[Max C.]

This made me laugh:

 

[MikeFL]

This made me laugh:

Funny as all hell. Watched the first 7 minutes. At first I'd cringe as he'd get his fingers in that panel but then realized he did survive to upload it so then I laughed the rest of the way. Incredible he's not dead (or is he?).
Can't believe those test leads held up.
Interesting science experimentation for sure.

 

[rjniles]

This made me laugh:

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This made me laugh:

His pseudonym is Electroboom. He makes some very funny YouTube videos a about his electrical experiments.

ElectroBOOM - Wikipedia

 

[canbug]

ElectroBOOM is hilarious but I still flint watching him.

Tim

 

[brodgers]

This made me laugh:

Did anyone else watch it and call his the code violations like lack of cable clamp at the breaker panel, unused knockout not covered on the 4 square, box fill at the handy box? Or am I just being too picky?

 

[MikeFL]

I was thinking bucket fill.
How many amps are you allowed to put into a 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of water in it?

 

[RICK BOYD]

Did anyone else watch it and call his the code violations like lack of cable clamp at the breaker panel, unused knockout not covered on the 4 square, box fill at the handy box? Or am I just being too picky?

I noticed the open holes, why did he break one open when were already open holes .
without moe & larry he is the lone stooges

 

[readydave8]

Don't know what's going on here, panel appears to be fed with #12

Hope I get the job: rewiring what's needed after walls are opened

 

[Viggmundir]

saw this in a house last week. 500W heater that apparently is only 2 months old. I think it's been running 24/7 since it was installed. Heating kitchen and living room because the living room heater was turned off...

 

[wcord]

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saw this in a house last week. 500W heater that apparently is only 2 months old. I think it's been running 24/7 since it was installed. Heating kitchen and living room because the living room heater was turned off...

Worse design ever!!!!
The genius who came up with this, is no longer working for the manufacturer.
The heat coming out of the top will melt PVC window trims.
Its so bad, apparently Manitoba Housing will not accept these on their projects.

The manufacturer's solution to the problem of scorching the wall, was to supply a pair of standoffs, about 1/2 inch thick.

My solution, never buy them

 

[Viggmundir]

Thanks @wcord for commenting, that's good to know about manitoba housing not accepting them, o hope I can remember that. I have put a few of this style in, if only because it's all that is locally available at the home hardware in town.

 

[MikeFL]

It may be wise to print and show the above to the hardware store. See if they can cross reference to something that will have better performance.

Is that really a 500 Watt heater, or is it 5k W?
I don't see what 500 watts is going to do for a cold room in Canada.
My coffee pot is 1500 watts as is a blow dryer.

 

[Viggmundir]

It may be wise to print and show the above to the hardware store. See if they can cross reference to something that will have better performance.

Is that really a 500 Watt heater, or is it 5k W?
I don't see what 500 watts is going to do for a cold room in Canada.
My coffee pot is 1500 watts as is a blow dryer.

Oh definitely a 500W. It's a 900 square foot house, 100A service, all electric heat. The whole house is only 5kW of baseboard heat... I was a little surprised at how little heat there was.
You can just see in the picture on the right side, that there is no baseboard coming up to the heater, looks like it used to be a 1000W heater and got replaced with a 500W. House is on a reserve, I went up to look at 3 houses last week. I have 10 baseboard heaters to change out, I'll order them out of the city from the supply house.

 

[samgregger]

Baseboard heaters are not supposed to be installed with a receptacle right above it anyway, for that reason. I think most of the spec sheets for the heater say at least 3ft.

 

[Kevin_Essiambre]

It may be wise to print and show the above to the hardware store. See if they can cross reference to something that will have better performance.

Is that really a 500 Watt heater, or is it 5k W?
I don't see what 500 watts is going to do for a cold room in Canada.
My coffee pot is 1500 watts as is a blow dryer.

Definitely 500 watts. Here's a cheat sheet for ya. Can't find a good image or the actual cheat sheet so here's a screenshot of the one on a heater box.

ETA: we know the box the receptacle is mounted in is 2" wide. Cover plate will be slightly larger, so we can figure out the length of the heater using that receptacle... but we already know its a 500 watt heater.

 

[wcord]

Thanks @wcord for commenting, that's good to know about manitoba housing not accepting them, o hope I can remember that. I have put a few of this style in, if only because it's all that is locally available at the home hardware in town.

Check to see what product line CO-OP handles
Rona in Gimli also handles Stelpro

 

[Viggmundir]

Check to see what product line CO-OP handles

There hasn't been a CO-OP hardware store in town here for probably 10 years. Nearest one is a hour west of here. At that point its easier to get it out of Winnipeg.

 

[cuba_pete]

Sounds like a three dog night for the residents.

 

[Max C.]

Can't believe those test leads held up.

I've wondered about that myself. Could there be some trickery that we aren't seeing as an audience?

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I love this guy's tutorials:

 

[Quickservice]

This made me laugh:

This guy is wild. Wonder how many HO's watch stuff like this and then try their own project.... only to end up in the hospital ER?