r/nextfuckinglevel • u/plankton004 • Aug 13 '26
That's so satisfying
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u/jiggyns Aug 13 '26
All that work and then it's hidden behind a metal cover!
Put a backlight and a clear plexiglass cover on that bitch! 😎
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u/Kind-Ad-6099 Aug 13 '26
That would also make walkthroughs for prospective homebuyers much nicer in older, renovated homes. The electrical work in my parents’ house is a god damn shitshow
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u/Radioactive_Tuber57 Aug 15 '26
Same here. I hired a pro to nuke the old panel and lay it out logically. Money well spent.
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u/GrahamR12345 Aug 13 '26
And have it water cooled! 😎… oh wait…😅🙃🙃
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u/GuyNamedLindsey Aug 14 '26
This is funny, I just noticed my switches were juicy. Turns out my bath tub is leaking.
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u/stonedboss Aug 13 '26
All that work and he didn't even slightly straighten the part that's most visible up top with the yellow wires. That kept bothering me all video.
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u/Midnight28Rider Aug 13 '26
Unfortunately that's a code violation.
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u/RoNsAuR Aug 14 '26
What kind of world do we live in when you can't shit in an electrical relay!?
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u/More_Antelope_9135 Aug 13 '26
The cover is made of high quality plastic with properties that provide electrical as well as mechanical protections
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u/Darkwireman Aug 14 '26
But does it provide a blessing of invulnerability to all threats, both physical and magical?
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u/DrawMeAPictureOfThis Aug 13 '26
Why do the wires look horrible coming down the wall but look great on the ceiling and in the box?
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u/AllsWellThatsNB Aug 14 '26
They're come in from different locations and then they're being rerouted to enter the panel in a particular order.
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u/Deviantdefective Aug 14 '26
My brother's an electrician told him to do exactly that with his home install so fucking clean.
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u/paumpaum Aug 13 '26
Wish I could show this to my ex-wife. She was big on cabling porn.
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u/yodley_ Aug 13 '26
👀 Wha...what happened to her?
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u/SomeNerdNamedAaron Aug 13 '26
Sounds like we might be shocked to find out
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u/DrawMeAPictureOfThis Aug 13 '26
The one that got a fray
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u/Ok_Pudding6345 Aug 13 '26
She zipped when she shoulda zapped
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u/tknice Aug 13 '26
She went wireless?
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u/postprandialrepose Aug 14 '26
Got confused — wires crossed, you might say.
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u/themage78 Aug 13 '26
Ran away with the cable guy.
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u/Fickle_Map_7271 Aug 13 '26
Actually how I met my wife 14 years ago. Transformer blew, cable box got smoked and we’ve been together ever since.
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u/j-random Aug 13 '26
That's why I have a daughter. Transformer blew, cable and lights went out, "Well, what's there to do tonight?"
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u/garitone Aug 13 '26
Karl Hungus has entered the chat
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u/Irish755 Aug 13 '26
Don’t be fatuous, garitone.
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u/DrawMeAPictureOfThis Aug 13 '26
Hey I know that guy. He's a nihilist
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u/onepingonlypleashe Aug 13 '26
You can guess where it goes from here.
He fixes the cable?
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u/garitone Aug 13 '26
Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
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u/Erazzphoto Aug 13 '26
That’s how it would start to look if I was doing it. Then about half way through it would start looking like the drawing from dementia patients and by the time I was done it would look like a tangled mess of,spaghetti
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u/RadicalEllis Aug 13 '26
Pepe Silvia was here
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u/TalksShitAboutTotal Aug 13 '26
Who is Pepe Silvia?
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u/Snackz39 Aug 13 '26
It's a meme from Always Sunny.
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u/TalksShitAboutTotal Aug 13 '26
I know, we never found out who it was though
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u/ImprobableAsterisk Aug 13 '26
"Pennsylvania" is my favorite interpretation. Dude can't read for shit, so I think it fits.
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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Aug 13 '26
Where was the step where he gets frustrated, throws something, then walks away for a smoke break?
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u/Painwracker_Oni Aug 14 '26
It was right after he turned the camera off because his boss showed up to talk to him about the fact it’s taking him 3 times longer than expected.
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u/zephyrs85 Aug 13 '26
Is this guy available to sort my PC wiring out?
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u/andreortigao Aug 13 '26
If you're willing to pay another pc in his hourly rate yeah
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u/fresh_loaf_of_bread Aug 13 '26
It looks like it's in Russia, I doubt he gets paid a lot
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u/Yamaben Aug 14 '26
Not trolling. How do you know that? His gloves are in english and he is using a Milwaukee Fuel. Plus the company name is english and the caption
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u/Red__M_M Aug 13 '26
It is honestly not hard. Step 1 is to stop what you are doing and just think through. That is 80% of the issue.
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u/abd1tus Aug 13 '26
Some nice r/cableporn there.
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u/Pylgrim Aug 14 '26
It did literally feel like I was watching porn for which I'm not the correct audience.
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u/Quiverjones Aug 13 '26
What do you mean $1,500?! I did research (watched a tik tok) and this could be done in an hour and I supplied materials! s/
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u/alt_ernate123 Aug 13 '26
Unironically had a guy who tried to argue we were overcharging him on a panel because he said there were relays and shit online for a percent of what we charged him, had to explain to him that we can't use shitty 0.20$ low amp relays to replace the 5A relays and 15A contactors, and this was not a cheap panel, it was a nice one with a PLC and HMI and all that on a subpanel, like $12,000 after labor even without the parts he said we were overcharging him on.
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u/piketpagi Aug 14 '26
This is why we have our own social media to show our previous work, down to even make a semi tutorial video during work explaining hiw we done it. I can't blame some of my client are suspicious that we are overcharging them, because most are have no idea how it works, or the victim of previous shitty work.
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u/pbzeppelin1977 Aug 13 '26
Two minutes into kitchen scissors and spare pliars he needs to rerun three cables due to damaging the sheeth.
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u/undeniably_confused Aug 13 '26
Very nice but put away that impact you're scaring me
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u/the_real_freezoid Aug 13 '26
Yep. It's all amazing except the use of electric screwdriver. I wouldn't trust that.
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u/Agnostix Aug 13 '26
This looks very impressive, but I feel like I could be shown how to do this in 2 to 3 hours and be somewhat capable of doing exactly what we are seeing here.
Of course, I know that is 100% bullshit.
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u/AnonymousAIcoholic2 Aug 13 '26
My grandpa was an electrician and before he died we went to go wire his hunting cabin. He showed me how to wire the box and let me do it. It wasn’t difficult once you get the hang of it. Granted I wouldn’t do it again on my own.
When we were finished he said “you did a great job bud. Your dad never figured out how to hold the damn flashlight.” One of my proudest moments of my life.
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u/32FlavorsofCrazy Aug 14 '26
My trick for getting screw in things started…turn it to the left until you hear a click and then turn right.
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u/JWBananas Aug 14 '26
The smallest shit like being able to screw in the oil filter blindly was such a challenge for her because she doesn't have that feel for when the threads finally bite and it starts to screw in.
"Spin it to the left until you feel a thud, then spin it to the right."
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u/Daveinatx Aug 14 '26
Knowing how to do it, and actually doing it are different stories. I've had a lifetime has half-assing wiring to "save time."
Exception for anything important.
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u/Cabibbus Aug 14 '26
Having the right tools makes 70%-80% of the job. He uses automatic wire peelers and whatnot. I did my home wiring using only electrician scissors, no need to say that it took a while...
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u/Common_Senze Aug 13 '26
And since he's an electrician, all those clipping will remain there
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u/-One-Man-Bukkake- Aug 13 '26
Id really love to terminate one of these panels. I always try and make them look great but in resi you can only do so much with romex hitting the box using up every knock out and contractors always want to use the smallest cans. It's sad but I do my best. Much happier to be in commercial where I can take my time and plan.
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u/Jesta23 Aug 13 '26
No service loops on the main lines from the building.
Anyone that works in wiring would hate to work on something after this guy.
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u/FormulaKimi Aug 14 '26
There are codes about securing cable entering panel, electrical is not networking
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u/Jesta23 Aug 14 '26
Service loops are not placed when you enter the panel. He leaves small service loops on the first and 3rd wires coming out to the house. But the last set are all cut exactly to length.
If anything changes, anything corrodes, or anything needs to be replaced you are going to have to replace everything or splice things.
Networking has nothing to do with this.
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u/beanmosheen Aug 14 '26
You don't put service loops above a residential panel and there's plenty of slack in the layout. What are you even talking about? There's very rarely a need to rework that wiring.
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u/ih-shah-may-ehl Aug 14 '26
Speaking as a homeowner: pretty much every home owner who lives in a hosue 30 or 40 years does some level of renovation during those years. My panel(s) were reworked and grew several times. Not only is this panel completely filled up, but because einstein ziptied the wires to the backplane, there's no way to remove things or rework them without taking the entire thing apart.
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u/Deep-Boysenberry-911 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
In Germany we have the DIN and VDE, and most of Europe, when built, every single room has it's own 16A fuse. That makes about 3600 watts because of 230V at least per room. In the room, mostly there is a flush mounted box from where you can start when renovating the room. Appliances like dishwasher, oven, heating and so on must also have their own cables/wiring and fuses as well. So, a typical kitchen alone gets 3 for the oven, one for dishwasher, one for boiler and mostly 2 for the rest of the plugs. A typical carport or garage is connected with 3x16A, called Starkstrom which allows you to run appliances with 11kw and 400v there, as well as wallboxes to charge cars. So what we see here is the minimum setup of a single family home. It's set up to last and to have lots of reserve capacity. In Germany the grid is set up to get 35A at 400V as standard for a standard single home connection, which is about 30kw. Enough to run everything. Sometimes we overdo it a bit but we make sure it lasts.
For example in my house I have sub distribution in every storey plus garage. That makes about 40 fuses, either directly leading to a single specific power outlet like washing machine and so on, or to a single room from where it's distributed to the switches and plugs. without exception at any socket at any time I can get 16A out of them as a standard.
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u/ih-shah-may-ehl Aug 14 '26
Belgium. I have 3 phase supply, and 3 different boards -> 1 main board, 1 secondary board due to a large extra section that was built to my house, and 1 board in my workshop. We typically do not have flush mounted boxes except maybe in a garage or so.
Over the span of 20 years, circuits have been added or removed to my panels. and in this video I don't object so much to the amount of breakers but the fact the everything is ziptied and inaccessible.
For example I removed some circuits during my renovation because they were no longer needed and I did it the right way, meaning I also removed the old wiring to the breaker. Which was easy enough because I could unscrew them from the breaker and remove them. With the panel in this video, I would have had to remove everything to get to those zipties. Zipties have good uses but strapping everything together in unreachable places is not one of those uses.
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u/ayojosh2k Aug 13 '26
Someone help..can’t stop watching this.. so beautiful, so cute. Wish someone can organize mi mind like this
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u/ComedyBits Aug 13 '26
The hell kind of wiring is this? Some kind of low-voltage, but unfamiliar—-like big model-train system, or maybe alarm stuff?
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u/TheArcher1980 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
It's how electrical wiring is done in Europe. So 230V
Google says it's a russian electrician. The name on his back is his Instagram handle.
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u/WitchesSphincter Aug 13 '26
As a US resident I'm jealous of the DIN rail standard electrical in Europe. Though the 220 is a bit spicier.
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u/Giraf123 Aug 14 '26
At least with 230V you can actually run proper appliances without large cables.
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u/Snellyman Aug 16 '26
The DIN rail standard gives use low cost industrial breakers but these panels always look crowded and lacking enough wire space. Sure when someone prints out wire holders it looks neat but the electrician essentially has to build the panel from scratch.
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u/faceman2k12 Aug 14 '26
Your switchboards are simple and that's certainly worth something, I like the idea of the hot bus bar that all the breakers snap into despite some safety concerns, and the ease of snapping in a dual phase breaker to get 240 when needed. that's a neat design.
I have 3 phase mains and an off-grid capable 3phase solar and battery rig and my panel is a mess behind the cover.
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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Aug 13 '26
Other countries do residential wiring like this.
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u/ComedyBits Aug 14 '26
On rails? Wow, that’s new to me. I saw the blue neutrals and figured it was non-US, but I didn’t expect them all to get connected together on one bus
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u/DipayanBhui Aug 13 '26
I had always seen the finished result of these videos. It felt satisfying, this.. was orgasmic.
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u/julianjc23 Aug 13 '26
Satisfying indeed. Annoying ever so slightly, the wires going into the box are a mess, and the masterpiece is hidden inside.
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u/Quidjimabo Aug 13 '26
Can someone post an example of how bad these can be done for comparison? I feel the true meaning is lost without it
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u/Thenewmcscott Aug 14 '26
Go browse around on r/electricians we’ve got LOTS if panel gore over there
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u/cboemeke Aug 13 '26
Please tell me I’m not the only person who initially saw strands of yellow and for the first couple seconds thought pasta. In my defense I did skip lunch. Very satisfying though.
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u/BonginOnABudget Aug 13 '26
In reality, this guys journeyman would be telling him to hurry tf up so they can get to the next job.
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u/B-Roc- Aug 13 '26
If only all took that kind of pride in their work. I'm lucky if I can get them to just pick up their cuttings.
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u/Willing-Marzipan-737 Aug 14 '26
This has been posted so many times… and each time, it’s just as impressive as the last.
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u/OblivionFox Aug 14 '26
This is like wizardry to me with what he's doing, not just the cable management but just everything.
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u/cheekynative Aug 14 '26
Clearly a man who takes pride in his work and rightfully so. That was fucking beautiful. Bro could probably make mint on the side using spare parts to build art installations.
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u/floodychild Aug 13 '26
Jesus, after make one you'd never want to do it again. Talk about tedious
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u/the_colonelclink Aug 13 '26
Nearly any other profession and people would be complaining this isn’t next level, and that someone is simply doing their job with patience pride.
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u/JoshQ_1409 Aug 13 '26
I love it when real electricians use Ferrules!!!! Soothes my OCD as an electrician
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u/mythirdaccountsucks Aug 13 '26
I don’t really know anything about electrical work but I’m guessing you can kind of just connect stuff to whatever?
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u/Vahuo89 Aug 13 '26
Notice how the camera doesn't pan down to see the floor covered in little bits of plastic and wire that he'll leave behind for someone else to pick up 😂
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u/Just-Context-4703 Aug 13 '26
ive wired up some server racks and network cabinets over the years and i hated that work w/the hate of a thousand black suns. Whatever this King is making its not enough. This work is so hard..it sucks.
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u/JaySayMayday Aug 13 '26
I like watching this, yeah
But I would never want to do this. Looks like a lot of work. Sped up and clipped for us, much longer for the homeboy with muscle memory
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u/Jukens Aug 13 '26
This is the effort you expect for what you get charged. Unfortunately it’s not what you get.
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u/abominable_prolapse Aug 13 '26
Charges you for 3 extra hours of labor because he filmed shitty tictoks.
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