Re: Liability & responsibility of electrician?

Jul 07, 2009 1 Replies


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case of taps like what happened here, the taps are supposed to be set by=

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electrician to fall within the 10% range. With the taps set at 220v the =

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machine was good to operate from 218v to 242v. As the power installer, =

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was the electrician's responsibility to verify the voltage coming into =

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building and adjust the taps on the machine accordingly. He was paid to=20
>correctly hook up power to the machine and failed to do so.
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Don't you mean 198 V to 242 V?


Don't you mean 198 V to 242 V?

Why yes I did. Good catch!

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