Originally Posted by SLF3
May or may not have happened, but this is a standard remedy for unhappy electricians. Was a big issue on the Jubilee line extension in London - the specifications did not allow joints in cable runs (other than at the ends, if you see what I mean), so they would run a cable from one station to the next and then cut it a foot short.......
Not unlike the -- ahem -- mysterious happenings my colleague unearthed at a now-defunct Florida shop 20 years ago...