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03-05-2013, 06:13 PM #1
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Spot the problem
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03-05-2013, 06:17 PM #2
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haha. remember the line from the three stooges, 'if y'all want water, just turn on anythang'.
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03-05-2013, 06:49 PM #3
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Um, the bottom outlet is plugged up and not flowing?
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03-05-2013, 06:54 PM #4
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Obviously no overcurrent protection.
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03-05-2013, 07:29 PM #5
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Exactly! I can never get my snakes in the straight slots but the ground is just big enuff.
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03-05-2013, 08:52 PM #6
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Oops...... That is pretty crazy!!
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03-05-2013, 09:51 PM #7
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I have had that as a service call, along with it coming out the thermostat!!
I never did find out the exact pathway and how it happened, but I did discover that under the slab the boiler line must have ruptured, rusted the conduit for the electrical and then traveled up that, in multiple places to the stats and to a couple outlets.
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03-06-2013, 11:50 AM #8
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Maybe that installer was a newbie. I've seen in some basic electricity literature where the flow of current thru a circuit was compared with the flow of water thru plumbing. I never cared for that comparison myself, but maybe this guy did ....
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03-06-2013, 02:57 PM #9
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One time I was on the roof washing a coil and put the hose in what I thought was the plumbing vent turned out it was a conduit straight from the electrical box that was terminated ont he roof. Don't know why they did that.
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03-06-2013, 05:49 PM #10
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I give a dollar to whoever licks the water....
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03-06-2013, 06:08 PM #11
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I'd buy a ticket to watch that.....from a distance. Originally Posted by Snapperhead
apparently water, is the new copper.
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03-06-2013, 06:18 PM #12
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am i missing something????? how do you know there is still power at the outlet. Im sure it tripped the breaker. because the wires on the outlet would have a path to ground real quick. plus it would short hot and neutral and ground all together or i could be wrong. but i still think its a pretty good picture. Originally Posted by Snapperhead
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03-06-2013, 06:29 PM #13
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That's taking using water flow analogy to an extreme
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