Stuff Electricians Should Know!

Today I'll share some statistics with you from the NFPA about the holiday season, fires, and one thing you could do to increase your business while helping to prevent house fires. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

In todays Episode I'll talk about my new book "Rules for Electricians", what it is and what it isn't. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

In todays episode I'll cover 10 terms that you have probably never heard of.  When you get in to any industry they seem to have their own language.  The electrical industry is no different. It has it's own language. Today I'll cover theses 10 terms: *Chinese Money *Bug *BX Cable *Greenfield *Periscope *Hard Head *Kool Aid *Keyless *Eyes *Rabbit Gun --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

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Visit: www.rulesforelectricians.com Welcome to "Stuff Electrician's Should Know" my name is Jon Workman, your host, and welcome back to another episode of SESK. Before we get started I just want to tell you about "Rules For Electricians", a new book that I put together that I'm excited get into your hands. It's 100 rules for electricians that can help a help you in your daily activities, help you in your job, basically just some the written rules, some of the unwritten rules that are that are now written that are there to help you. Go to www.rulesforelectricians.com and you can get your calloused, work soil hands on your very own copy.  Let's get in today's topic "3 myths about project management" On the last episode of SESK, you remember we got into project management a little bit, and this week I want talk about 3 myths concerning project management that sometimes the little guys allow  to get in their way. So let's just jump into the first myth. The first myth about project management is that you have to h

Today I'll cover 6 mistakes you want to avoid when it comes to project management. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

make sure to sign up for SESK-U! www.sesk-u.com In this episode we cover a quick VFD case study to show how effective VFD's can be.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

You won't want to miss the July Issue of SESK-U! Visit www.sesk-u.com to become a member!   So here are 3 things that will help you know when you can use a VFD.   1- The need to reduce energy consumption and energy costs. I'm not going to get deep into this one now because that is going to be the subject of next weeks episode. But know for now that that is a major reason to use a VFD.   2 - Greater production through efficiency and better process control. hey your motors are most efficient, you'll have less mistakes and production levels will increase. This typically generates more revenue, or cuts costs. You might not completely get this, but think about a conveyor belt. If it's jerky on starts and stops it could really mess things up.   3- Lastly, VFD's will extend equipment life and cut down on maintenance. No one likes to have to replace equipment on a regular basis or have to spend time or money having equipment down for repair. Using VFD's helps equipment last longer and reduces downtime because the VFD

Visit SESK-U.com to learn more about SESK University!   Okay, so in the last episode I introduced you briefly to VFD's, and kind of discuss what they did. So this week, why don't we dive into how a VFD actually works. So let's start talking about the motor that you're going to be controlling for, for just a second. You know the motors that you're going to control with the VFD are three phase. You're not going to use a VFD to control a single phase motor. Now, a lot of these motors are designed to be operated and run at a fairly consistent speed. You're not going to have a lot of ups and a lot of downs, but the motors are going to be bogged down a lot with different loads. You might have a conveyor that's got a really light load to begin with and it can kind of gets bogged down during the day. So a VFD analyzes load variations and then it increases or decreases the motor speed automatically to kind of compensate for, for what's happening. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-shou

Visit www.sesk-u.com to learn more about SESK University! So to put a simply a VFD is a type of motor controller that drives a three phase electric motor, and it can control the motor by varying, not only the frequency but the voltage that's being supplied to the electric motor. Okay? So one of the coolest things about VFD's is that their automatic. You don't have to sit there and monkey around with them and adjust them when you need certain things to happen, they sense the load requirements and then they increase or decrease the motor speed accordingly. So this helps out in a couple of different ways. It helps reduce operating temperature of the equipment. It also helps reduce stress on the mechanical components. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

To get Codey visit: www.codey.app   This is probably the advice that Apple should have given when it released the iPhone, or Tesla when it started selling cars.   "Don't buy our product!"   Neither of these Uber successful companies have yet to release a perfect, flawless product.   How dare they??   iPhones are riddled with problems. Software crashes, hardware malfunctions, battery issues. Yet they keep building them for us to buy.   Same with Tesla. Doors and hoods won't open, production issues, crashes...   I'm sure the list could go on.   But both companies keep building and selling their products.   They dare to keep selling products because they are innovators and they want to provide the consumer with the best that they have, even though the best that they have isn't perfect... and it never will be.   There will always be software and car crashes. There will always be hardware problems, there will always be the human element that comes along with innovation.   So where am I going with this?   Let me te

What does Codey know about shore power disconnects? Let's find out. www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

What's the difference between MCM and KCMIL. We've covered it before, but does Codey know the difference?  www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

How do you size OCPD? Let's ask Codey. www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

Today we ask Codey a little tougher question. What is an isolated ground?  www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

When it's a temp install, do you really need to support it? Let's ask Codey. www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

We throw up a softball for Codey today and ask him about conduit. www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

Here's a great question for Codey: Do I need a receptacle by a pool? www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

Make sure to check out Codey at http://www.electricianslibrary.com/codey to learn more about Codey, the "virtual electrical assistant". Have you needed to convert AC to DC and can find a "transformer" or an "inverter" to do so? Thats because you need a "power supply". Today we ask Codey about it.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support

Do communications and power ground need to be bonded?  www.electricianslibrary.com/codey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stuff-electricians-should-know/support