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miller.susan•2mo ago

Warning: Old knob and tube wiring I found in a 1920s house last week still had active power to half the second floor

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miller.paul•3mo ago

Just did the math on my meter and it blew my mind

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josephb35•3mo ago

Spent $400 on a Fluke meter clone from eBay and it almost got me killed

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amy_reed79•3mo ago

Just burned $80 on a thermal camera for finding hot breakers

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fiona_lewis37•3mo ago

Tried using Wago connectors on a 12 gauge circuit, got a different result than expected

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jennifer_fisher•3mo ago

My first big service upgrade took 14 hours instead of 8

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alicebarnes•3mo ago

Hit 500 service calls this month and that caught me off guard

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briannguyen•3mo ago

Thought I was too good for a label maker. Now I own three.

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alice_barnes35•3mo ago

The old foreman who told me to always use anti-oxidant paste on aluminum wiring was dead right

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ross.jessica•3mo ago

Old foreman told me I was over-torquing lugs and it changed my whole approach

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uma896•3mo ago

Old timer told me I was wrapping grounds wrong for 10 years

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tyler822•3mo ago

I keep seeing people put GFCI breakers on circuits that already have GFCI outlets

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charlie_stone72•3mo ago

Spent $60 on a plug tester that kept giving false readings

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sullivan.john•3mo ago

Discovered a $5 trick for pulling wire through tight conduit that actually works on the first try

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joel280•3mo ago

Tried using a cheap non-contact voltage tester on a 480V panel and got a nasty surprise

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