Re: HVAC installer puts 220 down 24 vac duct detect

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's the big picture that's more important.


"Robert L Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> Because companies are hiring illegals
| > to "run wires from here to there"...not
| > learn a trade. In a few years there won't
| > be anyone qualified except a dying
| > bunch of old farts like us.
|
| 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.
|
| 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 inside
the
| pool, 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
| from the filtration system and dumping several thousand gallons of water
| into my gardens.  They allowed yard dirt to get into the lines and have
yet
| to come back to fix a misconnected fitting in the spa.
|
| 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.  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.
|
| 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.
|
| The Brazilian outfit did a magnificent job 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.
|
| In my experience about 90% of all electricians do decent to excellent
work.
| I guess it's about 70% of alarm installers.  The rest are, well...
monkeys.
|
| --
|
| Regards,
| Robert L Bass
|
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