Master Electrician Dad Teaches Son a Valuable Money Lesson, and why Code Changes are GOOD, Thoughts?

That's making me money. >> Right. >> Early on in my career, I would get annoyed at code changes >> Yeah. >> and not realize that when there's a code change, I'm making more money. So, instead of it being an inconvenience for me, I you know, you have to embrace it and be like, "Oh." >> No, that's true, actually. I mean, if you look at it that way, cuz code changes, then the building code needs to be updated. So, they're going to have to call an electrician to actually update the the work, right? And that's just more money for an electrician, right? >> So, but that's the way it is. Like in commercial buildings, anything over 800 amps has to be GFCI main. >> GFCI main? >> Yes. [music] So, all the commercial buildings we work on, all their mains are GFCI protected. >> Oh, okay. All of them? >> All of them. Over 800 amps. >> Dang. >> The issue becomes if you do have a nuisance tripping and you had the main of a residential house, why why wouldn't they allow that? >> Because, I guess, the service coming from the outside, if it rains, like >> No, because the whole house would go off. Your sump pump would go off. Everything would go off. Everything. Your oxygen machine, your refrigerators, everything would go off. So, that's why you're seeing individual GFCI breakers. Now, >> Okay.