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[–] 58 points 10 hours ago (10 children)

And then everybody clapped. "Wires are crossed. $6,500. 21 days to fix." Am I playing pretend with my nephew?

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  • [–] [S] 38 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

    You could save yourself some letters by reciting the old 4chan mantra:

    fake and gay

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  • [–] 15 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

    it's not unheard of. i had an outlet that wasn't on my own electrical service. when they replaced the fuseboxes in the back with breaker boxes they double-checked what circuits went to which units and it got 'fixed'. the fridge was running on that outlet when i moved in.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    Switching neutral with live generally won’t cause any issues. Switching neutral with ground is much worse but most likely would go without major issues. Switching ground and live would make things just not work at best, and become a huge fire and/or electrocution hazard at worst.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm 99% sure neither the original post or the one you are responding to are talking about crossed wires inside an outlet. They're talking about an entire outlet/switch/etc. being on the electrical service for a neighboring unit.

    So someone is paying for the usage of a neighbor. And if power is shut off for non-payment, they move out, etc. then one of the outlets will seemingly randomly stop working because it's on a different electrical service.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 hours ago

    Yup that’s a service panel serving one or more units in a neighboring unit. Electrical plus ripping up drywall to run a new wire from the correct panel.

    Depending on the run this is probably about right.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago

    I'm not sure.

    It's not saying it's real but I can envision a world where it's at least conceivable.

    They're not saying it should take 21 days of labour, just that they have 21 days to be compliant.

    And the runs between units might indicate other issues like insufficient panel sizes, or long runs of wall that are expected to get cut up and are expected to be repaired properly. Maybe permits and subsequent electrical inspections. They might even pad all their estimates too.

    It's high, but not impossibly high.

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