alt Hacker Newsthe fact legitimate electricians buy fuses/wiring/circuit breakers/crimps off amazon thinking they're as advertised is actually terrifying
all the buildings you enter: houses of friends/family, supermarkets, hospitals, transport, restaurants, offices, all with potentially fatal fake electrics
hopefully the fire door and extinguishers weren't bought from amazon
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quickthrowman • yesterday at 1:09 AM
It’s usually homeowners buying and installing crappy electrical products off Amazon, or ‘handyman’ types who don’t have a license. I sell and run commercial electrical work at a union shop and we buy electrical material from supply houses, not Amazon.
You certainly could buy material off Amazon but if you’re passing the cost onto the customer, why not just buy the real thing?
I recall reading about some counterfeit circuit breakers that were basically just toggle switches. They had no "trip" mechanism at all.
The few tradespeople I know don't even shop at Lowes. They have accounts at supply houses that don't even offer public retail sales.