tomiiv30 OP37 posts01-22-2019 10:25am
Trying to fix the problem for this amplifier’s buzz it made a mess of my house electrical. I shouldn’t have done anything but just enjoy my new equipment, now we went totally different direction about fixing something that was not broken in the first place.
When I hire someone to do work I expect them to do all the necessary things, if they needed a permit they should’ve got one, and like I said everything was working just fine before I started adding outlets, even now everything works just fine and maybe everything is correct but I just don’t know that what I am saying is correct, maybe I am wording myself wrong.
This problem cost me so much time and money and nerves that is giving me nightmares at night.
As for correcting the connection of one of the dedicated branch circuit equipment grounding conductor that is now connected to the isolated ground rod, that’s an easy fix. More time will be spent removing the electrical panel cover and replacing it. Connecting the equipment grounding conductor, wire, to the ground bar will take about 1 minute.
Removing the ground wire that goes outside to the ground rod 10 minutes, if that.
IF the electrician roughed in steel boxes for the new dedicated wall outlets there is a very good chance they are not grounded. Good chance he just connected the equipment grounding conductor to the ground screw terminal on the IG duplex receptacle outlet. The mounting back strap is not electrically connected to the equipment ground contact on an IG receptacle. Unless the guy connected the equipment grounding conductor to the box, as NEC requires, the box and back strap of the receptacle is not grounded. That would have to be checked and corrected if need be. Time to look at both outlets? 15 minutes. If they need to be grounded? 5 minutes each, if that. Material? Four green grounding pigtails and two wire nuts.
As for the electrician/contractor pulling a permit. I doubt you will find many electricians/contractors across the US that will pull an electrical permit for installing a couple of 20 amp branch circuits. If the customer says he wants the contractor to get an electrical permit then the contractor will do so.
Note the word contractor..... Being a licensed electrician doesn’t mean he/she can pull an electrical permit. He/she is also required to have an electrical contractor license for the city he/she is working in to pull a permit. (In my area an electrical contractor doesn’t have to be a licensed electrician. He/she just has to have a licensed Master A electrician working in a management position. Even if the contractor is an electrician, but not a Master A electrician he/she is still required to employ a Master A electrician working in a management position.
Burning question!
Is your house wired with Romex? What did the electrician install for the branch circuit wiring?
Jim
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