Interesting newspaper article

[kwired]

I think the author should have stopped at the end of the second paragraph of his response.

 

[charlie b]

I suppose it had not occurred to this "certified master inspector" that the lights and the receptacles might be on different circuits? :happyno:

 

[cowboyjwc]

It did say he was certifiable.

 

[Fulthrotl]

I suppose it had not occurred to this "certified master inspector" that the lights and the receptacles might be on different circuits? :happyno:

what could that have to do with anything?

 

[cowboyjwc]

what could that have to do with anything?

Yeah Charlie, just stick to the facts. :blink:

 

[Strife]

What is this guy smoking?

 

[ceb58]

I'm changing my last name:rant:

 

[jeremysterling]

I suppose it had not occurred to this "certified master inspector" that the lights and the receptacles might be on different circuits? :happyno:

what could that have to do with anything?

I agree with Fulthrotl! Separating lights and recepts could not prevent "positive polarity reversal neutral feedback."

Yeah Charlie, just stick to the facts. :blink:

LOL

 

[readydave8]

Until now I thought the black was negative, need to go out & switch battery cables on my trucks? or is it just positive on alternating current?

:happysad:

 

[charlie b]

I suppose it had not occurred to this "certified master inspector" that the lights and the receptacles might be on different circuits? :happyno:

what could that have to do with anything?

I don?t know if you are trying to pull my leg, or are just being facetious. But just in case, the issue presented in the news article said that the homeowner checked all the outlets. Given that the homeowner is probably not an electrician, I infer that he used the word ?outlets? to mean ?receptacle outlets,? and that he didn?t check the lighting outlet, nor the box in which the switch was installed. My first guess is that the receptacles are on one circuit, and that one was turned off, and that the lights were on a different circuit, and that one was still turned on. The fact that this simple possibility did not occur to the ?certified master inspector,? and that he instead offered some far more complex explanation, tells me his ego is bigger than his experience.

 

[pete m.]

Maybe I should have paid more attention in my apprenticeship.... The black wire in an AC circuit is considered positive?:blink:

Also, in the circuit described, when did a "feeder" enter the equation?

Guess I will just never get this electric stuff:happyno:

Pete

 

[charlie b]

Guess I will just never get this electric stuff:happyno:

It's easy. Just remember the "beer and foam analogy." It goes like this: "If you drink Bourbon, you don't have to worry about foam!" :happyyes:

 

[USMC1302]

I also was confused by the reference to the neutral connection on switches...

 

[cowboyjwc]

I don?t know if you are trying to pull my leg, or are just being facetious. But just in case, the issue presented in the news article said that the homeowner checked all the outlets. Given that the homeowner is probably not an electrician, I infer that he used the word ?outlets? to mean ?receptacle outlets,? and that he didn?t check the lighting outlet, nor the box in which the switch was installed. My first guess is that the receptacles are on one circuit, and that one was turned off, and that the lights were on a different circuit, and that one was still turned on. The fact that this simple possibility did not occur to the ?certified master inspector,? and that he instead offered some far more complex explanation, tells me his ego is bigger than his experience.

I'm pretty sure that he was just being facetious, so just stick to the facts.:happyyes:

 

[bradleyelectric]

I also was confused by the reference to the neutral connection on switches...

His email is at the end of the article if you need further explanation.

 

[pete m.]

His email is at the end of the article if you need further explanation.

No.... I think he has explained plenty for me. :roll:'

 

[USMC1302]

Me too

 

[kwired]

No.... I think he has explained plenty for me. :roll:'

Might be fun to ask him some questions just for fun, how about something AFCI related, or how about the power factor devices that will save you a lot of $$$

 

[readydave8]

Might be fun to ask him some questions just for fun, how about something AFCI related, or how about the power factor devices that will save you a lot of $$$

Ask him how long a short circuit really is.

 

[Little Bill]

Them danged ole silver screws on them switches always confuse me, never know which one to connect the neutral to.:blink: