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David V. Corbin dvcorbin at optonline.net
Thu Aug 19 00:01:33 CDT 2004


>>> Tell me about it!. I've seen single-pole switches in the 
>>> neutral wire, live/neutral swaps, neutral/earth swaps (get 
>>> a couple of extension leads with those 2 faults joined 
>>> together and you can get the lethal live/earth swap!), 
>>> under-rated cables, etc, etc, etc. The only person I trust 
>>> with the mains is myself (and even then I am not sure I trust them!)

Just one of the reasons it is a violation of most "safety codes" to plug an
extension cord into an extension cord!

OSHA will fine a company if this is reported.

[The last time I did that was about 7 hours ago.....]




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