No, not you at all. This has been downright civil! I'm just
thinking back to some previous interactions, not on this list. I
think the problem is that the electrical code is difficult to
understand and often not intuitive. Some people have the attitude
that you should generally follow the rules (like me). Other people
think that as long as the light lights or the motor turns, that's
good enough no matter what some bureaucrat says. Combine that with
the fact that there is real danger in this work. If you are debating
baking, what's the worst that can happen, a really bad
cake? Mistakes in electric work can be deadly. I think that one
should either follow the rules, or know and understand the rules well
enough to consciously decide something different. I can show you a
delightful thread in which someone wants to splice their electric
clothes dryer cord to make it longer. Then wrap it all up in
electrical tape and it's good to go! Leave that nice 220 splice back
behind the washer and dryer, nothing ever gets wet back there,
right? And besides, they already did it and they have no intention
of changing it no matter what anyone says. Anyway, that's where I
was coming from. Your comments have been no problem, to me anyway.
-Steve Trovato
strovato@optonline.net
At 11:26 AM 7/1/2009, Randall wrote:
> > Now, for the disclaimer. Nothing seems to generate more hostility
> > than internet discussions on electrical work.
>
>Hey, I want to apologize if anything I've posted recently came across as
>hostility. I certainly did not mean it that way!
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