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Can You Spot the Problem?

05/30/2016 5:54 PM
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Re: can you spot the problem?

05/30/2016 6:04 PM

You've mounted the wrong faucet, and your drain looks a lot like an electrical outlet....

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05/30/2016 7:08 PM

Rerun.

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05/30/2016 10:24 PM

You have a 110V drain for a 440V supply.
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05/30/2016 10:39 PM

most code requires when in an area of water
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06/10/2016 10:12 AM

Kind of defeats the purpose of the dumbo kill trap.
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06/10/2016 1:49 PM

And it takes all the excitement out of playing with electricity around salty water.

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Re: Can You Spot the Problem?

05/31/2016 12:57 AM

Can you?

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Re: Can You Spot the Problem?

05/31/2016 11:34 AM

Yes, there's no door to get out to the patio furniture.

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05/31/2016 11:38 AM

that was the other thing
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05/31/2016 6:25 PM

Yes. There is no Darwin award nominee turning the faucet on with one hand, while plugging the "sink" with the other.

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06/01/2016 12:03 PM

"This apartment includes hot&cold running electrocutions."

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Re: Can You Spot the Problem?

06/01/2016 1:39 PM

They should have installed a reset/GFCI outlet there, as a quick means of unplugging the drain. By the way, the floor drain for this shower was installed correctly, and is needed frequently by users of the sink drain.

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06/06/2016 11:06 AM

No problem. Obviously a kill trap for dumb people.
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Re: Can You Spot the Problem?

06/10/2016 4:54 AM

Fredski, many thanks for all your time and trouble in keeping our grey cells working, God only knows how and where you find all this stuff!!

Keep it up please. Have a great weekend.

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