John E. wrote:


He hires a guy who's not a pro (and later discovers is not insured) but has
done shop wiring before and had a good attitude and track record. The guy
does good work. No complaints about the quality of his work.


I'm going to translate this. Hires a guy that isn't a licensed electrician but does do
the job for less than the licensed guys with liability insurance.

Now your friend that was shopping for a free lunch now wants his evening meal paid for.

We don't know the voltage it was running at prior to the move, we don't know the
variability of the supply voltage where it is now.

The handyman wired it to the disconnect. Made sure there was power to that point.

Somewhere after that the machine was powered up. I'm going to assume for the sake of
argument that the handyman got the shop owner or the owners designee to do it. I don't
know any compenent electricans or for that matter decent handymen that will turn on a
complex piece of equipment on their own.

So the owner or designee that has the manuals and such for the machine and should be the
most knowledgeable person in the room is the one that is at fault.

Wes