drbond24
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- Barboursville, West Virginia
And enough with your attitude. I said it was not legal. But if i see a 5 year old with a gun i would take it off him and call cops before someone gets killed, this install is just as bad. I sure would not simply walk away doing nothing.
This looks fun! I think I'll jump in.
After having read this thread, I think a better analogy would be an adult with a gun that they are only pointing at their own head. Would you try to wrestle it from them, or would you leave them alone since they are only endangering themselves?
From the point of view of being a homeowner, if an electrician came into my house and saw something they didn't like and did ANYTHING about it without asking me first, they'd have a PO'ed homeowner on their hands. You have every right to communicate the facts to me, but you have no right to touch any of my stuff no matter how dangerous it is to me and mine. Now, on the flip side of that, if you found something that was actually dangerous, I'd certainly pay you to fix it and would appreciate you having brought it to my attention.
brantmacga said:i know the first impulse is to tear everything out for their own protection, but i can't see that as a legal option. if this were a multi-family structure, or an instance where i felt other lives besides the homeowner's were in danger, i believe i would've taken further steps to get a disconnect. but as it stands, the home sits in the middle of a field with no one around, and i can't see them endangering anyone but themselves. then again i may be completely wrong. what would you do? specifically, what would be your next move; ahj, poco?
My vote would be for the AHJ. The POCO probably doesn't care because it is customer wiring. You need to get local authority involved that can assess the situation and take proper action legally. I agree that you can't touch it without their permission regardless of how bad it looks.