Re: Here's one for the books

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

I did a take-over on a system couple of  years ago..whoever put it in =
should have been shot. This guy had 120vac Romex coming straight into =
the 2" knockout in the back of the box...if that was not bad =
enough...you guessed it !! he had the hot and neutral 120v leads just =
wrapped around the prongs of the 16v transformer - no tape even...laying =
right in the box. I couldn't freekin believe it.


"Nick Markowitz" <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> Possible with 120 wiring but i have never seen it break out in a low =
voltage
> situation if the system was properly designed to class 2 criteria a =
fire
> should never happen.
> i have seen boards smoke  and get burn marks but never fully catch =
fire.or
> generate enough heat to cause a fire but any thing is possible given =
the
> right conditions
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