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Fourplex with Fixture

haligan — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 01:31:56 +0000

by: haligan

Description: Ethnic family run restaurants are the best places to find electrical violations. Check this one out.

Tuna junction box

wa2ise — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:16:48 +0000

by: wa2ise

Description: Found on facebook, tuna fish can as a junction box. Not sure what sort of cover would be used... :-(

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Tarnished Plug Pins

Texas_Ranger — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:37:45 +0000

by: Texas_Ranger

Description: Another problematic power strip, made by Kopp of Germany. As you can see both the plug pins and the earth scrapers are almost black instead of their original brass colour. In fact the corrosion is bad enough that the strip did not work at all when I first tried it!

Broken Power Strip - Detail

Texas_Ranger — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:37:44 +0000

by: Texas_Ranger

Description: Here's the manufacturer logo on the broken power strip. Looks legit to me and there's an OVE mark too (not visible).

Broken Power Strip

Texas_Ranger — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:37:42 +0000

by: Texas_Ranger

Description: This Legrand power strip rattled and one end seemed cracked - this is what I got when I pulled slightly with my fingers. I didn't use much force! The cord (1.5 m long) is only 1.0 mm2, which is liminal for the 16 A rating.

Subpanel with Fire Notification Feature

haligan — Fri, 15 May 2015 20:56:56 +0000

by: haligan

Description: Saw this an an open house.

Electrical connections by drain

powerftw2001 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:44:23 +0000

by: powerftw2001

Description: at the river cafe for thanks giving, I went to look out the window and here's what I came across.

Rusty Water heater

dsk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:12:36 +0000

by: dsk

Description: This water heater was located under a cabin, on the bare ground. One live was loos, instead of at one of the heating elements, the ground wire was loose, ..... The pictures were taken after pulling this out of service.

Rusty Water heater

dsk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:12:36 +0000

Rusty Water heater

dsk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:12:35 +0000

Rusty Water heater

dsk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:12:35 +0000

Rusty Water heater

dsk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:12:34 +0000

Rusty Water heater

dsk — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:12:34 +0000

Up to code doesn't mean best practice

ElectricalEd — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:23:37 +0000

by: ElectricalEd

Description: While having a 3 way switch capped in main breaker panel might be up to code, it is not the best way to do it. Do you agree? I would prefer a junction box be put on side of breaker panel for the splice as a minimum. Making sure it is out of panel reduces unnecessary risk the white wire marker will fall off or be forgotten and the handyman in the panel makes a fatal mistake with the white wire in picture.

minimum bend radius?

Admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:28:08 +0000

by: Admin

Description: 600v, 500kcmil cable termination. submitted by Gregory Madjeski

DIY Dandy 2/2

Admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:58:22 +0000

by: Admin

Description: Submitted by Brad R.

DIY Dandy 1/2

Admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:58:22 +0000

by: Admin

Description: Submitted by Brad R.

IMG_2267

crselectric — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:33:07 +0000

by: crselectric

Description: Lightning? Overload? what likely cause is melted wires without smoke trails?

Bx meltdown

crselectric — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:28:25 +0000

by: crselectric

Description: Have a shorted section of Bx, melted anti short bushing. Was the connection of new romex wiring to old knob and tube lighting and replaced base board outlets. The white wires had the insulation melted together and thats why there is a spot where the white conductor has a hole in insulation.....this was found as a result of circuit not working and shorted after a space heater shut off power in adjacent breaker. but this one circuit could not be reset...looks like the return wire could have been melted through at bx jacket and anti-short was not doing its job. I believe this install has been like this for 6+ years, Would all the new base board boxes be subject to damaged romex.... there is not enough connected load to cause overload under normal conditions.

Bx meltdown

crselectric — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:28:22 +0000

Bx meltdown

crselectric — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:28:18 +0000

Flood-n-Plug Combo

haligan — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:28:53 +0000

by: haligan

Description: It's what every backyard needs. Plug in your radio, lawnmower, leafblower, pool filter, you name it!

Damaged Sheathing

daniel05387 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:20:51 +0000

by: daniel05387

Description: Caused by plumber's jigsaw to remove the ceiling. The wires inside were still intact, to say the least.

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Chandelier jury-rigged onto old hi-hat

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:51:56 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Fixture

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:23:55 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: No effort at all for this

Fixture

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:23:53 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: Oh I guess the wire wasn't long enough

Former hallway hi-hat

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:21:46 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Fixing the broken wire

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:21:44 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: Luckily there was enough of the old NM in the ceiling to pull it in and resplice.

The box pulled center

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:21:41 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: A fixture was placed in the plywood and held up with anchors. The box was solely for the wires in the ceiling, it was never secured. Note the half-broken neutral.

The ceiling fan

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:18:36 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: Looking just as healthy as the box in the ceiling.

Former hi-hat

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:18:33 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: In relation to the ceiling fan.

Former hi-hat

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:18:31 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: The box was never actually secured. The plywood covers up the former hi-hat opening. It was later replaced by a ceiling fan.

Former hallway switch old-work

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:16:10 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: For whatever reason this box was replaced, the newer NM on the right is spliced in the wall to an old cloth cable feeding a formerly switched receptacle.

Bathroom GFCI old-work

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:16:08 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: Tiniest amount of material for the box wing to grab

Bathroom GFCI old-work

Theelectrikid — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:16:06 +0000

by: Theelectrikid

Description: Wood scraps are perfect spacers!!

Saw this over christmas

ChristianMstate — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:00:51 +0000

by: ChristianMstate

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Overcrowded Box

daniel05387 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:44:22 +0000

by: daniel05387

Description: Overcrowded box is an overcrowded box.

Bad Installation

daniel05387 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:44:05 +0000

by: daniel05387

Description: Cable entering handy box wasn't fastened to ceiling joist.

Improper Fastening

daniel05387 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:29:04 +0000

by: daniel05387

Description: Cables from prior pic enter box shown. Cables aren't correctly fastened. Circuit is dedicated exclusivity for bathroom GFCI circuit. A receptacle intended for appliance use had been tied into that circuit.

No Nailplates

daniel05387 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:28:40 +0000

by: daniel05387

Description: Definitely wouldn't have passed county inspection if permits were pulled.

Hidden Box

daniel05387 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:28:18 +0000

by: daniel05387

Description: Upon household plumbing system replacement, an illegally hidden junction box had been discovered after ceiling removal.

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Bottomless meter pan...

petey_c — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:06:44 +0000

by: petey_c

Description: HO decided that since we had no power (thanks again Sandy!) it would be a good time to change this. Now if I could only find a meter pan...

Bent_mast

petey_c — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:53:03 +0000

by: petey_c

Description: Courtesy of "Sandy." The HO said no trees fell on her house, that this was a result of a large oak tree hitting the drop...

Code Violations

sparkync — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:15:37 +0000

by: sparkync

Description: I was sent out to install a double pole circuit at this house for a "surge protector". I gave an estimate for the outside service and also one for the inside panel only. Don't look like I'll get the job, but I think someone needs to. Wonder how many code violations we could find in this one? This panel is actually setting in front of an existing one in the wall. You can see the wires coming from the older one to this one.

Code Violations

sparkync — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:15:34 +0000

Building Wiring

Mar — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:45:41 +0000

by: Mar

Description: Faulty grounding wire installation

Building Wiring

Mar — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:45:39 +0000

by: Mar

Description: Faulty grounding wire installation

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Building Wiring

Mar — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:45:37 +0000

by: Mar

Description: Faulty device installation

Seriously???

App2JMan — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:01:13 +0000

by: App2JMan

Description: emergency light with plumbing fitting

I am not going near that

App2JMan — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:54:09 +0000

by: App2JMan

Description: OK. So I walk into an electrical room with the MDP and low volt telephone and cable hookups. I look into a corner and there is a high voltage transformer with no cage around it.

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