[RE-wrenches] Liability

[Bill Loesch]

Mac,

You have gotten some great advice from previous responders. Don't underestimate the use of before and after photos with interim photos of any hidden problems discovered during the repair. Sometimes I even manage to get the owner/caller in the photo, too. The photos also have a side benefit of refreshing your memory when they call again a couple (or more) years later.

Bill Loesch

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mac Lewis 
  To: RE-wrenches 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:43 AM
  Subject: [RE-wrenches] Liability


  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?


  Thanks
  -- 







  Mac Lewis


  "Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates





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