Tony wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:
Hey, I swear that's what the inspector said. And I had to turn around all those outlets I had put into my basement before he approved it. No real biggie, but that's why I remember after >20 years.
That inspector was pulling a rule out of his ass. I would like to see it in print somewhere.
snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
You're welcome to look up the code for New York City. As a hobbyist/ homeowner I got the inspector in so I ccould get a certificate of whatever for the insurance company. If the inspector then says jump through this hoop and go wipe you nose, I'll do that rather than arguing with him.
Second that. One local rabbit wrote a book: "Stories a Rabbi Shouldn't Tell" filled with jokes and stuff. He was the Jewish Chaplin at the Texas Medical Center and part of his job was cheering up patients.
One interesting thing he told me: He has a card file of some 500 names of Jews in the community with foreign language skills he can call on. The Texas Medical Center gets patients from all over the world and it is obviously helpful if they can communicate!
Standard languages are pretty easy, but he was worried that he had only two resources that spoke Coptic! Believe it or not, he had a lot of people in the community that could speak Mandarin, Farsi, or COBOL.
I agree about arguing with the inspector but I though NYC had moved to the NEC and there is no such rule there.
snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
This was about 1985
You turn it so the wiring is on the outside and the outlets are facing inward. This is to compensate for the mistake the "intelligent designer" made with out retinas (connections on the front, light sensors on the back).
People don't understand that part of the culture is similar to that of the Chinese where scholars are revered much like the adulation given athletes in American culture. It's cool to learn and excel at getting an education. I once asked a football freak if a college would hold a press conference announcing the hiring of a Nobel Prize winning math professor at a high salary. He couldn't comprehend the reason or irony of my question. I'm considered an evil heretic here in Alabamastan because I care nothing for football.
TDD
If the ground pin is on top, how will the falling knife touch an energized blade?
When my Dad was a teen, he was running an antenna wire in the cellar of the house. He did manage to drop a bare wire across a two prong plug. Said it was a memorable thing to do.
At the top of this post, click "file". Slide down, left click "print". And then click "OK". Your wish is herby granted.
"Han" wrote
Our local inspector want them ground up also. His story is a paper clip off a desk an lodge in a slot by a poorly inseted plug.
Once while painting I removed the outlet cover (metal) with a lamp cord plugged in (I needed it to see). Of course the cover fell across the plug prongs and the breaker tripped. I must have been overcome by paint fumes... or that's my defense anyway.
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