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Opinions on microswitches and soldering please
Mysterioii:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on July 02, 2012, 03:13:35 pm ---Slow down a minute ... I am not questioning the safety aspect in any way.
I agree that you are safe, although I might have chipped enough wallboard out so I could seal the box.
--- Quote from: Mysterioii on July 02, 2012, 02:24:02 pm ---I'm not gonna go jacking things up for myself or anyone else. I'm not putting pennies in the fuse box, figuratively or literally. I'm not replacing the ground fault interrupt outlets in the bathrooms with regular ones. Believe me, I am actually PARANOID about things going wrong. In this one thing, I am comfortable. I know how to contain 120V sir. Just the wire nuts themselves would really have sufficed but out of paranoia they have been mummified within about a third of a roll of electrical tape... No harm is being done.
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At this point, the harm is purely potential and, to my mind is entirely monetary for the next owner in the event that an overzealous inspector finds the hidden circuit. That happened to me and I had to trace every ---smurfing--- wire in the house to every ---smurfing--- termination point. The previous owner was actually a friend of the family and we had doen electrical work together before. I know what he did was safe ... it just wasn't what was required to keep from ---smurfing--- me over with respect to the authorities.
I am not making a judgement on your knowledge or the safety of your work ... just pointing out that you could be ---smurfing--- somebody else by not doing the "proper" thing and killing and capping the entire circuit.
In a nation where restaurants can be sued for serving hot coffee, you might want to think about the legal aspects -- you already have the safety aspects covered.
Here it is against the rules to sell a house if you have knowingly modified against code ... I suspect you have the same, likely harsher, laws down there.
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Well Chef, I suppose I will concede that you are probably technically correct. At this point in time I am not particularly worried about it. I'm fully prepared to remove and cap my "plumbing customizations" if we ever sell (on a positive note our sewer district is supposedly building a new pump station far down a hill from us to which we will be connected in 2015, eliminating our pump station altogether and remedying that unpleasant situation... just have to wait out a few more years there...) We have no plans to sell but if we ever do I might try to find the other end of that wire. No promises though. ;) It is in the basement and there is no attic/crawlspace access... I *suspect* it's tied to one of two nearby outlets, but if I pull them and find no connection then it would be a matter of knocking holes in the wall. Not gonna tackle that one now.
I appreciate your POV though. :cheers:
CheffoJeffo:
:cheers:
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