Yesterday, two technicians from Enercare were here to install a new furnace and air conditioning unit. One of the two men, I later found out, was the Health and Safety representative. He was the one who wore safety glasses and gloves and started out by locking out the breaker in the main electrical panel. Someone had pencilled in breaker #15 as “Furnace”. That’s the one he locked out.
In the meantime, the younger technician was ready to start disconnecting things. But the Health and Safety guy insisted on checking the power at the furnace with his tester. Guess what?
Even though he had locked out breaker #15, there was still power at the equipment!
It was only after re-checking the electrical panel that he determined the correct breaker was actually breaker #3. Someone had incorrectly labelled the panel!!
His habit of double checking power right at the equipment paid off.
He correctly labelled the panel with a yellow sticker and I have since erased the note at breaker #15.
Remember that old adage: when you “assume” you make an ass out of you and me? How true, eh!
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