Hehehe.... This is giving me flashbacks [Linked Image]
I learned most of the electrical trade from my great cousin who was an electrical contractor.... He was just like a father to me, & still is to this day [Linked Image] when I was about 8 or 9, he started letting me raid his workvan for all the old stuff he'd taken out of different places.. showing me what does what, not just showing me how it's done, but WHY it's done that way.. (always checking everything I did before I could get anywhere near energizing!) He'd even take me on some jobs during the summer once i was a bit older... by the time I was 18, he was showing me how to assemble gear sections & bus duct.. About when I turned 21, he retired & I had to get a real job [Linked Image] I am curious if the young man learned what he knows just from books or if he actually has someone showing him the ropes? One of the first little projects my cousin & I did was similar to this, except it was an old workshed in the backyard... We piped it in sched 40 underground, MC cabled a couple gfi's & a flourescent fixture inside... I was soooo damn proud of that thing [Linked Image] Beyond looking for NEC violations, there's a 15 year old boy out there putting his idle time to positive use! [Linked Image] I see pride in workmanship, moreso than I think I've seen in 80% of the do-it-yourselfer projects I've come across.. & I hope this boy will continue his desire to learn our trade! [Linked Image]

-Randy