/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1537737
Sparky here
right around xmas I worked 61 hours in 5 days. 38 of those hours were just wednesday, thursday, and only a 9 hour day on friday. Some of our wire can weigh 2lbs/foot and you need to handle 4 wires at a time. a 10' rigid pipe weights about 100lbs and you might have to climb a ladder to screw it into place after its bent into the shape you want it, or perhaps get stuck with a shovel in your hand for a few weeks digging because we cant get a machine in that area or fiber is buried there.
We are regarded as the pussies of the construction industry.

your picture is absolutely nothing like what a typical electrician does... I swear this is what an HVAC start up guy looks like or maybe a controls electrician might spend a few hours in this situation.

>>1418685
13 year sparky here, foreman for about 8 of those years.
I do commercial buildings, schools, libraries, doctors offices, police stations, strip malls, banks ect... I hate doing restaurants

Here is a pic of an electrical room I started while on a $4million electrical job.. too big for me honestly.
the feeds on the left come from a 4000A switch gear and are good for 2000a, across the bottom is for the ATS and I think it was good for 800A. Out the back were some other sub panels and bullshit. I forget what the other sub panels in the room were good for.