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taylor305•3mo ago

My wake-up call at the Johnson County job site

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kevin_carr•3mo ago

Found out most dimmer switches won't work with LED tape lights the hard way

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the_ruby•3mo ago

Had to choose between Knob and Tube replacement or a partial rewire on a 1920s house in Portland

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blake_smith•3mo ago

Switched from wire nuts to Wagos about 6 months back...

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oliver_mitchell•3mo ago

Debate: Is it smart to use a GFCI breaker instead of a receptacle in a crawlspace?

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jesse_cooper•3mo ago

Visited a job site in Phoenix last week and everyone was using Wagos for everything

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gray_schmidt8•3mo ago

That 3 way switch in my own basement took me 4 hours to figure out because someone used 14/3 instead of 12/2 on the travelers.

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lee_bailey65•3mo ago

Dropped $800 on a thermal camera for troubleshooting. Paid itself off on the first job.

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the_jason•3mo ago

Found a hack for pulling wire through finished walls without patching everything

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ericp67•3mo ago

Spent $400 on a thermal camera. Wish I did it sooner.

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the_mary•3mo ago

That conversation with a journeyman in Detroit about bending rigid conduit still sticks with me

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andrewt41•3mo ago

The week I rewired an entire house and found a dead squirrel in the panel

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felix155•3mo ago

Blew off my dad when he said to use torque screwdrivers on panels, then tripped a 200 amp disconnect last Tuesday because one lug was barely tight.

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anna758•3mo ago

I finally got why good meter leads matter after a stupid mistake

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eva_ward88•3mo ago

Old foreman told me to always pigtail my neutrals

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