"Opening a can of worms" Who is Responsible for a problem if you where the last one to touch it, but did not cause the problem? I was doing work for someone, installing an appliance and warned then of a potential problem with GFCI or ground fault interupt circuit being tripped. I asked if he had the outlet on that type of circuit but he was certain that he did not. I looked around the basement to be sure. I did not find a GFCI. 3 Seconds after turning on the appliance the power goes out!!! We check the breakers, look for a tripped circuit, check all the wires, the basement, the house, the machines on the circuit. I asked if he had a plan for the layout of his electrical system, but her did not.
The machine I was installing, can not hurt a normal system, or damage the electrical system but Will trip a GFCI outlet. We could not find it but I knew thats what it was.
He Had a freezer, and lights on the same circuit and wanted me to pay for an electrician to solve the proble
2007-03-26 08:02:17 · 7 answers · asked by jack 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
And you should have an Electrician fix it, IF YOU'RE NOT LICENSED LEAVE IT ALONE, whatever you added caused the problem, you obviously don't know what you are doing adding electrical work, you are responsible, If the home owner wanted they could turn you in for doing work without a license, but they are still left with the mess you caused.
2007-03-27 00:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by Ray D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would, as nicely as possible, tell him to go f**k himself.
Some GFCI's are on the receptacle, some are on the breaker itself.
Regardless, you should have probably checked to see what else was on the same circuit if you knew the new piece of equipment was going to have a fairly large load (I usually use a ring meter to see how many amps are being pulled - you can just put it around the wire without having to disconnect it.
If you remove your piece of equipment, and reset the breaker (preferably after turning off or unplugging the other stuff on the circuit) then he should be back to where you were when you started. Chances are the freezer and lights had the circuit close to maxed out.
Past that, it isn't your problem - if his electrical system was half-azzed, then he will need to figure that out first.
2007-03-26 08:10:15 · answer #2 · answered by Joe M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are a business person, I suggest you go ahead and get the problem resolved as quickly as possible. Where I live people are lawsuit happy and will be pleased to sue you out of business , even at best they will tell everyone they know and every one they ever meet that you are to blame and not to use your service also you might find yourself blacklisted in the Better Business Bureau files/ You can always write it off as business expense at the end of the year. Whatever it costs you it will be cheap compared to the damage this guy can do to your good name future revenues Cast your bread upon the waters and it will return to you in form of a end of year deduction. If you were just helping a friend I suggest you consider how much you value this person's friendship before you blow him off / the blow off might be permanent/ what about friends you have in common, they may blow you off once this guy is done telling his side. In the short run I really don't think it was your fault exactly but you have sooo much to lose
2007-03-27 04:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by nicenurse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
generating a foul puppy isn't a mistake. it rather is nature. you're able to do each and everything in the worldwide appropriate and lose a puppy. Or produce domestic dogs with undesirable hips or eyes etc. in case you probably did checks on hips and eyes and get canines with undesirable hips and eyes is that a failure by way of the breeder? A mistake? No. not for my area. particularly great German Shepherd breeders do not produce white canines ever. particularly great German Shepherds do not breed American, Canadian, or uk bred canines (who're the only ones who produce white canines with any variety of regularity). particular a breeder of working line GSDs could by some potential produce a white puppy (yeah, i've got on no account met every physique who has inspite of the undeniable fact that it rather is achieveable). inspite of the undeniable fact that it would be removed from the genepool, and consistent with possibility the stud and/or b**** besides. And if an APBT breeder produced an "aggressive" canine the question might then grow to be...is it a genetic aggression situation...or is it an argument led to by way of undesirable management? Is it concern aggression? Social aggression? That stuff is out of our palms...and since the asserting is going "God does not make blunders"....yet not each and every decision He makes is to our instantaneous income the two.
2016-10-19 23:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by fanelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could be already pulling all the power he can with the freezer and lights... he may need a new breaker, theres lots of different reasons... I'm not an electrician BUT my husband is.. email him toys__hubby@sbcglobal.net he'll be happy to answer any questions you have
2007-03-26 08:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by ToYsTeMpTer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you ever are doubting te outcome or the reaction of a situatiuon or a persoon just put it in writing so everyone is on the same page.
2007-03-26 17:54:12 · answer #6 · answered by j917p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was he paying you? Or were you doing him a free favor?
Favor- He pays
If he was paying you-You pay
Actually as a home owner he should know his house, so i will say he should pay. Legally, I don't know though.
2007-03-26 08:06:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋