by Joe Main | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Working one day on a commercial job,bending emt,pulling wire,installing lighting,had a section of the building that did not work ,check to see if we had power on that circuit did not according to my volt meter, checking every possible way, lost neutral,blown breaker,ect had to find out what was going on,grab my ladder an pop up throw the drop ceiling went to grab the metal truss that was above me and my hand went right in an open j box I found the problem but not the way I wanted to,with volts at 277-240-120 falling of my ladder lucky to be alive, blow the breaker could have been worse. Thanks to the man above.
by Joe Main | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
One day going to work I get a call. It was a home owner,well he was all shook up I had to calm him down to find out what he was talking about,he had purchased a dimmer at lowes for his kitchen lights,removing the old switch he got zapped real good. I made that my first call of the day,I arrived at the home ,he had showed me what he had done ,he sill had the power on that circuit when he removed the switch till he got zapped,an poping the circuit breaker,well removing the switch I showed him how to install the new dimmer he did purchased the right dimmer, after talking to the homeowner he finale realized what not to do an that is his own electrical work.So please do not do this at home, CALL AN ELECTRICIAN.
by Joe Main | Sep 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
I plan on having a relaxing weekend visiting with family and also doing side work. To start off the weekend I find out my pool motor when down because glass got into the motor. My wife broke a glass shelf by the pool by accident, so I am trying to fix it. I also just had family come into town this weekend. It has already been a challenging start. I know it will get better once I finish cleaning the motor.
by Joe Main | Sep 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Installing a fan prewire for a home owner one day which includes cutting the box in the ceiling,An running the wire down the wall to the switch ,I opened up the box that was there for a half switch and it was a back feed, The home owner said the switch dose not work , Now i have no neutral for the fan, I found the half switch, which there were two. I figure out which would be the best locations for a half switch so i made that one the switched one and used the neutral from the outher receptacle.P,S come to find out the home owner had replaced the receptacles in the bedrooms . will be back!
