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Good one about reworking butchered jobs. After the closing on my first home purchase several lifetimes back, my dad went with us to look the place over REAL close. We're in the basement and I hear Dad talkin' a blue streak, and I went there to check...Here's Dad (a nearby community fire marshall!!) yankin' fuses out of the panel. Yep, they weree the screw in type. And he's going off about why there's 30 amp fuses all over in this box!! Needless to say, those were promptly changed! But, the bad part was how a window a/c had been installed. It was hard wired with 14 from the unit to the panel. It was a 220 reverse air unit, besides! And....one leg was double wired to an existing circuit! Want more? Rather than drill the holes through the floor joists, it was draped along theose staples that hold pipes to the joists. The kicker to this is that pipe was the one inch black feeder pipe to the gas furnace! As it was a small township, there were no inspections req'd. Many bullets were dodged that day! As a purchaser, I pray for and praise those inspectors. As a seller.....
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