Re: Phoenix metro area design/installation recommendation

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

Down in Cabo a few years ago; while the wife and kids were shopping I =
took a few minutes to look at the inside wiring...it was easy it was =
exposed and hanging from the ceiling...followed it outside the rear door =
of the shop...where the "meter" was bypassed and looked like they had =
tapped onto the main feed on the pole by wrapping their own wire around =
the aerials. There wasn't a wall switch that had protective plates on =
them and some were even hanging out of the wall. Scary stuff.


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> > I love the Mexican electrical codes too...holy moly!...can't believe =
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> > Mexico hasn't burned to the ground by now.
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> Normal and usual to have a phase missing, a ground missing, 200mS =
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> normal voltage. 120 volts could be anything from 85 volts to 135. All =
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> equipment had a constant voltage transformer on it. When power went =
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> could be for 5 minutes or for two days. As far as security goes, the =
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> threat was from the police. They came in with guns one night and made =
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> guard load all the computers on their truck. If a home was broken =
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> people said they never called the police because the police would take =

> whatever was remaining as "evidence" of what wasn't stolen. Every home =
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> walls, fences, barbed wire. A friend of mine bought a fancy new red=20
> sportscar. On the way back to the US at the end of the day, we were =
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> bumper to bumper traffic, 2 miles an hour stop and go. The police =
pulled my=20
> friend over and said, "You were speeding, give me $25". My friend said =
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> had only $20. The police took it. Mexico is still a third world =
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> probably always will be.
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