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Electrician Family, Dad goes on a Rage when his Sons don’t know what a Contactor is.. Thoughts?

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This video provides an educational explanation of what an electrical contactor is, how it operates using an electromagnetic coil, and its common applications, including residential air conditioning units. A master electrician father teaches his apprentice sons about this fundamental electrical component.

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What's a contactor? >> I don't know. What is it again? What's a contactor again? You tell me what a contactor is and how it operates and you can go. >> Contactor creates the circuit to go down. It's for three-phase panel. I'm failing as a father. I'm failing as an electrician father. >> Let me see. You actually don't know what >> Wait a minute. Wait a minute. >> I'm never doing this at residential work. I'm not seeing this at resi work. You don't know what a contactor is? Honestly God. Listen, guys. A contactor is used to control power wiring from an exterior control source. Where do we find this in the field? Everywhere you find this. You know how many of these are around our house right now? In residential? In Of course in residential. How would How would the air conditioning turn on? Oh, it's in the air conditioning unit. >> A contactor. Okay. So, let me ask you this. You guys know what a coil is? Wire that heats up and then it releases. A coil is a just a loop of wire, right? When you energize a loop of wire, what happens? It creates a magnetic field. And that that magnetic field will pull against a piece of steel and create a contactor. Okay. >> Okay? Yeah.

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