My fellow electricians; I am a residential journeyman about to

Not really, you wouldn't need something that reads that high unless you're going industrial. There's not a lot of situations in commercial that you'll need the higher reading

>>1138462
>>1138464

Inside wireman here. When working commercial my fluke t5 stays at home, and I use my $30 Craftsman clamp meter instead. Fancy meters grow legs. Conveniently, fancy meters are usually used on service calls or industrial settings where you aren't working with many people, or with anyone at all.

Just get any cat3 clamp meter and you'll be good to go.

>>1138462
Why are you trying to get back into commercial? I am working mostly residential and about to take my journeymans. Curious as to what you see in commercial worth leaving for when your already stamped.

>>1138524
I start to get tired of dealing with homeowners. Houses and remodels get old after awhile. Here in washington residential wages seem to peak at 25, maybe 30 an hour if you go to seattle. Enough to live off maybe, but it seems like theres more money in commercial. I also feel like I wasted my time at trade school by sticking with residential. The whole point of going to school was do higher end electrical work not rope houses all day.
Residential work will always be there if i need to fall back on it, but for now I think its time to increase my skill set. I wish you luck in getting your journeymans.

>>1138563
im with you. Im a commercial HVAC journeyman. the residential journeyman wage is almost 20 less per hour.

>>1138563
Thanks for the input my friend. I am doing service work right now and the occasional custom home but can see where your coming from. It seems to make money on the residential side you have to either own your own company or become an inspector for the county. Good luck.

>>1138653
Hey thanks! I enjoy service work and troubleshooting, but custom houses can be nightmares, especially with all the fancy appliances tripping arc fault breakers. Are you thinking about starting your own company?

>>1138462
Not really worth it unless you run across 600V systems. In the USA, 480V service is common, but the next jump is to 2400V/4160V. That us usually measured with specialized HV probes and test equipment.