I had all kinds of surprizes when I bought this house.
For example the prveious owner decided to "save money" and not bother
with the big 3 prong plug for the clothes dryer. They simply connected
the romex right into the dryer. No way to unplug it if there was a
problem. Got rid of that mess in a hurry.
Same way with th garage door opener. No breaker or shutoff nearby
(detatched garage) . They also buried the power cable to the garage
under 12" of soil.

The previous owner was a licensed electrician.



On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:04:01 -0500, Duane Bozarth
wrote:

msterspy wrote:

Thanks Doug. I'm going to get rid of that ground wire connected to
nuetral. Don't know why it was done that way.

Ignorance, almost surely...