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I, like most I'm sure, work so many hours that I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have the business. I always hoped that one of my boys or a future son-in-law would have a intrest so I don't have to quit. I enjoy my co-workers in other trades and the friendships we've built. My plan was just to slow down, let the boys do the "heavy lifting" and just show up to bust a few balls when I'm not golfing or shooting. In the mean time, I've set out to build a company that would continue to run if I took a day off and that might be worth something someday. I'm only 41 so part of me doesn't want this to end for a very long time while part of me wants to retire tomorrow. Plenty of time...I hope.
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11-13-2009, 03:30 AM
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BrooklineElectric.com
Join Date: Dec 2008
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I made a deal with a former employee. He pays me 10% of gross sales for jobs I forward to him.
I take the trouble calls and fixture hangs. Anything that does not require bending pipe or pulling wire.
Sometimes I do the estimates. On large jobs I get paid up to two hours plus the percentage.
It works great!
John a. Peters
www.BrooklineElectric.com/
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11-13-2009, 07:13 AM
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Location: South Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Peters
I made a deal with a former employee. He pays me 10% of gross sales for jobs I forward to him.
I take the trouble calls and fixture hangs. Anything that does not require bending pipe or pulling wire.
Sometimes I do the estimates. On large jobs I get paid up to two hours plus the percentage.
It works great!
John a. Peters
www.BrooklineElectric.com/ |
Oh man that site is so riddled with typos it looks like a Chinese guy wrote it.
I especially enjoyed the grounding myths (brown rods) and the holes/ incisions links 
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11-13-2009, 07:37 AM
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Location: South Florida
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Unfortunately having a good ground system consisting of two brown rod striven at least eight feet into the earth along with an attachment to the cold water pipe and the ground for the young gas interior gas system does not assure you that your electronic equipment will be protected from a striking lightning or surge coming into the power lines.
The only thing that will really take care of this is a SurgeArrest or. See the article on the subject elsewhere.
If I surge comes into the lines the ground will not help at all. Rowdiness primarily a safety feature that allows people to touch any of the gas pipes cold water pipes hot water pipes without the fear of getting shocked.
Copyright 2009 John A. Peters
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11-13-2009, 07:54 AM
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Burger Flipper
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Peters
I made a deal with a former employee. He pays me 10% of gross sales for jobs I forward to him.
I take the trouble calls and fixture hangs. Anything that does not require bending pipe or pulling wire.
Sometimes I do the estimates. On large jobs I get paid up to two hours plus the percentage.
It works great!
John a. Peters
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Your site, litterally, makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a spoon. 
~Matt
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11-13-2009, 09:33 AM
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Ratus Maximumus
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: South Eastern MA
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Holy crap, try some spell check at least. 
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Electrical Construction and Maintenance
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11-13-2009, 10:08 AM
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Hack and Rat all in one
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Stars and Stripes
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Coming from you that's saying something. 
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11-13-2009, 10:09 AM
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Hack and Rat all in one
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TOOL_5150
Your site, litterally, makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a spoon.
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Me too.
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11-13-2009, 02:12 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Long Island, N.Y.
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REWIRE has gone into hiding.. I think BEN put a contract out on him
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068264/
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11-13-2009, 02:41 PM
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Photoshop Guru
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TOOL_5150
Your site, litterally, makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a spoon.
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Hey did you know " There will breakers we rely on a bimetallic strip to overheat under conditions of overlie or sold in order to trip to breaker" ...I had no idea. 
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11-13-2009, 02:58 PM
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Hack and Rat all in one
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Stars and Stripes
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimlock
Hey did you know " There will breakers we rely on a bimetallic strip to overheat under conditions of overlie or sold in order to trip to breaker" ...I had no idea.
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Don't forget:
"Free prong outlets require a solid copper wire from the third hole of the outlets to a properly grounded conductor. Previously the code allowed us to run and are copper wire along the baseboard to the nearest grounded outlets. The problem became that for example of painter might say what's this wire and remove it during the day job causing the grounded outlets to become no longer grounded. For this reason currently the code requires the ground wire to be large enough to look formidable. The minimum size is No. 6 copper witches including installation close to the size of the wooden pencil. This reason is fairly impractical to ground outlets in an old house or even newer buildings."
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11-13-2009, 03:57 PM
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Location: Lake Ridge, Virginia
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Truly sad indeed:
the manufacture states that a grounded out what is required in order for them to honor the warranty.
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11-13-2009, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Lake Ridge, Virginia
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and more:
It constantly looks for and parking condition between the red or black wires and the neutral live wire as well as any sputtering condition that might indicate a loose or overheating connection.
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11-13-2009, 04:07 PM
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Motor Repair&Control Shop
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Remember that a 3 hole plug outlet is better than a 2 hole plug outlet
And, everybody needs one of those SurgeArrest or's because the brown rod striven are not enough.
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11-13-2009, 04:07 PM
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Licensed RAT
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NJ
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I think he outsourced his website design to India
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11-13-2009, 04:37 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: South Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robnj772
I think he outsourced his website design to India
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Its like the Swedish Chef but without the accent.
And that wooden pencil thing. Ya gotta watch for that 
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11-13-2009, 05:10 PM
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Member
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Location: Northern California
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Old electricians never die, they just get turned off.
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11-13-2009, 05:20 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Northern California
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I can't tell which of you guys can't spell and which are kidding those that can't spell. I have seen a lot of electricians who cannot spell the most common words. Those that can spell I promote, of course they do have to be good employees to get a promotion.
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11-13-2009, 05:31 PM
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Rodentia Rattus
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wildleg
exit strategy ? save the last bullet in case you need it.
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Best idea so far, and make sure the pistol is at least a .40, preferably Glock, Sig, or HK: you don't want to embarass yourself when you die and the cop comes in and says," Jezz he used some Chinese piece of crap on himself." That's going in your obit and your family will hate you for that.
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11-13-2009, 05:37 PM
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Robotic Rat
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: new orleans la
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In the case with the OP, one would not want to go out in a ball of flame on electrician talk . com forum
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