Rich. wrote:


He was paid to
correctly hook up power to the machine and failed to do so.


That was NOT what was stated. From the original post:

"A machinist moved his shop across town and required some rewiring (3-phase
outlets, conduit, etc.) in order to locate some machines where he wanted
them."

If the person was hired to run the wiring, as described above, he had nothing
to do with what was plugged into the outlets and did what he was asked. You
ASSUMED he opened the machine up and connected the wires, something which
was not said.

Since we have no idea of what really was specified, all we can do is speculate.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM