r/electrical

Hi reddit,
New here and need your help. Currently my apartment has this problem of its electrical socket discharging too much current. This is due to the lack of internal grounding installation (long story short the normal negative wire were disconnected, and the building electrician has this bright idea of redirecting the currents to ground).

So i have been looking for alternatives, and apparently youbcan install grounding cables to electrical socket, and has the grounding rod nailed to the wall.

Now this is a bit problematic, I doubt I can get approval for doing something like this nor is it safe. The risk of nailing grounding rods to another electrical circuit or something else is too great.

So I want to ask, is it possible to make your own grounding media, say for example I fill a glass cup with table salt and put the grounding rod there. The glass cup would be sitting on my large wooden table, my floor is made of ceramic.

Managed to spill pickle juice all over the place and it managed to get on a power bar, laptop charger, iphone cable, and lamp cord.

Realistically do I have to throw these all away? This is like $150 worth of stuff. Can I replace the power bar and call it a day?

I recently attended a hiring event for an electrical apprenticeship with a non-union company. i did the whole math exam thing & I've already received the background check paperwork, so I think I'm moving through the hiring process.

The more I've thought about it, though, the more I realize I might be a better fit for some of the company's office positions instead of field work. I'm interested in roles like Contract Specialist, Procurement Specialist, Safety Manager (or Safety Coordinator), or Technical Recruiter. was wondering if there is a trainee position for those roles.

& My concern is whether bringing this up now would hurt my chances. Would the company appreciate knowing where my interests really are, or would they see it as me no longer being committed to the apprenticeship and potentially withdraw my offer? Is there usually any flexibility to move into office roles early on, or do companies generally expect you to stick with the position you originally applied for?

Hey folks! My husband’s uncle is here doing work for us on a gutted bathroom. He just came in and asked me which breaker was for which bathroom (we moved in a year ago, they are labeled “bathroom 1” and “bathroom 2”), and I told him he could just turn both of them off as the water is off anyways so we’re not really using the bathrooms.

He said he “tried to trip the right breaker by creating an arc but the breaker didn’t trip” and implied this could be a bad thing.

We lost our previous home to an electrical fire in Dec 2024 so this made me feel pretty nervous. I tried googling but it was confusing.

Additional context: We had an electrician do a ton of updates before we purchased (we couldn’t get homeowners insurance before updating at least the glass fuse box so we opted for all of the repairs recommended by our inspector). The original house was built in 1943 but the previous owners did a total of 3 additions/expansions.

The only electrical thing I’ve noticed since living here is we can’t run the toaster and the espresso machine at the same time or the kitchen breaker trips).

What exactly does it mean that the breaker didn’t trip (layman’s terms please lol) and is there anything I need to be mindful of or aware of?

Hi all. I moved into a new house (new build) and everyone in the neighborhood is currently trying to figure out what is going on. Every time a storm rolls through, even if it’s a tiny one and barely any lightning, our power will go out for a second, then immediately turn back on. It’s making our breakers trip. Sometimes it’s none, sometimes it’s just 1. A few neighbors have had all of their breakers on the panel trip at once. The HOA says it’s on the electricity company, (Gulf coast electric), GCEC says it’s not. Does anyone know what could be going on? Some neighbors that have lived here longer claim that this wasn’t an issue before they built the last few houses in the neighborhood. I am noticing this happening more in the last few months than I did when I first moved in. Once, the breaker tripped when plugging the vacuum into the laundry room, but I’m unsure if it’s related. Thank you!!

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