The Top Everyday Electrician Videos of March 2025

April 10, 2025

See which of Trevor Ottmann's videos our social media followers enjoyed the most last month!

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We're back with the three most popular The Everyday Electrician™ videos from last month! In case you missed them, these videos were Trevor Ottmann's most popular posts in March 2025 across the EC&M social media accounts.

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Now let's get to Trevor's March 2025 top videos!

Time for troubleshooting

In this popular video from March, Trevor takes EC&M followers inside a chemical plant to show us how he troubleshooted this system that kept kicking on and off. He performs a tug test and shows how he identified the loose wire causing all the issues.

This video is also on TikTok and YouTube.

A creative (?) job-site solution

Sometimes you’re on a job, and you see a creative solution for a minor issue. Take this elevator, for example, with its makeshift door that Trevor saw recently. Have you ever seen a weird job-site fix like this?

You can also watch this video on TikTok and YouTube.

A continuously overloaded motor starter

Check out Trevor's latest electrical problem he tackled! He got a call from a customer about a motor starter that was continuously overloaded. The owner kept pressing reset to no avail. However, upon closer inspection, Trevor noticed a missing bolt that contributed to the issue.

This video was also the top-viewed YouTube short last month! You can also check it out on TikTok.

About the Author

Trevor Ottmann

Trevor Ottmann is an electrical contractor based in southeast Nebraska. After graduating from Rock Port High School, Rock Port, Mo., in 2006, he attended Southeast Community College in Milford, Neb., to learn the electrical trade. After graduating from Milford in 2008, he joined Progressive Electric in Lincoln, Neb., where he worked from 2009 to 2018. While full time at Progressive, he started doing contract work in 2016, launching 3/0 Electric as a side business. From 2018 to 2022, he joined Capitol City Electric in Lincoln, Neb., where he joined the Local 265 Union. In November 2022, he took the plunge as a small business owner and started working full time for 3/0 Electric with his wife, Jamie, At 3/0 Electric, he mostly focuses on commercial and industrial jobs as well as agricultural electrical work. He has held an electrical contractor's license in Nebraska since 2012. He is also a firefighter for the Bennet Rural Fire District since 2021 and is a nationally registered emergency medical technician (NREMT) since June 2023. Trevor lives with his wife and daughter in Bennet, Neb.