Pauluk,
When a foundation crew does shoddy work, the basement floods. Very few have died from flooded basements...
When the framers do shoddy work, the drywall cracks. Very few have died from cracked drywall...
When the plumbers do shoddy work, the pipes leak. Very few have died from leaky pipes...
When the painters do shoddy work, the paint peels. Very few have died from peeling paint... uh, with the exception of lead based paint...
When finish carpenters do shoddy work they get fired. Very few have died from a bad mitre cut...
When electricians do shoddy work, usually nothing happens... but occasionally, someone dies from it.
I guess that's the difference...
The mechanic argument would be a good analogy. They have a similar liability, such as customers with bad brakes and refusing to fix them... The wrenchies are responsible and liable if they drive off the lot. By law, they should insist that the customer tow the car away if they don't wish to fix the brakes there... Tough law...
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Even though my first post sounded tough, I get asked, as we all do, advice from time to time. A gentleman is about to tackle a service change and I've tried in vain to explain the grounding/bonding setup when dealing with a disconnect, but it looks like I'll have to show up at his place, look at his materials, place everything more-or-less where it goes in mock-up, and give him a parts list of anything missing that he'll need. I tried to explain the "grease" he'll need for the aluminum "wires" (single syllable words, please) and if one could actually hear a dumb-founded look through a cell-phone... I think I did!
How much is advice worth anyway? Say if we were to cover the expenses of the knowledge, experience, and information?
[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 07-23-2002).]
