Comments by "Matt Foley" (@mattfoley6082) on "120V 240V Electricity explained - Split phase 3 wire electrician" video.

  1. Same here. Went to college for BSEE for 3 years then dropped out because it was all theory and math and no practical hands-on. I sort of understood how to do the math but I didn't understand what the math was referring to in the real physical world (generation, wires, distribution, motors, appliances). That was 40 years ago but it still bothers me when I think about it. I don't regret dropping out, it was the right decision because I realized I was not cut out for a career in EE. But I wish they'd given a course in basics like what is electricity, how it's produced, distributed, used. If I'd had these videos to watch back then things may have turned out differently for me. Back in 1980 we didn't have computers or internet, just dense dull engineering textbooks with lots of equations and theory. Ugh.
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  2. Went to college for BSEE for 3 years then dropped out because it was all theory and math and no practical hands-on. I sort of understood how to do the math but I didn't understand what the math was referring to in the real physical world (generation, wires, distribution, motors, appliances). That was 40 years ago but it still bothers me when I think about it. I don't regret dropping out, it was the right decision because I realized I was not cut out for a career in EE. But I wish they'd given a course in basics like what is electricity, how it's produced, distributed, used. If I'd had these videos to watch back then things may have turned out differently for me. Back in 1980 we didn't have computers or internet, just dense dull engineering textbooks with lots of equations and theory. Ugh.
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