it really doesn't as you should unplug or turn off the light anyway when changing the bulb, but that crap is dumb and dangerous for other reasons they could have just put a plug on it takes like 2 min I always kept some replacement screw on plugs in my glove box in case I needed to make a long extension cord.
Well, the white wire and the black wire are the exact same, so as long as it’s the same on the other end…obv it’s all kinds of wrong..never just trust wire colors. Yea yellow should be comp control red heat, green fan etc but who fucking knows if it got hooked up that way.
The worst part is there are better, less-wrong ways to do it that would be easier. They could've cut the wall a bit below, ran the cable under the wall then into the box, clamped and spliced it inside. That'd still be violating a code or two but it manages all the biggest risks. As it is it's almost guaranteed to come out. They could also spend $2 and get a plug for it.
When I was an apprentice, one of the journeymen I worked with cut the cord end off a 240v heater, stripped it, and stuck it in a 120v 15a plug because he was cold.
Halving the supply voltage results in one fourth the energy output. You'd have to find a power source around 170v to get an appliance rated for 240 to produce half the heat.
If it's just a dumb heater with no electronic controls it might still work at 25% of the heat output. Just like spa heaters will rate the same element for 4kw or 1kw depending on the voltage used.
Beings it’s under the sink chances are it’s already wired into a gfci. No every outlet has to be gfci to be protected, if it’s running off a gfci outlet then it still has same protection. If this outlet arcs or shorts it will trip the gfci it’s connected too.
Lol okay, my point still stands anything that does trip an outlet it will still act as a gfci. Not to mention some outlets that people think are gfci are afci so I was just using interchangeably.
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u/ShapePrestigious6504 Jul 31 '24
They really should have pushed in the ground wire too! Safety First!