On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:31:17 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 4:22:12 PM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 4:11:59 PM UTC-5, E. Robinson wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:36:10 -0800, trader_4 wrote:

I guess you missed the part where he said he's an electrical engineer.

I'm not sure which tack you're taking on the topic of what an EE knows
about typical home wiring, but, I'll just reiterate that *this* is the
kind of stuff we learn in Electrical Engineering!

Pic 1: the books https://i.imgur.com/ucDK1ea.jpg
Pic 2: the circuits https://i.imgur.com/q9bz2yZ.jpg
Pic 3: the formulas https://i.imgur.com/v9GHcnT.jpg

I'm an electrical engineer myself. I also knew how to debug that
breaker by just moving a wire from an adjacent breaker when I was
10 years old. I was building all kinds of hobby projects that
were more complicated than that. Electric eyes for example,
using photocells and transistors.

Thanks for proving our point.

You knew how to debug a breaker way before you had your EE. You
learned it through some other means or from other source. It
had nothing to do with your degree.


Really, what
is education coming to in America when you can get a degree in
electrical engineering and not be able to debug a simple house
circuit.

I'm guessing we're close to same age - within reason - which means
we got our EE degrees in the same "America" time wise - within reason.
What course taught you how to open a breaker panel and swap wires?


I got all my degrees from "the school of hard knocks" Different
degrees of knowlege in different subjects

If you are going to learn one trade well that will teach you the
basics of most of the others, learn auto mechanics.
Hydraulics, electrical/electronics, machinist, plumbing - you get the
basics of all of them - and you learn how to take out screws and
remove covers too.
Sorry, just the truth, painful as it may be.

I don't feel hurt at all.