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WHAT TO KEEP IN YOUR VAN AS AN ELECTRICIAN! | Day in the Life of a Service Electrician

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Moving to the top shelf, the electrician shows his drop cloth, which is used to protect clients' homes from dirt and debris during work. He stresses that this small gesture demonstrates care and professionalism. He then reveals his collection of circuit breakers, organized by brand (Square D QO, Cutler Hammer, Siemens, Murray, GE) and type (single-pole, double-pole, 15A, 20A, etc.). He emphasizes carrying every major brand and type to avoid time-consuming trips to the supply house. Below, he stores various types of electrical wire: MC cable for commercial or specific residential applications (like garages), six-gauge wire (red and black) and ten-gauge green ground wire for EV charger installations, and various sizes of Romex (12/2, 14/2, 6/3, 10/2) for water heaters, outlets, and switches. He also carries offset benders for half-inch and three-quarter-inch conduit, and a Rack-A-Tiers wire tub to prevent Romex from kinking when dispensing.

Goal: Store and organize electrical materials, including breakers and various wire types, to maximize efficiency.

Tools and materials

  • 10/2 Romex — Medium-amperage circuits like water heaters
  • 12/2 Romex — Standard residential wiring for 20-amp circuits (outlets, switches)
  • 14/2 Romex — Standard residential wiring for 15-amp circuits (lights)
  • 6/3 Romex — High-amperage circuits like water heaters or EV chargers
  • Cutler Hammer Breakers Cutler Hammer — Electrical circuit protection for Cutler Hammer panels
  • Drop Cloth — Protecting client's floors and surfaces from dirt and damage
  • GE Breakers GE — Electrical circuit protection for GE panels
  • Half-inch Offset Bender — Creating offsets in half-inch conduit runs
  • MC Cable — Armored cable for commercial or specific residential (e.g., garage) applications
  • Murray Breakers Murray — Electrical circuit protection for Murray panels

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call I do. Okay, so I keep it up here because this is probably my most used pack out. Put up here. Now we get into here. And This is a service electrician van. So, I always want to keep two ladders because if you have your own van, always keep a minimum of two ladders. One is for the journeyman and one is for the apprentice. Now, some electricians and usually majority work by themselves. It's usually one man show. But if you have a helper with you and you have a decently big job, you always want to carry two ladders. You know, if you have to pull electrical line in the basement and you need somebody to help you, you need two ladders. So, always carry two ladders. This is called a wire tub and basically what that is is you take a roll of wire like this for example, you throw it on the tub and this thing just spins and it dispenses your wire. So, basically it keeps your wire straight because think about this. If I had like for example, if I had this roll of wire and I was running this in someone's home and I didn't have this tub, like pretty much this wire is going to be kinked, it's going to be flying everywhere. But when I have this tub, for example, I mean, I'm in a van, so it's going to be tough to show, but this dispenses the wire for me and keeps the wire straight. So, super important, guys, to have a wire tub or something to dispense your Romex. So, that's what also what I keep. If anybody wants to purchase this, this is called the Rack-A-Tiers wire tub. Shout out Rack-A-Tiers for actually sending this product to me. And I'm not even promoting it. I'm not even promoting it whatsoever. I just really like the product. It's It's been helping me for all my calls. Okay. So, now we're getting to it. Um let's see. So, up here as well, I have my We do a lot of EV chargers. A huge thing in the residential electrician service industry is EV chargers. They're expanding. A lot of people are getting Teslas. A lot of people are getting electric vehicles. So, I keep a pack out called EV breakers. So, I have here different brands. I have Cutler-Hammer. I have Cutler-Hammer tan. I have Siemens. I have GE. I have Square D. As electrician, you want to make sure you have all different brands cuz when you go to someone's home, they might have a panel that damn, I You want to make sure you have that breaker. Because if you don't have that breaker, you have to go to Home Depot and that's a waste of time. You already just lost because you have to spend your time out of the…

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