We're presenting more popular The Everyday Electrician™ videos by Trevor Ottmann, president of 3/0 Electric! For those of you who may not yet have encountered him, we wanted to present some of Trevor's most-viewed videos from July 2024 across our social media platforms.
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We've all been there before: The service call starts with something simple but doesn’t end that way... Trevor takes us back inside a feed mill to share how this seemingly simple service call to replace an outlet turned into a bigger issue, as he needed to add GFCI protection to this old panel.
You can also view this clip on TikTok and YouTube, where it got more than 10,000 views!
One of the most important and perhaps understated challenges of electrical work is learning & retaining the layouts of job sites, says Trevor. It not only helps you understand where you are and how to get where you need to be efficiently, but it also can help keep you safe if you know how to accurately describe where you are in case something happens.
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In this popular video, Trevor shows how he troubleshooted a sticky limit switch. This gate’s position feedback was thrown off, causing the gate to continue trying to close after it had already reached its closed limit. The gate would open just fine with noticeable change in feedback. However, it would not try to close. The internal moisture/seepage froze the limit switch in its actuated position, which told the system that the gate was closed and not to try. How would you handle this sticky situation?
