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Look at the slotted screw heads on outlet face plate. Are they both aligned vertically/horizontally, or are they at odd angles? If they are both aligned, th

Look at the slotted screw heads on outlet face plate. Are they both aligned vertically/horizontally, or are they at odd angles? If they are both aligned, the outlet was probably but not necessarily last worked on by a real electrician. If the screws are at odd angles, the outlet was probably but not necessarily last worked on by a DIYer. Real electricians align the screws, as a sort of professionalism and a nod to any future electrician who might work on that outlet.

stephen_g 4y ago
Where? Here electricians leave cable offcuts, stripped insulator, plaster around on the floor so consistently it’s a meme (I know because for some reason I was getting tradie reels popping up flipping through Facebook). We have a joke at work that you know that an electrical engineer (and not a licensed electrician) did the wiring if it’s too neat (for example, a colleague of mine seriously has cable trays through his roof cavity)