Matthew said:
My personal favorite is when no green wire is pulled in the EMT feed to a
three phase panel without a neutral. Then another bozo comes along and adds
a single phase circuit and terminates the neutral to the ground bar (just
like you would in the main panel, right.....)
And then the customer wonders why sparks come out of the conduit joints and
employees get tingled when the touch the equipment. Yes, I've seen it more
than once.
I had a problem at a school. A dead circuit: One end of the conduit
had white, black and green wire. The other end was red and blue.
Someone had moved and outlet, years ago. They had spliced the wire in
the conduit by extending the black wire with red, then tied the white
and green together with the blue. No wire nuts or split bolts, just two
very loose twists and cheap plastic tape that finally burnt open. After
some checking, and old janitor told me that a former teacher had moved
it, rather than waiting for the school board to send their electricians.
then there was the time I had a run in with a volunteer fire
department. I told them their wiring was substandard. I hit the breaker
box with my fist, and sparks flew out of it. I told them that if they
didn't have everything repaired within 30 days, I was calling the state
to have their certification revoked, and the county to condemn their
building. It was bad enough that they were using the building, but they
also let a Boy Scout, and a Cub Scout troop use the building, as well.
--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
