mark32
Senior Member
- Location
- Currently in NJ
So I'm assisting a homeowner at work (HD) with a project he's working on. I won't bore you with all the details, but at one point he had a metal FS box in his hand. As we're talking, a guy and girl walk up and stood there for about 10 seconds before the girl asked where a non electrical item was. After directing her, I returned my attention to the original customer and the second guy steps up to us, like he was part of the conversation, and says to the customer, "Hey what you working on, I can help you". The first guy replies that I was already helping him. The second guy then says, two feet directly in front of me, "This guy doesn't know anything, he's no electrician". "What the hell makes you say that", I said in a firm and pissed manner. "What did I say to this guy that you didn't like". The guys says, "Well that box only has 1/2" knock outs, how many wires you got going through it?" "Listen, five seconds before you showed up the customer changed his mind as to how he was going to wire this (Post light and switch), so now we're working out those details". The first guy says to me, "You know each other", "I never saw this guy in my life" I said. The guy finally says sorry, as he didn't think I knew anything because I worked at HD.
45 minutes later, I'm helping another homeowner that wants to make some space in his already full QO panel. He had a pic of it, and I could see by the cat # that it's not rated for twins, which he already had in his hand. I go on to explain to him why a twin won't fit in his panel (The panel was installed like 10 years ago) and he sees the "Non hooked" QO twins we sell for panels installed "Pre '67" as stated on the packaging. "No, you can't use those either, but what you could do is find two circuits that don't have many items on them and put them on the breaker". A moment prior to me getting to that last point with the customer, a guy walked up and is now waiting to ask me a question. "Yeah, but I would wire nut those (Circuits) together and jump to the breaker", "Right, typically" I said, "But these are Square D breakers, they're rated for two conductors". "Blah, a home inspector would fail that". "Why, if he gives you a hard time just pull the breaker out and show him the picture right here on the side, it shows two conductors on the same terminal" I said in a firm and mildly pissed manner. He kind of shrugged and asked me his question.
What's with these guys that feel it's necessary to put their two cents in when it's not needed? The second guy wasn't too bad, but the first guy was a complete jackass! Can you imagine talking like that to someone you've just met seconds before!
45 minutes later, I'm helping another homeowner that wants to make some space in his already full QO panel. He had a pic of it, and I could see by the cat # that it's not rated for twins, which he already had in his hand. I go on to explain to him why a twin won't fit in his panel (The panel was installed like 10 years ago) and he sees the "Non hooked" QO twins we sell for panels installed "Pre '67" as stated on the packaging. "No, you can't use those either, but what you could do is find two circuits that don't have many items on them and put them on the breaker". A moment prior to me getting to that last point with the customer, a guy walked up and is now waiting to ask me a question. "Yeah, but I would wire nut those (Circuits) together and jump to the breaker", "Right, typically" I said, "But these are Square D breakers, they're rated for two conductors". "Blah, a home inspector would fail that". "Why, if he gives you a hard time just pull the breaker out and show him the picture right here on the side, it shows two conductors on the same terminal" I said in a firm and mildly pissed manner. He kind of shrugged and asked me his question.
What's with these guys that feel it's necessary to put their two cents in when it's not needed? The second guy wasn't too bad, but the first guy was a complete jackass! Can you imagine talking like that to someone you've just met seconds before!
