peter d
Senior Member
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- New England
So, I'm speculating that this is a delta service.
Ungrounded, obviously.
So, I'm speculating that this is a delta service.
This is what we call in the trade the lowest bidders work. What is it supposed to look like??
(There is lots of other cool stuff I got to experience on this site, other than the service)
well, spill.....
why didn't a more experienced engineer catch this mistake? and who paid for the repull?
That was important information to know, and definitely affected several answers.The service is a 480Y/277Volt, 3 phase - ....
I don't know about the rest of the country, but we are seeing alot of young engineers just a few years out of school around this area.
Bell end?
Pierre,
How did this get through plan review?
I think a good electrical plans examiner would have caught this error.:grin:
Joe
I'm still wondering what they teach in Electrical Engineering school.:-?
steve
I agree with much of what you have posted.It's amazing how little is caught in plan review.
Nothing worthwhile in the real world! :roll: :grin:
Now ... my degree is industrial engineering, not electrical (which is why I hang around here and try to keep my mouth shut a lot ... I have a LOT to learn!). But my ex-husband's ee education told him a lot about circuit analysis and how electricity works from a theoretic standpoint ... not from an installation or code standpoint.
I would like to state something for the record.
Electricians have their required education and licensure tests. Engineers have their required education and licensure tests.
From what I can tell, electrician's tests are based on real world situations and requirements and attempt to prepare the individual for what they will might actually encounter in their profession.
My experience as an engineer is that our education and tests attempt to teach us theories (not necessarily real world) and "how to find the answer" (or so I was told). Anything learned specific to our profession is truly learned on the job. The quality of the engineer is really not in the formal education, but in the experiences gained while making stupid mistakes (or hopefully learning from other's stupid mistakes).
Please give us young, stupid engineers a break every now and again ... we all make mistakes (some minor and some really expensive) and a five year degree doesn't even come close to preventing that!