RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL MATERIALS Apprentice Electricians Should Know

If you're about to get into the residential electrical career path, there are some materials you should become accustomed to. The better you understand what we work with the easier you'll know the jargon we use, and what we're talking about.

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#electrician #electrical #electricity

0:30 - ROMEX
0:35 - NON-METALLIC SHEATHED CABLE (NM)
0:51 - STAPLES
1:31 - NAIL ON BOX
1:51 - ONE GANG
1:53 - TWO GANG
1:58 - THREE GANG
2:00 - FOUR GANG
2:18 - POP IN BOX
3:07 - ROUND NAIL ON BOX
3:24 - ROUND POP IN BOX
3:45 - PANCAKE
4:14 - FANCAKE
4:55 - FAN BRACE
5:44 - BAR HANGER
6:31 - DUPLEX RECEPTACLE
6:57 - SINGLE RECEPTACLE
7:23 - GFCI RECEPTACLE
8:17 - SINGLE-POLE SWITCH
8:48 - THREE-WAY SWITCH
10:40 - CIRCUIT BREAKER
11:10 - AFCI BREAKER
11:13 - ARC-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER
12:03 - CARFLEX
12:04 - FLEX
13:04 - CARFLEX CONNECTORS
13:15 - CARFLEX 90
13:41 - STRAIGHT CARFLEX CONNECTOR
13:53 - AC DISCONNECT
15:02 - BELL BOX
15:35 - IN-USE COVER

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[BD-enpu]

man this corona quarantine has got me up at 2am watching electrician videos. i'm a biologist

[beboboymann]

This is good stuff my man. College professor candidate for sure. You are a great educator. Your delivery style and video editing is top notch. Thank you for your time and effort.

[tonyfisher]

20 year sparky here and I just referred my son who is entering into trade school to your channel. Man I wish something like this was around back when I started up. Thanks for the videos. They are great!🔥

[justinchamberlain]

4:20 “fan-cake”
5:01 “fan-brace”; ratings from “csa or ul”
6:30 “duplex receptacle”; 6:50 “not a plug”
6:57 single receptacle for dedicated circuits like frige or washer/dryer/dis washer/disposal
7:23 Gfci recep; “Gfi’s are the same”
8:48 Three-way switch

[KaleoMgmt]

New homeowner and avid DIYer. Love your videos!! While I'm not in the trade, and I'm not doing anything super complicated, watching your videos has been a great guide for the little things around the house. Mainly adding smart switches and USB receptacles so far.

It helps that the previous home owner was a Master Electrician and did a major remodel 5 years ago. I have never seen so many receptacles in a house or such an organzied sub-panel!! 🤣

[spark]

Here in Ireland (and also in the UK AFAIK) "three way" light switches are actually known as "TWO WAY" light switches.

[tianxiu]

This video should be part of the "head-of-the-household indoc training"!

[AnonMemSoc]

Hey man! The quality of your newer videos are awesome -- I like the camera angles and close-ups, as well as the electrical graphics and sounds...stuff that seems basic is enjoyable to watch. Thank you

[tmitchgoon]

Im going from commercial work up in Maine to Residential work down in Florida and let me tell you how grateful I am for your plethora of knowledge and ability to share it! From all the greenies like me, THANK YOU! ⚡️

[dochonest]

If you ask your supplier for car flex and they don’t know what your talking about, its trade term is liquid tight flexible non-metallic conduit. If they still don’t know, get better suppliers.

[asnpride]

Thank you for breaking down all the different items needed for electricity. You speak very clearly and easy to understand.

[srtstl]

I’m a licensed Electrician. But, I love watching these videos. Good as a reminder. But, something I’ve learned in this trade is that YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING! 💪 Thinking about being a Sparky? I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend it. I love what I do. Take care y’all!

[caseyk]

As an electrician I've never used a fan brace or bar hanger. Always put up a block of wood between the studs or trusses and mounted the box directly to wood. And actually never heard the word "cake" to describe a box. Generally referred to as "pan box" or "fan pan" in my neck of the woods. Good information in this vid! Wish I'd watched something like this before I started my apprenticeship. The thing that got me regarding breakers is my journeyman told me to grab a 120 breaker. So here I am in the van looking for a breaker that says 120 on it. I didn't realize by 120 he meant a single pole 20 amp breaker. Felt kinda dumb when he got tired of waiting for me and just came out and grabbed one himself. But I learned fast!

[donphillips]

My favorite was a homeowner called about hallway lights out. I came and the first switch I pulled out was a duplex, with a traveler attached to the ground screw. He swore up and down that no one had been working on it.

[KenKaneki-xhby]

You're helping me with my apprenticeship and trade schooling so much lol thanks fam

[ryanblanco]

I watched your videos for a good while like two years ago and today I just submitted my application for a apprentice license watching electricians at my current job is so fascinating and I decided finally take that step i want to be a electrician

[turboflush]

I know.. later video.. buuutt..
Staples. Conflict I have is when you do a remodel situation.. you don't nail the wires.
I feel the staples are there just for keeping the drywall screws and the cables tamed while mounting drywall

[aaavellone]

I really like your videos. I'm almost done with Sparky school. Before I enrolled I worked with an old master for 2 years and he use to give me whole supplier magazines to read and memorize. You're one of the only electricians I trust to watch on youtube. I am in Chicago so we have grounded systems via conduit or BX or MX with only metal boxes. Thanks for being correct and through. Besides SparkyChannel you are THE youtube source for correct sparky knowledge.

[leotexas]

I’m an Apprentice and I’m really enjoying your content! You are helping so much more than people admit to you! Keep up the awesome work!

[haroldgreen]

Forty years as a commercial electrician and yes a receptacle is normally called a plug. What plugs into it is a cord cap. If you go to an electrical supply house and ask for a box of 20 amp plugs they are going to give you receptacles. If you want cord caps that's what you ask for but never plugs if you want cord caps. Over the years I've had dozens of apprentices and I prefer they know nothing so they can be trained properly rather than thinking they know how to do things. One night a week of school to do the code work and five days a week to learn what each piece of material is called, how to bend pipe, how to make joints and so on. Training is now up to five years and many apprentices need every bit of it.