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Edited on Sat Jul-28-07 01:06 PM by blues90
Anyone who has been an electrician for 40 years should have the common sense to personally check the wire to make certain that it is the proper gauge and rating be the real deal and always be suspect of the supplier .
You can't just look at the box that says 8 gauge solid copper 600 volt or look at the outside insulation markings or the dia of the insulation . you have to strip off the end and check the dame wire and the insulation type and thickness . At the very least wire up a test project with the required load and fuse and see if the circuit does not melt down and then if there is a problem reject the product .
To build you need to know what will be run off each circuit to properly design each circuit . You need to know the entire load being drawn .
Then you add in over site and an inspector , if things are not up to pare you are stopped and begin over the proper way .
Then you have the labor source , do they know what they are doing or not .
This KBR none bid contract stinks , someone told someone to go ahead and KBR and the subcontractors all are to blame .
This also brings in outsourcing , products built in China , most all of this is sent to the lowest bidder . I worked for ford many years and there are tons of recalls , some where about electical car fires because of subpare parts , wire or design and not built to spec . Some of this stuff would amaze consumers if they saw these cheap plastic parts and the thin wire and the melted product . These things should never happen , when they do the consumer suffers the most .
Think about it , we also have food safety issues , same thing , no over site , no inspections = people die .
In the old days when they built a car they went over board on everything , now that they have computers to use they know just what something will take to break and add a percentage . So the cooling system on your car has a very slim line between a known temp tolerance and complete failure . And people wonder why things just don't last very long .
Consider a tech working on your car at a dealership , he may get $20 an hour commission , the job , replace the dash , the actual job pays 2.5 hours but you know to do it right without electrical problems or rattles or some other problem it will take you 4 to 5 hours . you know because you have done this job several times before . now look at what you actually made per hour . Wonder why you have to come back for some problem that did not exist before . Many techs rush to get that $20 per hour .
This has become an huge problem that never used to exist and it's all about pressure and speed and the all mighty dollar .
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