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EPISODE OF LABOR[Labor of Love Ep. 5 - Electrical Inspector ]
OF LOVE, A SERIES WHERE WE BRING YOU ALONGSIDE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY OF PLANO AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO DO VARIOUS JOBS HERE.NEXT UP, ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE MULTIPLE TITLES? YEAH.
WHAT ARE THEY? ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL.
DAVID PERRY IS WHAT YOU'D CALL A JACK OF ALL TRADES.
I HAVE, I HAVE 19 DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS.
TODAY HE'S PERFORMING A FINAL INSPECTION FOR A RECENTLY INSTALLED BACKYARD POOL.
THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL THOUGH? NO, BUT IT'S AN ELEMENT OF THE POOL.
SO WE LOOK AT ALL THESE ELEMENTS, THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T BECOME PART OF A CIRCUIT AROUND A POOL, BASICALLY.
DAVID ENSURES THE MAIN ELECTRICAL AND THE CONTROL PANEL ARE PROPERLY WORKING.
HE SHOWS THE GROUNDING WIRES ON EACH PUMP THAT ARE SECURED TO THE GROUNDING LUG, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING EVERYTHING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A POOL PROPERLY GROUNDED AND BONDED, SO NO ONE GETS SHOCKED.
NEXT, DAVID SHOWED CHIRPING THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL POOL PUMPS.
WELL, THAT'S IT HERE, AND I'M GETTING IN THE MUD.
THEY'RE JUST ALL IN YOUR MUD BACK HERE.
THERE ALSO MUST BE A GFI RECEPTACLE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THE POOL, BUT DON'T GET IT CONFUSED LIKE I DID.
IT'S THE LITTLE GRAY, LITTLE GRAY BOX THERE.
THEN WHAT? THE TINY BOX, WHAT IS THE OTHER ONE? IS THAT A DOGGY DOG? YEAH, THAT'S IT'S A DOGGY DOG.
REMEMBER EARLIER WHEN I TOLD YOU DAVID HAS 19 CERTIFICATIONS FROM THAT FACT ALONE? YOU CAN TELL HE TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT HE DOES.
WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO? WHY DO YOU SHOW UP TO WORK EVERY DAY? I LOVE MY JOB.
I LOVE, UH, THE TRADE THAT I'M IN.
DAVID SAYS EARLY ON HE WAS BLESSED WITH CONTRACTORS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN HOW THINGS WORKED, AND HE ENJOYS DOING THE SAME FOR HOMEOWNERS.
WHEN YOU GET INTO THE MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING PARTS OF IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT ELEMENT OF SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, MAY BE GAS, IT COULD BE WITH FLUE, PIPES NOT BEING PROPERLY CONNECTED AND YEAH, IT'S A FLU PIPE.
THAT'S THE PIPE THAT COMES OFF OF, SAY YOUR WATER HEATER HAS A PIPE THAT COMES OUT THE TOP OF IT.
IF IT'S GAS, I KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL TOO, IS TO TEACH FINAL WORDS FROM DAVID FOR THOSE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRY.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR TO, TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO, TO GET THE CERTIFICATIONS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, GO FOR IT.
IT DIDN'T TURN THE HEATER ON YOU.
THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER EPISODE.
WE'LL HAVE PLENTY MORE EPISODES ON THE WAY.
THIS IS LABOR OF LOVE FOR THE CITY OF PLANO.