8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
8:17 p.m.
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.