Questions Of The Week September 1~Happy Labor Day!

**** Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week!

Please read the Introduction and requirements, changes may have been made.

A member of the Awards Committee will post questions, at a random day/time.

Eligible members may make one post per question thread to answer the questions, and the eligible member’s winning entry must have all parts of the questions answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.

Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers or giving hints/references will cause a disqualification.

First correct answers (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Questions) wins.
The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file.
Winners of the Questions of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.

GOOD LUCK! ~ GO! :cowboy_hat_face:

  1. What is a common issue we observe that may affect safe operation or the mechanical strength of the equipment for a circuit breaker panel?

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2) Substance phase change changes temperature
True or False

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3) Pool equipment that must be directly grounded:
a) all electrical equipment associated with the circulation system
b) all electrical equipment located within 6 feet of the inside wall of the pool water
c) all through-wall lighting assemblies and underwater luminaries
d) junction boxes
a-b-c
a-c-d
all of the above

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4) _______ is the process when oxygen comes into sustained contact with iron

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5) Hydrogen chloride, a highly toxic gas & dioxin, the most dangerous known man-made carcinogen are created by _______

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EXTRA CREDIT!
WHO sang this on WHAT song?
You can always make a list of what 's going wrong
But your list of blessings will be twice as long

Great questions. Be back later to reply.

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Great questions, my friend. Thank you! :smile:

  1. undersized conductors
  2. False
  3. all of the above
  4. oxidation
  5. The electrolysis of Brine (saturated solution of sodium chloride and water) produces Chlorine , Sodium Hydroxide (lye), and hydrogen gas. And later UV light is used to combine hydrogen and chlorine gas to make hydrogen chloride.
  1. Double taps

  2. False

  3. a-c-d

  4. oxidation

  5. the most common way hydrogen chloride is made is by the reaction of a common salt, NaCl (table salt) and sulfuric acid

Extra) John Mayall – I Can’t Complain

  1. Panel contamination leading to rust and corrosion.

  2. False

  3. a-c-d

  4. oxidation (rust)

  5. The reaction of a chloride, generally that of sodium (NaCl), with sulfuric acid (H2SO4). It is also produced by the reaction of some chlorides (phosphorus trichloride, PCl3, or thionyl chloride, SOCl2) with water and as a by-product of the chlorination of many organic substances.

Great questions Marc, Thanks.

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1- Busbar & connectors painted over
2- False
3- All the above
4- Rust/oxidation
5- Burning of PVC/plastic

  1. Rust and corrosion
    2.False
  2. All of the above
  3. oxidation/rust
  4. Burning of Chlorine in Hydrogen
    xtra-John Mayall -I can’t complain
  1. damaged parts such as parts broken, bent, cut, deteriorated by corrosion, chemical action or over heating.
  2. false
  3. all of the above
  4. oxidation
  5. chlorine input to incineratorsx

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Good questions Marc!

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Very good questions brother.

1- Busbar & connectors painted over
2- False
3- A-C-D
4- Rust/oxidation
5- Burning of PVC/plastic

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Any winners as of yet?

Narc should chime in soon to let all know.

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Marc has a nickname? :rofl: :joy: :upside_down_face:

I guess you didn’t realize he had a second job. LOL

Larry! I didn’t know Marc with a narc.
I knew there was a reason I didn’t trust him with questions of the week. Just joking :grinning:

Theodore Brown wins
Good job knowing the answers

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Good job Teddy!
However, I thought got them all correct…Yep!:grin: