Any Electricians on the forum?

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G'day,

Just wanted to know if there are any electricians on the forum?

Sorry, mate ... just an electrical engineer ...

Gday Matt,
Coincidences aside such as my name as matt and being born in Dec I also am an electrician. Great work for an aspie...if you are able to work alone and have a good size project ahead of you such as a nice pipe run. Work here in New England is non-existant and the thought of going into business by myself without any executive function is downright a silly idea.But yeah i am an electrician, a reluctant one at that.. so lets toss ideas about ,be interesting to hear back from ya
Matt

I'm not an electrician by trade, but it's part of my skill set since I've worked with my fair share of three-phase motors and automated controls in addition to running cable/conduit for various pieces of equipment.

Controls are really my specialty, though. I love working with PLCs or any type of automation.

CNC controls are one of my specialties, including designing the hardware and software.

I have done some domestic and commercial wiring but I wouldn't call myself an electrician.

I'm not and am afraid of electricity and sort of have an outlet phobia but my father was an electrician and I have a neighbor that is one.

That sounds highly enjoyable. Are you self-employed?

I actually thought of going to school for Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, but considering pure mathematics weren't my strong suit in High School and I have very limited finances, I'm not sure college would be a viable option for me.



True story. When I was about 10 or so, I personally witnessed my father cause an arc flash while working around a live circuit. Thankfully, the only injury he suffered was ringing ears, but that imprinted the concept of electrical safety in my mind at a very young age. Nowadays, I won't even TOUCH anything electrical until I've verified it's de-energized with a multimeter or discharged any residual energy stored in capacitors.

Yes. These days most of my work is in CAM software but I do get involved in CNC repairs fairly often. I sub-contract for a local CNC maintenance and repair company. They usually call me in for the tricky faults that no-one else can figure out. A while back I worked on retrofitting a couple of CNC drilling machines for a company that provides employment for disabled people. The user interface was interesting as it had to allow for people with vision problems and people in wheelchairs. I ended up with a big touch screen on an adjustable arm, with custom software.

One of my hobbies is buying old CNC machines and refitting them with modern electronics. I currently have two lathes and a milling machine. Controlling stuff with computers has always been an obsession of mine. In the computer class in school, most of the others were playing with computer games while I built a computer controlled Meccano fork lift. I got so focused on that project at one point that I completely forgot about an exam that I was supposed to be taking at the time



I went to university but I dropped out. One of the reasons was the maths. The more abstract stuff like calculus simply does not click with me. IMHO experience and ability counts for more than pieces of paper. Most smaller companies understand this but big companies seem to be obsessed with qualifications.