Guys I'm stumped again but this time it's not electrical. Here's the scenario. Had a young engineer come to my bench and ask if I had a 110 volt pigtail. With my right eyebrow raising I said "Yeeeesss; what do you want it for" He said he wanted to hotwire a generic PLC rack and tape the screw terminals and plug it in back at his desk. I said "Uh nooooo, your not" I told him I will wire it hot on my test bench if you want to see it "on" he said "well how do I do my prototyping"? I said not that way, it gets enclose in a panel and hardwired, you write your program and we'll load it afterwards. He walked away. 20 minutes later one of my other guys is stripping back some 16 gauge S.O. cord and I ask him what he was making, and low and behold he making a pigtail for said engineer. He said he went (around me) to my boss and asked if I was right and said I was wrong and this guy (my co-worker) should wire it so he can play with it at his desk in engineering.
So first of all, we have hot exposed 110 volt feeding the PLC rack at his desk. When I cornered the engineer he first denied everything then said my boss said I was wrong to refuse and he said it's only 110 volt so it's ok, just tape it up. I was freakin livid. First that the young engineer went around my back and looked for someone to say "yes" and second that he then lied about it, and third that my boss (another young engineer) gave the green light obviously knowing full well we have exposed conductors and terminals with 110 volts A.C.
What say you guys
