Living color..... RED!

Wow, that's got to have been a rough job, doing electric with that kind of
tenants. I'm sure you've had many more experiences which were every bit as
miserable.

Christopher A. Young
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:02:12 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
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Some people have been known to see Jesus during such an operation.

I should know better than to use that name with you around here.....
However, if someone grabs both wires they might see him in living color
(Panavision)!!!

I was working with a friend, and he was working on an overhead circuit,
lighting. I asked if it would be a good idea to turn off the power. He had
turned off the MAIN, or so he thought. Problem is, that the MAIN was
actually the feed to the WATER HEATER, and he was working on a CIRCUIT that
was live. It was DAY TIME, so I turned off the REST of the breakers. Much
SAFER.

The Main should ALWAYS be labelled "MAIN" Personally I label all
breakers, even if it dont list every outlet, at least some sort of idea
what that one is for. But an electrician MUST label the main. Not sure
if code requires it, but breaker boxes always come with the labels, it's
not hard to stick em' on.

Sometimes a panel contains TWO or more Mains too....

What I had problems with were old buildings that had multiple
apartments, and were originally just large single homes. In those you
never know what meter/panel is feeding which apartment. When I worked
for a rental company and had to service these places, they were a
nightmare. One tenant would be paying 90% of the bill and the others
paid the rest. Of course the owners didn't want to pay to rewire, so I
just had to swap around wires as best as I could. I knew better than to
touch any wire without putting a tester on it first. Yet, there were
several times that the sparks would come flying out of a box because of
old dried up insulation and the power from the wrong apt.

Then there was the drug addict who laid in bed shooting holes in the
ceiling with a handgun (because of flys on the ceiling). Shot right
thru a BX cable up in the attic, not to mention the holes in the roof.
The idiot started shooting while I was there to fix that BX. I left.
Told the owner to call me back when the guy was in prison. (I did not
turn the power back on when I left either). That night the cops hauled
him away. Then I fixed the wiring, and he had to reroof the place too.
Amazing how stupid some people are....

I was glad to quit that job. All the properties were ghetto houses.