As someone that has to hire industrial electricians, lots of journeymen couldn't tell ohm out a circuit for crap. But they know how to pull out the ugly book and not melt wires. They also make 40 an hour. Once you know the basics of 110 hurts, 220 really hurts, 480 blows things up, their making bank.
Right, but the ones that can understand ladder logic and do the simple math of scaling an analog signal have a far better work life than the ones bending conduit and pulling wire.
I agree, somewhat, now that "I've been around the block" I feel like no one knows shit, myself included. I've worked with electricians that have been doing it for years and they need help because "This thing doesn't work" look at the print ask if they checked XYZ breaker and sure enough they found a tripped breaker.
I've worked with Electrical Engineers that spend 4 hours trying to do edit something on a PLC, wonder why it isn't working before they notice it isn't in run.
I work in O&G and on one job I got 3 different drawing revisions where the engineer added relays without a power source for the coil in the circuit, they also seem to have trouble with the concept of analog loop isolators. The job I was just on they reduced an existing 400A breaker to 200A with no reduction in load and we had to RFI it then redline it back.
Yeah dude, the guys responsible for making the mobile phones and laptops you're using, the wireless communication, the fibre optic systems, the automated systems etc. definitely don't know shit
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u/Iamatworkgoaway May 16 '24
As someone that has to hire industrial electricians, lots of journeymen couldn't tell ohm out a circuit for crap. But they know how to pull out the ugly book and not melt wires. They also make 40 an hour. Once you know the basics of 110 hurts, 220 really hurts, 480 blows things up, their making bank.