I recently quoted a 100 amp service upgrade for a real estate company, and gave them a generours bid.
The owner thought it was too high and new someone who new someone who did electrical work and they had him do it.
I just got another call from the same agent who told me to meet her at the property. She wanted me to quote again to fix the work that had been done by the previous owners "Electrician".
In the basement was a 30 space 100 amp panel the water line was right next to the panel, no ground clamp no jumper for the water meter. outside the service cable ran into the 60 amp meter base and was left like that no sil plate and no ground rods ... and no permit.
This was done by someone who passes himself off as an electrician. In the panel there were all 20 amp breakers didnt mater if the No.14 was fed to a 20 amp breaker it was stuck there any which way he could get them in.
The thing that Gets my blood boiling is that now the new owners have to pay to have this fixed which should have been done right the first time, and of course it has to be done yesterday.
If someone cant hire an electrician there are places where they can go to have the work done right the first time for them, for a nominal cost.
We had 5 kids and we had to work hard to put them all through school, when I finally figured out how they got here we didnt get any more.
I am sorry that cant be used as an excuse.
-Mark-
