[RE-wrenches] Liability

[William Miller]

Mac:

I make a decent living fixing other installer's work.  Someone's got to do 
it or the bad systems will never get fixed.  Who does that benefit?

I of course need assurance from the customer that I can fix all safety 
issues before I start.

I also like to keep one or two pro-bono customers on my client list.  These 
are usually widows or elderly on fixed incomes.  I need the karma points to 
compensate for my mis-spent youth.

William Miller


At 08:43 AM 11/23/2011, you wrote:
>Hey wrenches,
>
>Wanted to see what everyone does in a case like I just encountered.  I got 
>a call from a tenant for an off-grid system installed by the landlord 
>(supposedly an electrician).  I went up there to look at the site and it 
>was a mess.  System lacked OCPDs, there were gouges in the insulation of 
>the wires, loose terminals, nothing ran in conduit, etc...  I was called 
>up there to see why the generator was not auto starting.  I got the auto 
>start working, expressed my concern to the tenant about the workmanship 
>and left.  Now I'm wondering whether I should have touched the system at 
>all.  What would you do?  Is there liability here?