I have to go by Code Enforcement and get approval for plans to renovate the plumbing in a nail salon owned and run by young Vietnamese folks, which is the bizop of choice for these people, it seems. \u00a0I’ve never seen plumbing this screwy. \u00a0(It was done by an American, by the way, who now cannot be found.) The water heater is connected to two little shutoff valves (“stops”) that originally fed a lavatory faucet. \u00a0It’s an electric unit; it pulls 4500 watts when it is heating water. \u00a0It has no 240v receptacle. \u00a0Oh no! \u00a0They have it plugged into a regular wall socket. \u00a0It would be the equivalent of running forty five lamps, each with a 100-watt bulb, out of one socket at your house. \u00a0How they’ve kept from burning the joint down is a mystery to me. \u00a0An electrical engineer stood by me, looking at it and shaking his head and mumbling. \u00a0It’s even a mystery to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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