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contento
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Feb 27, 2015

Plugged new TT into 220v (wired wrong by electrician) HELP?!

good morning all. The short story version seems to be an all-to-common one. Electrician wired by 120v 30amp outlet that I requested for our new TT as 220v and when I plugged our new trailer into it la...
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Houston_Remodel
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Mar 01, 2015
The electrician is the 'learned professional' under the law. The home owner (HO), no matter what instructions he gives to the electrician isn't held liable. The duty falls squarely on the licensed electrician.

For example, a HO cannot instruct an electrician to wire something incorrectly and have the HO be responsible. If the electrician does bad work, or agrees to do bad work, or worse yet signs a contract specifying bad work it is the electrician who is responsible.

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