Re: HVAC installer puts 220 down 24 vac duct detect

["Doug L" <vssdoug@xxxxxxx>]

I'll bump it for you, but trust me RLB doesn't have or anyone else filtered

Doug

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"Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert L Bass" wrote in message
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>> Do you really believe that all the bad electrical work you run across was
>> done by illegal aliens?  I've seen plenty of bad alarm installations done
> by
>> US citizens.
>
> RLB = US citizen
> RLB = One time alarm installer
> RLB stands back and admires his work
> RLB = Self proclaimed expert
>
> hey hey hey, we have all heard about your installs
>
>> Interestingly, we just had our pool and lanai (Florida speak for
>> "enclosed
>> patio") redone.  The GC on the job used several different companies to do
>> the work.  There was a Mexican team that did the new stone finish
> an American group that did the plumbing, another American who did the
>> electrical work and a Brazilian outfit that laid the paver stones.
>
>> The American plumbers screwed up several times, cutting a 2-inch return
> feed
>
> Just how many times can one screw up cutting a two inch PVC pipe?
>
>> from the filtration system and dumping several thousand gallons of water
>> into my gardens.
>
> Your are so full of bullshit. Water seeks its own level, in case you
> missed
> that lesson in school. Unless the pump was running, to lose "thousands" of
> gallons of water, the cut on the return line would have to have been far
> below your gardens and ground level, which the return lines are not all
> that
> deep. You may get that lie past the winter bound Canadians, but not
> another
> pool owner. Thousands of gallons of water, for those of you that don't
> have
> pools, would be about a third of the water in the pool. Didn't happen,
> Robert.
>
> > They allowed yard dirt to get into the lines
>
> which would simply blow out into the pool and be filtered as the pool
> cycled. Not big deal unless your are a clueless homeowner that can't clean
> his own filter.
>
>>and have yet
>> to come back to fix a misconnected fitting in the spa.
>
> Then they won't pass inspection, that is if there is a permit.
>
>> The American electrician couldn't figure out how to connect all three
>> pool
>> lights (they're on two separate transformers) to the pool automation
> system.
>> I had to diagram it for him before he could understand it.
>
> Of couse you did.
>
>>  He also failed
>> to run cables to the attic as agreed so that I can connect the pool
>> automation system to my ELK M1 Gold home automation controller.
>
> As agreed or part of the contract. If you tried to get the laborer to do
> it
> on the side, he probably didn't do it so that he wouldn't get in trouble
> with his boss. You should have offered him more than a hamburger.
>>
>> The Mexicans did an excellent job though they left one small rough spot
>> in
>> the bottom of the pool.  In all fairness, even I didn't notice it until
>> after they had gone.  They're coming back next week with a diver to
>> smooth
>> out that area.
>
> More BS. That is not how they do it. And you didn't notice it through the
> curing time? It wasn't until the water was back in the pool until you and/
> or they noticed it? Riiighhttt!
>
>> The Brazilian outfit did a magnificent job
>
> Now why doesn't this suprise me?
>
> on the pavers.  They carefully
>> cut each stone to make an exact fit against the complex curves of the
>> bull
>> nose edging surrounding the pool.  Every brick is perfectly smooth
>> against
>> the next -- no high spots in over 2,200 square feet of pavers.
>
> As a consumer, why would anyone expect any less, regardless if the workers
> were Brazilian, Chinese, Russian or American? Now if you went for "cheap"
> then I can understand why you are suprised you actually got a good job.
>
>> In my experience about 90% of all electricians do decent to excellent
> work.
>
> You have experience with "all" electricians?
>
>> I guess it's about 70% of alarm installers.  The rest are, well...
> monkeys.
>
> So, you have gone from "primates" that you so often defended your comment
> on
> the basis that people didn't understand that we are all primates, to
> "monkeys". Time will always bring out ones true colors.
> However Robert, the project sounds wonderful. Since you are such a camera
> buff, why don't you post some pictures of the new pool area to include the
> gardens. Oh, and while you are at it, why don't you include  some pics of
> the Elk panel so we can all see what a panel wired by an expert should
> look
> like. I am sure you didn't do the attic work so I hope the people you had
> do
> that were licensed and if they weren't then they worked directly for you,
> so
> I hope you supplied the required Workers Comp insurance. Click file
> RLB/DBPR, save. And by the way, you should check to see if the GC pulled
> permits to do the work because they don't seem to show up under your
> address. Maybe just an oversight.  :o]  Need some help bumping this along,
> thanks in advance!
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