An average day

[my250r11]

Some times the guys installing them need arrows so they know they are standing up!! LOL

 

[SCBO1]

Hope they know how to install these roof jacks!

 

[ICE]

I was there for a PV inspection.



I saw signs.

 

[ICE]

It's not easy to bend 3/0 wire that tight.

 

[steveray]

Is the receptacle in the side of that service normal?

 

[mark handler]

Is the receptacle in the side of that service normal?

Does Not appear to be watertight, no cover, no GFCI observable.(not usable)

 

[SCBO1]

Is the receptacle in the side of that service normal?

I have never seen that done like that, could that be a knock-out opening in that location being used for the single receptacle? Seen many a handy box attached to a panel in a basement. Seen a electrical panel dead front cutout and rigged with a duplex receptacle which was nicely done.

Agree with mark's opinion, not usable and not meeting code for lack of GFCI including wet location cover. Could it ever have been a legal install? I think no!

 

[conarb]

Tiger:

You should make it clear that these terrible electrical installations are done by Solar Contractors, not licensed electricians, California gives them huge advantages so they can use illegal labor and even gives them permit priority pushing legitimate contractors behind them even further. After all, they are "saving the planet".

 

[ICE]

Is the receptacle in the side of that service normal?

In my area it wouldn't be called abnormal.

 

[north star]

& = & = &

" Tiger: You should make it clear that these terrible electrical
installations are done by Solar Contractors, not licensed electricians "

He already does, and has been for quite some time.
& = & = &

 

[ICE]

I have never seen that done like that, could that be a knock-out opening in that location being used for the single receptacle? Seen many a handy box attached to a panel in a basement. Seen a electrical panel dead front cutout and rigged with a duplex receptacle which was nicely done.

Agree with mark's opinion, not usable and not meeting code for lack of GFCI including wet location cover. Could it ever have been a legal install? I think no!

 

[mark handler]

is that a nail holding the grounding wires?

 

[ICE]

A permit and a few inspections would have been a good idea. All of that re-bar standing up is one way to ruin your day.

 

[ICE]

is that a nail holding the grounding wires?

Nope, it's a mounting screw. I pretty much condemned it all.

Solar companies will attempt to energize darn near anything and then play dumb when I say no.

 

[mark handler]

thanks Ice

 

[conarb]

Nope, it's a mounting screw. I pretty much condemned it all.

Solar companies will attempt to energize darn near anything and then play dumb when I say no.

Thanks for that Tiger, you're a good man. I see this as a license board problem, they never should have allowed solar contractors to do electrical work, I saw a neighbor recently putting larger breakers into his panel, I asked why? He said that ever since the solar panels went on the mains kept blowing so he needed larger breakers, I guess that makes sense, there is a street between us so It shouldn't affect me, other than a lot of soot on my house and yard.

 

[ICE]

I saw a neighbor recently putting larger breakers into his panel, I asked why? He said that ever since the solar panels went on the mains kept blowing so he needed larger breakers

Increasing the amperage rating of the mains may be a violation. Did the neighbor increase the load? Was it done by a real electrician? We require a permit for that.....and for good reason.

 

[conarb]

Increasing the amperage rating of the mains may be a violation. Did the neighbor increase the load? Was it done by a real electrician? We require a permit for that.....and for good reason.

I don't think he even knows, a subcontractor of Solar City did it, the fuses started going so he was installing bigger breakers himself.

 

[ICE]

The average home owner isn’t capable of changing main breakers. Apparently your neighbor knows a thing or two about electrical work. Here’s hoping he doesn’t burn down the house.

 

[steveray]

is that a nail holding the grounding wires?

I think a roofing nail is listed for 2 #12 conductors......

 

[Paul Sweet]

Are some of those walls in #2661 running at a diagonal, or are they just way out of level?

 

[ICE]

I too wondered about that. Walls 6, 7 and 8 are different than the first five. I took the picture from my ride and didn’t get a side view. I tried to return and drop a violation notice but it’s a gated community and now my gate code has ceased to function. Oh well, there are other jobs going on in the neighborhood and I’ll get in soon or later. By the look of it, too late may have come and gone.

 

[Msradell]

Are some of those walls in #2661 running at a diagonal, or are they just way out of level?

I thought the same thing when I 1st looked at it but looking at it again it looks like the same amount of the block in the layer above shows for each layer. Maybe it's because of shadows or dampness in the blocks?

 

[ICE]

I've not seen this type of wall before. It looks like interlocking blocks of concrete. Shirley there must be more to the