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  1. 10-31-2012, 10:17 AM #1
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    Watch your wires!

    This is what happens when a rookie (or any) tech shoots a screw through the black wire leading to the 80V ignitor on an Intellignition board. An expensive lesson
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  2. 10-31-2012, 10:25 AM #2
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    Is that as bad as running a 2" screw into an entrance cable buried beneth vinyl siding?
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    Or as bad as an electrician mounting his disco to the condensor coil?

    Ouch ,
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    At first glance ,I thought this was titled watch your wives
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    A little crazy glue and it will be fine!!!
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    That's better than an apprentice shooting a 5/16 self tapper into a hot water reheat coil U-bend in a VAV box on the 13th floor of a hospital lab complex, on a Friday, with a plumber that never pressure tested the lines and turned the water on and left....
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    Quote Originally Posted by zw17 View Post
    That's better than an apprentice shooting a 5/16 self tapper into a hot water reheat coil U-bend in a VAV box on the 13th floor of a hospital lab complex, on a Friday, with a plumber that never pressure tested the lines and turned the water on and left....
    Wow, that was oddly specific...bad friday in Ohio?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DLZ Dan View Post
    Wow, that was oddly specific...bad friday in Ohio?
    It's always a bad day in ohio.

    ZW, I used to live in Dublin. Is that near ya?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DLZ Dan View Post
    Wow, that was oddly specific...bad friday in Ohio?
    LMAO, RIGHT NOW!!!
    Which makes more sense to you?
    CONSERVATION - turning your thermostat back and being uncomfortable. Maybe saving 5-10%
    ENERGY EFFICIENCY - leaving your thermostat where everyone is comfortable. Saving 30-70%

    DO THE NUMBERS! Step on a HOMESCALE.
    What is comfort? Well, it AIN'T just TEMPERATURE!

    Energy Obese? An audit is the next step - go to BPI.org, or RESNET, and find an auditor near you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DLZ Dan View Post
    Wow, that was oddly specific...bad friday in Ohio?
    No, that was me as a second year sheetmetal apprentice in NY. That was my "biggest mistake" ever. It cost an untold amount of insurance money.

    That water leaked from Friday afternoon until Monday morning, down 13 floors, through doctors labs, ruining god knows how much lab equipment, computers, and experiments.

    It was one hell of an eye opening experience.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hvacvegas View Post
    ZW, I used to live in Dublin. Is that near ya?
    Yup, I live out east but work in Columbus everyday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zw17 View Post

    That water leaked from Friday afternoon until Monday morning, down 13 floors, through doctors labs, ruining god knows how much lab equipment, computers, and experiments.
    And I said "what the hell for?" the first time in was told I needed $2 Million liability coverage to work on a job.
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    He nailed it!!! oh I mean he screwed it...
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