Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:17:40 -0700
From: cisin at
xenosoft.com
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Fuses ans stuff was : Lightbulb police?
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I am firmly of the opinion that there are *some*
people who should
not be allowed within 150 yards (137 m) of a screwdriver. Case in
point, the guy from whom I bought my house. I had to go through and
test every outlet--about half were wired backwards--and he'd lived in
the place for 10 years.
But then, he was a clinical psychologist.
Maybe he felt an urgent personal need to alternate polarity?
40 years ago, I thought that requirement of an electrician to wire outlets
and switches was silly, and that ANYBODY could wire an outlet or switch
right. Some of the stuff that I've encountered in the last 40 years has
convinced me otherwise.
Hi
The problem is that even an electrician can do a bad job. I'm purchasing
a house that had some recent work done. It had a new breaker panel
with 20A breakers instead of 15A that would match the wiring.
It had 3 prong sockets installed but it seems no one checked that the
ground wires were actually connected and one socket has reversed
hot and neutral. If I'd hired the guy, I'd have been really pissed off.
I've seen similar ( but not quite this bad ) work done in the pass by
someone that was claimed to be a licensed electrician.
Dwight
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