Dangerous Video

[kwired]

Yup. And then the customers look at you "but its always been that way" or "it worked fine for 30 years"

Not so much a safety issue, but been a few times I fixed a three way switching problem by swapping leads to the switch to get the common conductor on the common terminal. They tell me it has been that way a long time and used to work - I tell them it had never worked, you just were lucky to seldom if ever have the switches in the position that makes it not work. Had a few other cases of "it was not connected correctly and should have never worked" but they insist it did.

 

[mbrooke]

Not so much a safety issue, but been a few times I fixed a three way switching problem by swapping leads to the switch to get the common conductor on the common terminal. They tell me it has been that way a long time and used to work - I tell them it had never worked, you just were lucky to seldom if ever have the switches in the position that makes it not work. Had a few other cases of "it was not connected correctly and should have never worked" but they insist it did.

I feel you, trust me lol.

 

[tommydh]

If you did a random sampling of electrical work on YouTube the violation rate would exceed 90%. Can't save people from their own stupidity.

The bad part is that other people watch these "experts" and do the same thing. I cringe whenever I hear "well I watched a guy on Youtube"

 

[LarryFine]

"I'm not an electrician, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night."