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Yep. In that case Tesla shouldn’t even be mentioned in this. It just makes a good headline. I’m perpetually surprised at how crap even supposedly trained elec
by setquk 8y ago
Yep. In that case Tesla shouldn’t even be mentioned in this. It just makes a good headline.
I’m perpetually surprised at how crap even supposedly trained electricians are. At best they don’t understand the consequences of not doing something properly. Even domestic electricians I’ve hired, because I’m not allowed to certify the work myself here in the UK, I’ve had to correct their work when they have gone.
- haldean 8y agoThis guy was a trainee.
- setquk 8y agoWhoever trained him or was responsible for him is liable then.
- i386 8y agoTesla didn’t mention it. The article quotes an anonymous ex-employee
- madaxe_again 8y agoI think from the comments there’s a radically different approach to responsibilities on this over the pond. Re: correcting their work, ditto. Was fuming a month ago when I discovered two rings connected to the same socket - and managed to fit the two way dimmer (single common on a dual gang) he’d said was impossible. Think he only knew of one by-rote way to do a two-way, and didn’t actually understand what he was doing. Hell, he thought the US uses DC power - I explained that it was just a different voltage, and AC, and the look on his face said “voltage?”, so I left it at that. He didn’t even notice I’d rewired when he came back to sign off “his” work. OTOH there are incompetents in all fields - just that electricity is a pretty bad thing to be incompetent at if it’s your job - I learned a healthy respect for the tingly stuff the hard way. Oh, and I was recently in Uruguay, where nobody seems to understand what the funny green and yellow wire is for, and hook it up to live. Metal skinned laptop. Funky chicken.