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I am sick and tired of seeing hacks trying to do electrical work. my last two jobs ive seen stuff that really irritates me. ive seen a #10 awg alu wire somehow feeding a 60a breaker that feeds both the ac and dryer. I saw al wires hooked up to nonal breakers. And then today a damn ac guy thought he was an electrician. he took #6-3 to feed a heater which is fine but rather then running it through the attic he cut a hole in the wall landed without a connector into the panel then landed it no conector into heating unit I kinda hoped that was it but I chose to check outdoor unit this hack had the wires going to the unit on the line side and the #10 wires coming from the panel hooked to the load side of the disconect. oh by the way this #10 wire was hooked to a 20a breaker. memo to all homeowners when you let untrained idiots wire your house you run the risk of fire gutting your house. make sure you get a licensed electrician not a hack. ok im done sorry just pissed
 
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george customer called me to simpily add a fan when I arrived I noticed all of this hack work. typical of how my jobs been going
 
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Having a license does not necessarily mean good quality work; but it is a starting point. I do independent inspections and the number of times I find major problems and customers tell me a licensed electrician installed this and an inspector passed it, how could it be wrong?
 
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A great way to end this is for the ahj to require an as built print for all new homes.Then once every 5 years or at time of sale reinspect.If they add anything they better have a receipt from a licensed electrician and permit when needed.
While thats not likely to happen it would stop the problem.Not sure if you could legally demand to reinspect a house.
Before my current employer i worked for a EC that worked for a GC doing remodels.50% of these jobs never were permitted,and many were major remodels.Not saying i wanted it this way but i was paid good to keep mouth shut.I never knowingly broke any nec codes but would have rathered they been inspected.
 
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Originally posted by brian john:
Having a license does not necessarily mean good quality work; but it is a starting point.
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I was on a job last week where a guy had a state plumbing license, electrical license, and HVAC license. Interesting as these were all in his name and not partners and they all require 7 years experience in their respective trades. I checked it because he installed a sump pump and piping for the homeowner and than when she called him back to tell him there was a leak coming from the discharge pipe, he told her he thought there may be a problem and gave her a price to fix it. She didn't bite on that a bit, but included in the price was also to install a dryer outlet. He did so on an existing wire. The wire was only about 20 feet long and had an exposed splice not in a box. I called the county and they said he was only licensed as a plumber in the county.

[ April 10, 2005, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: bradleyelectric ]
 
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