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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 01:25 PM EDT |
At one apartment I was in, I thought my tester was wrong. I bought a new
one, and had an electrician verify it worked correctly. Every outlet in the
apartment was wired incorrectly. That was when I learned that two prong
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| Authored by: greed on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 02:12 PM EDT |
What's really sad is, the Province of Ontario now requires that any change to
electrical wiring--short of replacing a light bulb--requires an inspection.
Put a new light fixture up? $70 inspection.
Change a switch? $70 inspection.
Change a plug? $70 inspection.
All in the name of do-it-yourselfers burning down their houses.
But my experience mirrors yours: its commercial buildings that are the worst,
the ones guaranteed to be done by licensed professionals (and thus, not
requiring inspection for the above changes). The next worst--though with some
outliers to truly scary--are residential landlords of small buildings (4-12
units, say).
Sure, there's some bad DIY stuff out there. But most DIY stuff I've seen--and
all my stuff--is better than required by code. 'Cause we're going to do
something we have to live with, the pro is in and gone and doesn't care about
the next guy to open that box.
It's a pro that wanted to, illegally, remove a split receptacle circuit in my
condo kitchen.
It's a pro that, illegally, buried octagon boxes behind drywall in my parent's
house.
It's a pro that, against contract, tried to wire my parent's addition with
aluminum wire. (But with only Cu-rated devices.)
Long ago I learned "professional" meant "paid to do a job",
not "expert in their field".
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