On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:10:17 AM UTC-4, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/28/13 10:39 AM, wrote:

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 12:52:53 AM UTC-4, wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:54:46 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:







On 7/27/13 6:26 PM, wrote:







Of course electricians and licensed solar contractors will do



everything they can to stop DIY installers.



The government is on their side, denying any rebates to an unlicensed



installs.







Good. Licensed electricians and contractors are the ones who should be



doing the work. I thought you only had a hard-on against college



educated individuals, but I see you have no use for those who spend



years learning a trade and being responsible for their work.







Careful now, you are in over your depth again.







They do sell O/L listed, plug and play solar collectors



(Westinghouse/Akeena is one)



These come with a NEMA 5-15 plug, you just mount the collector on any



surface that faces the sun and plug it in to a handy receptacle.







Why would you need an electrician or solar contractor for that?





At trade shows we have to hire the union guys to PLUG IN THE BOOTH LIGHTS AND EQUIPMENT. It's against union rules for us (electronic engineers) to plug in AC power cords ourselves.



This kind of BS is exactly why Detroit is bankrupt, and there is no manufacturing in the US anymore.



Oh, right. It has nothing to do with American manufacturers wanting to
pay $2.00 a day for labor.

That's right, it doesn't. The reason Detroit is bankrupt and there is little manufacturing in America is primarily because unions have milked the system dry. People who barely got out of high school thought they deserved, with union help, a big house, three cars, private school, and a boat just for just for putting a screw in a fender 40 hours a week. Unfortunately for them, Stein's Law kicked in.

Oh, most convention centers want their people or contractors to do the
work so as to avoid additional liability i$$ue$ caused by morons who
don't handle electrical hookups properly or safely, or fall off ladders,
et cetera.

Heh. The mouth-breathing idiots they send to the booth to plug in the equipment have to be shown how to do it (literally). I've watched them destroy about as much stuff as they've sucessfully hooked up. Of course, when they destroy something union rules prevent them from being fired, and if they break a nail doing it they get time off with compensation.