The times they are a-changing. I know middle-aged men who still don't know how to use even the most basic computer functions or plug it in despite it being as difficult as "match the shape to the hole". Household computers have been around 40+ years! A little longer than I've been alive.

@@ironocy496 and yet I'm 24 and I'm watching in horror vendors respond to that failure to plug-in by changing everything to be USB-C.

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Well it's not hard to achieve, just takes a while......I always think what other people are doing looks much harder....up at the crack of dawn, dressed and headed to work all day. I've just patiently dealt with not making a lot of money and slowly built up income sources, including passive, it's just now starting pay off........the main advantage to all this is being in charge of my own time and how i spend it. The biggest way to achieve almost anything is limiting your responsibilities so that you have the time and money to do what you want.

The Homestead Craftsman you need to write another book!

Hey Ooo girl how are you

Indeed it does, I've made certain projects that should have taken no more than a week that turn into a month from filming......not including editing. Sometimes it's a bit much, but I'm into cameras/filming/editing as a hobby as well so its not too bad. I've got a good bit of time I've set aside from making and selling tables in effort to focus on making videos, my website and personal projects......and working on this house. So you'll be seeing an increased number of videos than I was able to post in the past. Thank you for watching, it's much appreciated.

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Also weather-resistant and tamper-resistant rated receptacles are required. I would tend to use a combo breaker and re-use it in the main panel if just using for a temporary.

That shouldn't be too bad. I put a 100 amp sub panel in my basement shop off of the main panel upstairs. All my wiring is surface wiring in PVC to metal work boxes. I've been very happy with it. I've got outlets and lights everywhere, much better than working off an extension cord.

You bet. I've been doing that since I moved out here to the country. :) Been working on the yard for 1-1/2 but only recently transported my shop (tools and all) to the new place here. Step by step, slowly & surely getting it all done. It's a slow process but very rewarding as well !! Thanks for the reply, Steph_Louisiana

you couldn't just run a piped line underground and throw up a few gfi?

Practice and experience

Had the opportunity to attend such a school for 11th/12th grade. Unfortunately, I didn't want to do the interview, so I didn't apply. But I had toured the school several times prior to being able to attend and I think I would have loved to.

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Thank you, I've got a bunch coming out, about 10 filmed, editing them all now.

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Good idea, I got started doing electrical having a cousin help me, he still helps me wire up houses but I know how it's all done now. There's no faster way to learn than actual experience. Setting up this pole is just as easy as anything else. Just look up a diagram or watch a few videos like this. That's cool there's no inspections, I imagine some crazy stuff gets built that way, but I would love to have to bother with them.

Cool, glad you liked it.

Ha, those clips get deleted!

cheater :P

Indeed, money well spent!

It's really not that complicated once it clicks........and yes you need a small truck and a big one! Good luck.

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That’s a different house, that is now torn down. You can see it in earlier videos, the one i’m working on is on the other side, always been white.

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Ha, I'm planning on it but I'm pretty safe on my street regardless. Thanks for watching.

As far as I know, and this could be my local rules vs your local rules: 1: You are not allowed to use the white PVC pipe to connect the load center to the quad box auxiliary outlet you mounted on the pole. Of course, it affects utterly nothing and PROBABLY an inspector would let that go for a less than 1 foot section of "conduit". Point being, you're supposed to use the grey conduit. However, this (white pipe instead of grey pipe) being a "red flag" right in the inspector's face, I would not call this a good idea. 2: More importantly it appears you have two separate circuits running to that quad outlet box. They would never allow that here, never in a million years. And they would see it because they would want the deadfront off the load center for the inspection. You can have the 2-duplex outlets of course and I certainly understand the idea that from that outlet you are probably going to be operating some hefty power tools or maybe even the whole house off long extension cords so the two different circuits are desirable but at least out here (CA) you can only have 1 circuit in 1 box. That makes some sense if not a lot of sense if you think about it. If "A" breaker blows maybe you think the whole dual outlet box is dead and you go poking in there; meanwhile "B" breaker is live. Know what I'm sayin'? Frankly, if you have connected one of your duplex outlets to one leg of the 240-volt main feed and the other outlet to the other leg of the 240-volt feed it's much worse because now you have the full 240-volts inside that one box but that box looks like it is a 120 volt affair since it has 120 volt outlets. Only one circuit is allowed per box. I also think those outlets would have to be GFIs but they ought to be, anyway. Of course, standard outlet #2 can be slaved off of GFI outlet #1 (again, this would mean that only a single circuit is running to that aux outlet box) so you would not need two GFI outlets. THIS WOULD NOT BE A BAD IDEA AT ALL given that most new GFI outlets have an LED "power on" light. Handy.

In MA for a temporary service you are allowed to have 2 circuits going to a single box. I see electricians doing this all the time here for the reasons you've mentioned (hefty power tools connected). Though you would need a 8 ft grounding bar COMPLETELY buried in the ground, we just push it deeper when the service is removed.

Worry much? What are the odds that a neighbor has a welder let alone wants to steal power after hours? Haha.

Thanks, will do.

Good luck

Well, according to my wife, maybe I don't. She set me strait on my new plans for the year.

It's not quite that bad, it should be ok. Thanks for watching.

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Ha, that would be funny. I also like electrical. I like any trade when it's new work.....running new wires, new plumbing, etc. Basically I like installing not servicing.......for example, working on old plumbing, not fun........but love doing new work. Thank you.

Anthony Ramsey I've even considered the idea of clear cover plates for switches to showcase antique ones as a conversation piece. I think of service&repair work is the second tier of skill mastery, making old good again (unless it is too far gone or out-of-date to be viable).

Yeah, temp poles are a little more relaxed since it's well, temporary and out in the middle of the yard. I could have used a 4x4 but since it's crossing the street I had to have it kind of high. I was going to use conduit and a weather head, I actually bought it all but had the SE cable from another job so I saved a little money. Yes, the out let box was also grounded.....twice, in case one came loose, I also made sure all the lines where tight. In my house I live in I also did a service upgrade and completely ripped out everything, new wire, work boxes, etc. It had 60 amps, went to 200. My panel has about a 25 foot run from meter base with a disconnect. I also did a 100 amp sub panel in the basement for my shop. I love doing electric, only thing I wouldn't do is work the big stuff hot, that's whats nice about having a disconnect I think I would install one even if the panel was in range of the meter to not have one. I had a main breaker go bad in another house and instead of repairing it I just had the power disconnected it and upgraded that house as well, just finished it up.......so this is the third house I will wire and looking forward to it, except cost......even if it is MUCH cheaper than paying an electrician.

Bro time.

Yeah, I know there's big differences throughout the world but it still blows my mind the things people are not "allowed" to do in other countries. Especially something like this.....all your doing is digging a hole, screwing boxes to the pole, cutting wires to length and tightening bolts. Since it has to be inspected by the city before the power company will hook to it you can't really mess up......cause they will tell you to fix it. The basic rule over here is if you own it, you can work on it. What I can't do is do the work for my neighbor for cash......without a license that is. If I had to pay someone to do everything....I would not be able to do any of this. I would define it as part of the American spirit, it's still the wild west in many ways compared to heavily regulated places....granted, rules are different depending on the state, county, city, etc. While that does have a bearing on price of real estate, there's a lot more that goes into price, like the shear volume of houses and the US being so big compared to the United Kingdom...I'm assuming that's where you are.

The Homestead Craftsman Spot on, nah Oz here - the ultimate nanny state - although it really is about making money. The argument is, of course, that you might own it now but what about when you sell it? That's nonsense of course, because you still need to get it inspected. I am actually qualified to do it but it isn't worth paying for the license if you aren't doing it for a living. I asked a contractor if he would let me do all the work and just go over it and organise the inspector - but no.

Here once it's inspected you can do anything you want, there's no difference between living in it and selling it, inspected is inspected.

The Homestead Craftsman Who does the inspection?

nanny state indeed, I'm in OZ too, you need a license to cut a blade of grass out here........okay maybe not but not far off the truth lol

The electric company will do that part for you. You're usually not allowed to tap into the street lines yourself.