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wonder if a home inspector would catch? hallerb@aol.com 09-09-2006
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on September 9, 2006, 5:01 pm
3 prong outlets where the owner tied the neutral to the ground pin. a
friend i spewnt the day with reported a family member just sold a home
like that:(

I donmt believe the common testers would catch such a miss wiring.

worse its plain unsafe....

incidently the home inspector who did this home didnt catch it:(


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Posted by cm on September 9, 2006, 5:10 pm
Home inspectors use a outlet tester that has a series of lights. If it shows
two green lights the outlet is considered good. They don't open them up and
look at them. Some inspectors don't even to bother testing all the outlets
and say so in their reports.....


cm



>3 prong outlets where the owner tied the neutral to the ground pin. a
> friend i spewnt the day with reported a family member just sold a home
> like that:(
>
> I donmt believe the common testers would catch such a miss wiring.
>
> worse its plain unsafe....
>
> incidently the home inspector who did this home didnt catch it:(
>



Posted by Oren on September 9, 2006, 5:34 pm
wrote:

>3 prong outlets where the owner tied the neutral to the ground pin. a
>friend i spewnt the day with reported a family member just sold a home
>like that:(
>
>I donmt believe the common testers would catch such a miss wiring.
>
>worse its plain unsafe....
>
>incidently the home inspector who did this home didnt catch it:(

I've found over the recent years a particular inspector will pay more
attention/interest to things related to his trade from which he came.
The last inspector I had found one thing I had kept to myself, not
saying a word to the real estate agent, spouse or anyone. This
inspector found it, but I was ready to deal with it.
--
Oren

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens
constantly."

Posted by Speedy Jim on September 9, 2006, 6:12 pm
hallerb@aol.com wrote:

> 3 prong outlets where the owner tied the neutral to the ground pin. a
> friend i spewnt the day with reported a family member just sold a home
> like that:(
>
> I donmt believe the common testers would catch such a miss wiring.
>
> worse its plain unsafe....
>
> incidently the home inspector who did this home didnt catch it:(
>

It's very difficult to catch.

I built a special tester which applies a *heavy* load
and measures the voltage drop to Ground and Neutral.

Even so, that kind of testing consumes a great deal of time
and the inspector has to weigh where to put emphasis.
Jim

Posted by lp13-30 on September 10, 2006, 11:41 am
The inspector should take the cover off the breaker box and check
inside. If there is not a ground wire for every neutral, that should be
a clue right there. Larry


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