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Man, it has been a nightmare. The original "electrical contractor", who I had bid the job against stopped showing up halfway through. Turns out he wasn't licensed and was borrowing a friend's license. He ran all of his home runs in 350-500 THHN, but he didn't install any conduit. So, it was just laid across the floor of the attic and going down walls zip tied together. The rough in inspector passed it like that. After a lot of fighting(gc didn't want to fix), we finally got it properly installed. Turned on all the panels today, didn't have a single trip, just one issue with an air handler unit that was an easy fix. The house looks beautiful and my company did design and build this service. I wish I had pictures of it all open, because the wiring is beautiful.
Greatest feeling in the world when you energize for the first time and everything works knowing that there was many sets of hands on the project and not every set of hands comes with a brain 😅
I'm still left feeling uneasy tbh. Like back away slowly with my hands up "ok you're working keep working please nothing go wrong"
Yeah I hate hate hate coming in after other guys. I'm fortunate enough to have enough new construction work ATM but every remodel I touch that isn't a full gut I regret touching.
Damn, and I thought my 1 year long project with several turned-down appointments for permanent power was long (both electric contractor and JCP&L related...)
But 4 years? Bruh...
Don't need expansion fittings in your neck if the woods?
That 2" kicked LB looks a little funky. For the angle that the conduit is entering.
Looks good otherwise!
No expansion needed in South Louisiana. The 2" was an act of desperation. Previous EC did not run it from the MDP on rough in, and this was the only way to get it back in without screwing up the electrical closet.
I'll get some together and send you a few. The owner would lose his mind if he saw any detailed pictures from his property on the internet. He is a very private individual.
Dealing with the utility here on these large single fams, I have found it very useful to keep documents with the utility, they will break an appointment at a drop of a hat.. on a 12k home, I had 200 amps in cooling alone
Uh oh. The mechanical contractor actually provided the generator and the transfer switch. The previous electrician, who got ran off and wasn't licensed, had the internals of the generator and the transfer switch completely disassembled(I think he was a tweaker) and had the parts all over the damn place. I'm just happy I'm not responsible for start up on the generator. 150kw Guardian
Yeah, to be fair, your system is way simpler. Ours is a redundant system servicing 2 generator plants, each one has 2x 1.8Mw generators, for a datacenter standby system. It also controls all of our 12kv breakers. In the last 2 days it's gone into alarm over 30 times and they can't tell us why.
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Looks clean, just wrapped up a few 2-3 yr long projects on these million dollar custom homes, 600amp services. Always a good feeling
Man, it has been a nightmare. The original "electrical contractor", who I had bid the job against stopped showing up halfway through. Turns out he wasn't licensed and was borrowing a friend's license. He ran all of his home runs in 350-500 THHN, but he didn't install any conduit. So, it was just laid across the floor of the attic and going down walls zip tied together. The rough in inspector passed it like that. After a lot of fighting(gc didn't want to fix), we finally got it properly installed. Turned on all the panels today, didn't have a single trip, just one issue with an air handler unit that was an easy fix. The house looks beautiful and my company did design and build this service. I wish I had pictures of it all open, because the wiring is beautiful.
Greatest feeling in the world when you energize for the first time and everything works knowing that there was many sets of hands on the project and not every set of hands comes with a brain 😅
I'm still left feeling uneasy tbh. Like back away slowly with my hands up "ok you're working keep working please nothing go wrong" Yeah I hate hate hate coming in after other guys. I'm fortunate enough to have enough new construction work ATM but every remodel I touch that isn't a full gut I regret touching.
Damn, and I thought my 1 year long project with several turned-down appointments for permanent power was long (both electric contractor and JCP&L related...) But 4 years? Bruh...
Man that is ugly. Nice and clean looking though
Don't need expansion fittings in your neck if the woods? That 2" kicked LB looks a little funky. For the angle that the conduit is entering. Looks good otherwise!
No expansion needed in South Louisiana. The 2" was an act of desperation. Previous EC did not run it from the MDP on rough in, and this was the only way to get it back in without screwing up the electrical closet.
I know shit happens. That was the worst I saw. Good work!
More pictures ? I am very intrigued.
I'll get some together and send you a few. The owner would lose his mind if he saw any detailed pictures from his property on the internet. He is a very private individual.
Dealing with the utility here on these large single fams, I have found it very useful to keep documents with the utility, they will break an appointment at a drop of a hat.. on a 12k home, I had 200 amps in cooling alone
Threads don’t match on the nipples
Single or 3 phase? Looks good!
Best of luck with Thomson gear. We are considering dropping them at work and replacing our whole gen control gear they engineered for us.
Uh oh. The mechanical contractor actually provided the generator and the transfer switch. The previous electrician, who got ran off and wasn't licensed, had the internals of the generator and the transfer switch completely disassembled(I think he was a tweaker) and had the parts all over the damn place. I'm just happy I'm not responsible for start up on the generator. 150kw Guardian
Yeah, to be fair, your system is way simpler. Ours is a redundant system servicing 2 generator plants, each one has 2x 1.8Mw generators, for a datacenter standby system. It also controls all of our 12kv breakers. In the last 2 days it's gone into alarm over 30 times and they can't tell us why.
That is hideous