Re: [RE-wrenches] Liability

[Allan Sindelar]

Mac, 1.  Write notes on your concerns on your daily service record for the site visit. Express strong concern. 2.  Write a cautionary note on the invoice to the landlord. 3.  Decide if you'd to tackle a system rebuild, or if you don't want to get near it. 4.  If you can do it discretely, consider letting the tenant get (or at least see) a copy of what you send to the landlord. 5.  Send the bill, wait two weeks and then call  the owner to discuss. What you advise depends on the answer to 3. Allan Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.positiveenergysolar.com On 11/23/2011 9:43 AM, mac Lewis wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org

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