked their way inside and got smoked. Never know what is behind that cover.
Glad you enjoyed watching the video.
The majority of the breakers are mini breakers. Doesn’t that exceed the limit?
That is a question for an electrician. Thanks for the inquiry.
Good question.
@@julieerck9125 No its not. It's indicated on the panel label.
Im an electrician why did you use your backhand to touch the front of panel
Because if it shocks you your back hand will bounce off lol
Right.
What name this product in her hand?
Not sure. Better reach out to Julie directly.
Since when is an inspector authorized to open an electrical panel?
Some inspectors do.
Mine have to look for arcing, double-tapped breakers, rust, etc.
What would authorize a person?
Why not test voltages and such
Good question. Testing voltages is not within the scope of a home inspection.
@@julieerck9125 who decides whats in the scope of a home inspection?
@@boppernostopper8598 I earned my certification through InterNACHI.
@@julieerck9125 so its not within the scope of internachis SOPs is what you mean. A home inspection CAN include an electrical inspection if home inspectors actually trained themselves to demand more per inspection for the industry!
@@julieerck9125 for example an inspector could be come better certified than an electrician to inspect items but they chose to be much less sufficient. Thus the low median pay compared to the amount of work, in addition to all the other services not perfect but offered
Where was your PPE? You opened a panel and you should have arc protection. This is one reason home inspections get a bad rap.
Right. It's up to the inspector. It's not commercial, but there's still a lot of danger.
That is a sub panel
that is the main disconnect.
No.
@@internachi why do you think it's a sub panel?
Wow! How long does it take to become an electrician in America? An hour? You are so far behind the rest of world it's unbelievable.
someone didn't do enough research before commenting
This is a home inspection video, not an electrician doing an inspection.
Yeah anyone who tells you the back the hand method is not qualified to be giving electrical advice
Your solution?
@@ogcsun9824 be a trained electrician if you are gonna open a panel. There is not added benefit to using the back of your hand
For home inspection it's not SOP but widely expected.
@@ogcsun9824 what do they think it does?
I understand what you're saying. It's dangerous to remove the dead front cover. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
300 dollars please. Thanks for the 5 minutes
It usually take 3 - 4 hours to do a home inspection, a review, and a report.
why do all these international video inspections go past the standards of practice you all talk about standards of practice and then you go beyond them taking a dead panel off an electric panel not knowing what’s behind it could electrocute you and kill you this is not part of a home inspectors job
Home inspectors are permitted to exceed the Standards of Practice. Here's a great article about it www.nachi.org/exceed-or-not-exceed.htm
@@internachi once again then why have a SOP? hypocritical