had a job at the local hospital doing structural a couple weeks back.
in contract, they would supply and furnish power to the maxstar 200 so i showed up with some high quality hubbel 50a 250v plugs and handed the female over to them. their electrician wired the hot side and i wired the welder.
"hope your good for 3ph 480!" and the electrician drops my 50a, 250v, 4-wire (thank goodness) plug down a hole cored between him and the basement where im working.
i dont mind that the plug is not rated for 480, no biggie, he's a real electrician so its fine. fast-forward to the end of the job and i want my plug back. i go upstairs with a different electrician, see an so cord with a wire-nutted extension, going to my plug and as its disassembled, i notice the GREEN wire is cut back and making ZERO contact with the plug.
i lived folks. . . . . .threw a little fit over it, but i lived. amazing how i would rather work with a few strangers on the internet than the "professionals" at a hospital. more people need to visit this forum
