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Learjet
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Some of our friends from south of the border are framing a house next door and while cutting the grass I noticed this:



They are running an air compressor and electrical saw like this....:S
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Simplygib
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Dup post
Gary and Zahra
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Simplygib
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So typical. There's a lot of that type of thing down here. Sometimes it's in the shower. :E

At least they used wire nuts.


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Gary and Zahra
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K_Charles
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That's the only way to do it when there is no meter.

SaltiDawg
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Electricity is a lot cheaper if you get it upstream of where the meter want to go... ๐Ÿ™‚

time2roll
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If they just had a coin peso to put behind the fuse maybe those covered outlets would work.

Learjet
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Kpackpackkelley wrote:
Hey I don't think there grounded.


The compressor was on the ground, the guys with the saws also on the ground, same thing isn't it...LOL :W
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Learjet
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lanerd wrote:
Simple answer... call the building inspector pronto!

Ron


The problem has been corrected in the last couple of days.
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Kpackpackkelley
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Hey I don't think there grounded.

EsoxLucius
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Nice parallel connection!
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fj12ryder
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You know what they say: "You can't fix stupid."
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RedG
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As long as the wind doesn't blow, they should be fine.... ;-}
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lj2654
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nice electrical work there!
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lanerd
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Simple answer... call the building inspector pronto!

Ron
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jamnw
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smkettner wrote:
I always wondered why the prongs had that little hole in the end :R

BTW, let them know the polarity is reversed on the second plug :S


Too funny!

Seriously though... How many kids are running around that neighborhood?
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