So I work in green energy so obviously we have to go inside peoples home and help them upgrade their home electrical system to accommodate the systems we want to install.
The worst one I ever saw was a MSP that had the breakers forced open with copper wire. When we inquired with the homeowner about this, his reasoning was that his power washer kept tripping the breaker and he didn’t want to keep flipping it over.
We charged him for a full MSP upgrade and got him set up properly so he doesn’t burn his fucking house down using the power washer 🤣
Semi-related but someone wanted us to try to pull a permit for him on his janky ass Solar he installed himself.
Without wading too far into the details. He has what was basically a large DC/AC inverter, screwed to an untreated piece of plywood hanging on his garage, wired directly into a wall outlet. He didn’t show us how it was tapped in but I’m assuming he didn’t want to run wire to his MSP and feed it though properly like he should have. That or the solar only powers that outlet that has no beaker on it. Again, a ridiculous hazard for like 4 panels worth of electric offset 😅
I told him we only pull permits on our own projects but he should get a master electrician in there to help him figure it out 🤣
While, obviously there’s a chance that the power washer draws too much energy and could start a fire, the most likely scenario is that it draws too much starting power for a “quick” fuse and the fuse trips when you start it but sustained load is fine.
A simple replacement of the fuse in question would have alleviated the problem.
Forcing it to stay on is all kinds of wrong, but the power washer is unlikely to burn the house down.
Any other electrical fault on the other hand, could easily do it.
Electricity is the one place where Dunning-Kruger hits hard, the other is plumbing.
My sister and BIL bought an apartment some years back. The first thing I see when I enter the kitchen is code violation.
There’s a plug in a socket in the middle of the wall with a wire going behind the kitchen cabinets.
We took the fridge out and found it went into an extension cord and then there was a plug going to a … fuck it … here’s the picture:
But wait! It gets worse:
(Look at the top)
My BIL decided to go full Dunning-Kruger and did nothing with the death trap until an electrical inspection six years later.
Parent said the breakers were 'forced open with copper wire", which sounds like wire was wrapped around the switch to hold it in position. If you’re bridging the terminals with wire, sure. That takes the breaker out of the circuit entirely.
So I work in green energy so obviously we have to go inside peoples home and help them upgrade their home electrical system to accommodate the systems we want to install.
The worst one I ever saw was a MSP that had the breakers forced open with copper wire. When we inquired with the homeowner about this, his reasoning was that his power washer kept tripping the breaker and he didn’t want to keep flipping it over.
We charged him for a full MSP upgrade and got him set up properly so he doesn’t burn his fucking house down using the power washer 🤣
Jesus Christ. “This safety feature is so goddamn inconvenient!”
Semi-related but someone wanted us to try to pull a permit for him on his janky ass Solar he installed himself.
Without wading too far into the details. He has what was basically a large DC/AC inverter, screwed to an untreated piece of plywood hanging on his garage, wired directly into a wall outlet. He didn’t show us how it was tapped in but I’m assuming he didn’t want to run wire to his MSP and feed it though properly like he should have. That or the solar only powers that outlet that has no beaker on it. Again, a ridiculous hazard for like 4 panels worth of electric offset 😅
I told him we only pull permits on our own projects but he should get a master electrician in there to help him figure it out 🤣
This is the most horrifying diy job I’ve ever heard of
Not really.
While, obviously there’s a chance that the power washer draws too much energy and could start a fire, the most likely scenario is that it draws too much starting power for a “quick” fuse and the fuse trips when you start it but sustained load is fine.
A simple replacement of the fuse in question would have alleviated the problem.
Forcing it to stay on is all kinds of wrong, but the power washer is unlikely to burn the house down.
Any other electrical fault on the other hand, could easily do it.
Electricity is the one place where Dunning-Kruger hits hard, the other is plumbing.
My sister and BIL bought an apartment some years back. The first thing I see when I enter the kitchen is code violation.
There’s a plug in a socket in the middle of the wall with a wire going behind the kitchen cabinets.
We took the fridge out and found it went into an extension cord and then there was a plug going to a … fuck it … here’s the picture:
But wait! It gets worse:
(Look at the top)
My BIL decided to go full Dunning-Kruger and did nothing with the death trap until an electrical inspection six years later.
IIRC holding breakers doesn’t even prevent them from tripping, they still trip internally if the switch can’t move.
If you physically hold the breaker switch, sure. If you just short them with copper wire not so much.
Parent said the breakers were 'forced open with copper wire", which sounds like wire was wrapped around the switch to hold it in position. If you’re bridging the terminals with wire, sure. That takes the breaker out of the circuit entirely.
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What’s an MSP?
Main Service Panel. Some people also refer to it as a “breaker box”.
Im in IT and wondered what MSP could also stand for. In my profession it’s a Managed Service Provider.
Actually it’s kind of similar 😅