Strong Island Electric

03/19/2026

Part 2 of this disaster…

This bus bar didn’t just fail — it literally welded itself to the can. Took longer to demo than it did to rebuild 🤦‍♂️

Since this was only a temp fix, I labeled the breakers instead of the wires. Little things like that save HOURS later, especially on 3 phase when something doesn’t read right.

Slow and steady wins the race on jobs like this… or you’ll be chasing voltage all day

Full setup is back up and running for now — but we’re coming back to redo the whole thing the right way

Part 3 coming soon 👀

03/19/2026

Part 2… this bus bar was literally WELDED to the can 😳
Took longer to demo than rebuild… and this is why labeling saves you hours on 3 phase

03/19/2026

Boilers never fail on a nice day… it’s always 10° with a snowstorm coming.
This panel literally burned through the buss bar and somehow the disconnect never tripped.
So instead of ripping everything apart today, we’re doing the electrician version of surgery — swapping the guts live.

Part 2 will show the finished fix.

Would you trust this panel or replace the whole thing?

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03/18/2026

Rule of thumb as an electrician:

A boiler panel will never fail on a beautiful 75° day.

It will melt down at 10am on a Saturday with a snowstorm coming.

This panel burned straight through the buss bar and somehow the 3-phase fused disconnect never tripped.

So instead of tearing the whole system apart today, I swapped the guts and kept every breaker exactly where it was.

Temporary fix for now…
but this whole boiler setup is getting redone when the weather warms up.

Part 2 coming next.

03/16/2026

Service call breakdown.

Customer had no heat and it ended up being a failed Honeywell relay that wouldn’t reset. Once we traced the wiring through the transformer and control switch, the problem finally showed itself.

Replaced the relay, recommended a new transformer, and got the system firing again.

Sometimes one small control component shuts an entire system down.

03/16/2026

Customer had no heat and the issue turned out to be a failed Honeywell relay that wouldn’t reset. After tracing the control wiring through the transformer and switch, the problem finally showed itself.

Swapped the relay and got the system firing again.

Sometimes the smallest control component can shut down an entire heating system.

03/15/2026

Responded to 3 electrical service calls in NYC today… and every one somehow got worse.

⚡ Call 1: Lights flickering and the homeowner says he has to wiggle the feeder to keep power on. When the panel was replaced nobody brought the water main bond to the new panel and Con Edison lost their neutral reference.

⚡ Call 2: Bathroom with no power. I open things up and find a zip-corded outlet powering a space heater that burnt out the switch.

⚡ Call 3: “Quick look” call… except the panel is literally buried inside a wall with no visible main breaker. And the wall is older than the panel itself.

This is the type of stuff electricians run into every day.

Which one is the craziest?

1️⃣ Wiggling a feeder to keep power on
2️⃣ Space heater on a zip cord outlet
3️⃣ Panel buried inside a wall

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03/15/2026

I responded to three service calls in New York City today and every one of them got worse.

⚡ First call: The homeowner says the lights flicker and he has to wiggle the feeder to keep power on. Turns out when the panel was replaced the water main bonding wasn’t brought to the new panel, which caused Con Edison to lose their neutral reference.

⚡ Second call: Bathroom with no power. I open things up and find a zip-corded outlet running a space heater that ended up burning out the switch.

⚡ Third call: Supposed to just be a quick look… except the electrical panel is literally buried inside a wall with no visible main breaker. The wall is over twenty years old and the panel is maybe ten.

This is the kind of stuff electricians run into all the time.

Which one do you think is the craziest?

1️⃣ Wiggling a feeder to keep power on
2️⃣ Space heater on a zip cord outlet
3️⃣ Panel buried inside a wall

Tell me in the comments.

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03/12/2026

If we could land 100 white-boxing jobs a year, I swear we’d never do another install again… and I’m only half joking.

Here’s what’s going on in this Manhattan office building:

We’re white boxing the 26th and 27th floors. Our job is to shut down power to the non-essential areas while keeping critical systems alive — ADA bathrooms, stairwell lights, elevator lobbies, and service areas.

Then we run temporary stringer lights and temp power so the demo crew can come in and completely gut the floor.

After demo, we walk everything again to make sure nothing electrical got destroyed and install the temporary fire alarm system according to the fire alarm diagram so the fire alarm vendor can commission it.

The GC paints everything white…

And just like that we’re out.

Honestly this might be the best type of electrical job there is.

Would you rather do white boxing or full electrical installs?
Drop it in the comments 👇

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03/12/2026

Manhattan white-boxing might be the best electrical work there is. Kill the power to the non-essential loads, clear the floor, and move on to the next one. If we could land 100 of these a year… I swear we’d never do another install or new build again 😂⚡️

26th and 27th floors, north and south sides, shutting down the non-essential panels and getting the space ready for the next tenant build-out. Simple, clean, and efficient work in the city.

If you’ve never seen what “white boxing” looks like from the electrical side… this is it.

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03/12/2026

We’re up in Manhattan white boxing an office building, and I’ve got to be honest — if we could land 100 of these jobs a year, I’d happily never do another install or new build again.

Here’s how it works.

We’re handling the 26th and 27th floors of this building. Our job is to shut down power to the non-essential areas of the floor while keeping critical systems alive — things like ADA bathrooms, stairwell lighting, elevator lobbies, and service elevator areas.

Once that’s done, we install temporary stringer lights and temp power so the demo crew can come in and completely gut the space.

After demo finishes, we come back through the entire floor to make sure nobody got a little too aggressive with anything electrical. Then we install the temporary fire alarm devices according to the fire alarm diagram, so the fire alarm vendor can come in and commission the system.

After that the GC paints everything white…

…and just like that WE OUT.

Honestly this might be one of the best electrical jobs there is.

Would you rather work on white boxing jobs like this or full electrical installs?
Drop it in the comments.

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01/11/2026

America was built on ingenuity… but sometimes that ingenuity turns into straight-up stupidity.

This setup feeds a TV receptacle and a bathroom exhaust fan — which already raises eyebrows.
Then came the attic surprises… and finally, a horizontal electrical panel in the basement.

Everywhere I looked was another example of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”
This is exactly why electrical safety inspections exist — to catch this stuff before it becomes dangerous.

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