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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 514092" data-attributes="member: 13556">I know it's easy to blame the electricians for such work as we're seeing at Bill's water heater, but I'm not going to stop there.&nbsp; Maybe, in fact, it wasn't even an electrician that did this.&nbsp; A lot of the problem is on the builders who cut corners in hiring people and in materials, and the building inspectors who don't know how to, or just don't do their job!&nbsp; Elected officials even get in on the issue:&nbsp; not far from me, it has come to light that the county allowed a contractor building a large housing tract to perform their own inspections after paying a substantial fee to the county to do so.&nbsp; Now why would a builder do that?&nbsp;&nbsp; A contractor that I know and trust implicitly recently found out about another contractor near here who has a electrical contractors license, but allows non-electrical workmen to do electrical work even when he isn't on the job site, and then makes little effort to check their work.&nbsp; It's a wonder nothing has burned down, and/or no ones been electrocuted by this guys work!Sorry about my rant.WM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 514092, member: 13556"] I know it's easy to blame the electricians for such work as we're seeing at Bill's water heater, but I'm not going to stop there. Maybe, in fact, it wasn't even an electrician that did this. A lot of the problem is on the builders who cut corners in hiring people and in materials, and the building inspectors who don't know how to, or just don't do their job! Elected officials even get in on the issue: not far from me, it has come to light that the county allowed a contractor building a large housing tract to perform their own inspections after paying a substantial fee to the county to do so. Now why would a builder do that? A contractor that I know and trust implicitly recently found out about another contractor near here who has a electrical contractors license, but allows non-electrical workmen to do electrical work even when he isn't on the job site, and then makes little effort to check their work. It's a wonder nothing has burned down, and/or no ones been electrocuted by this guys work! Sorry about my rant. WM [/QUOTE]

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