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in school, high school / vocational school, we were given laptops as part of the ciriculum. most laptop power supplies are capable of doing 100 - 240 VAC power. the kids were plugging their laptops into the 240 VAC outlet in the back of the lab. one day, they were working (inagine that!) of a unit and were going to pull a vaccum. well, they got out a brand new just out of the box i believe it was robinair vaccum pump, 120 VAC mind you. now, what did they do, you guessed it jammed the vac pump into 240 VAC plug, flipped the switch. i think tat the pump motor has about 5% of the smoke charge left and you know how hard that smoke jug is to obtain. lol

Originally posted by steamer
HaHa, "Sparkies", thats a good one.

That is actually what they're called in stagecraft/theater work. At many times, they are deserving of the name. Ever plug 120v gear into a 240v circuit? happens all the time in stage production. Good 'ol Sparkies.

Does that green hose come from the water meter and supply the house? :-)

Also isn't the coiled up flex in the way of the service access?

The electrician must have also been the cable guy. GIT-R-Done.

Longtime lurker and lover of Wall-o-Shame.

injuneer

HaHa, "Sparkies", thats a good one.

Well the post header said "what wast the electrician thinking", well I do believe that question is answered, He obviously didnt, funny thing is it probably took the Brain Limping Lad all day to install that.

Originally posted by cde72
Your using the term "electrician" loosely, right?

Sad thing is... around here the Hacknslash Heating and Cooling Companies also claim to be electricians, after all, its only wire!! Again... homeowners are ignorant to codes, permits needed, and sometimes "misinformed" by installers. Most don't realize they need a permit to change out a water heater, run additional gas line, or add on a humidifier, let alone major appliance work.

Ignorance is NOT bliss.

I would have used the black wire ties instead of the white ties. L.M.A.O.

There's no way in hell that an electrican did that. 1) They used wire ties. 2) There's no nasty electrical tape all over everything. 3) The disconnect is mounted in an accessible place. All of the disconnects I've seen sparkies install around here require climbing over the unit or some other acrobatic move to reach.

hope insurance policy up to date

such as those connections?

'loosley'?

Your using the term "electrician" loosely, right?

I am sure you pulled a mechanical permit on this right? What did your inspector do about it?

ya baby

Oh yah, that looks like a HomeDepot install. Don't worry, the varmits will get smoked on the turf-wire before you do. Drop a dime to the inspector before someone gets fried.
We had $60K chiller go down at a critical building (National Security)because of an exposed comm wire. Seems some board prairy dogs liked the taste of comm wire. Unfortunately we're not allowed to shoot them, because of the tree huggers. You can't throw a rock in any direction without hitting one-I mean the doggies.
Check your six

SEE! Even eletricians have hackers too!

Amazing. I wonder what the rest of the house looks like (electrically and mechanically speaking)?

To think the H/O would pay for a American Standard to be installed and get cheap on the electrical!
I'd expect someone THIS cheap to have purchased a Goodman!

I could see myself tripping over the wire causing the disconnect to pull off and getting shocked all in one clean sweep. Most likely to occur on a rainy friday at five pm.

Can you say weedwhacker, flashburns, and 911?

Incredible. Might as well go all the way cheap and just run a 12 gauge bright orange extension cord out there and stab it into the breaker bus.

I hate that all the way down to being to lazy to cut the whip to a decent length. We do everything ourselves except attatch in the breaker box. We put the wire next to the service panel and (only because by law we have to) we call an electrician to come and just put the breaker in and hook it up.

I take it, that NEC does not pertain to your area.

Nice, it looks like the homeowner was the "electrician".

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