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Elias looked at his panel. The bus bars were gleaming under the shop lights. "I just need to finish this, Silas. I’m out of time."
The reality of the situation hit Elias like a hammer. He wasn't just trying to save a few hundred dollars; he was trying to cut corners on safety engineering.
"You stop," Silas said. "You tell the client the truth. You tell them you underestimated the engineering cost, and you need a week. Or, you hire a certified shop to review your design. But you don't use a stolen map to navigate a minefield."
He wasn’t an engineer by trade, but a budget-conscious entrepreneur trying to save his startup. The quotation from the certified panel shop had made his heart stop—thousands of dollars just for the design and markup, money his company didn't have. "How hard can it be?" he had thought. "It’s just wires and breakers."