An average day

[ICE]

Is the meter height OK? Picture makes it look high, and those offset nipples are ugly at best.

The height is okay. The raceway through an intact ko is not okay.

 

[ICE]

I couldn't go on the property with a level or tape but from a picture I was able to determine that the fascia and the bottom of the door are mostly parallel.

 

[ICE]

I saw this and called the office to find out if there is a permit for solar. There is and I haven't inspected it yet. Shirley somebody's gonna tell me that this is alright.




It's hard to tell from the street but that looks like felt and not that old. I can see a shadow of another line that seems to be another layer. It might be an asphalt roof covering under the tile. I can't get any closer than this. I need a drone.



Update: There is a permit to remove the tile from the footprint of the array and install asphalt shingles. Actually there are two permits for that work by different contractors. After the solar is installed someone infills the tiles around the array.

 

[SCBO1]

The birds are gonna love that install, the occupants not so much.

 

[SCBO1]

I like that they took the time to paint the conduit. There is different colored conduit on the market, but probably not that color?

 

[e hilton]

Is there anybody else out there that would vote c-taps off the island.

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Question ... is the problem that they are using the wrong size? Doesnt look like it wraps far enough around the smaller wire. And i assume they are allowed by code, otherwise you would have (reluctantly) issued a citation.

 

[e hilton]

I couldn't go on the property with a level or tape but from a picture I was able to determine that the fascia and the bottom of the door are mostly parallel.

Not sure i agree. Look at the raised panels in the top row ... the one on the left touches the header, the one on the right has a gap at the top.

 

[linnrg]

Not sure i agree. Look at the raised panels in the top row ... the one on the left touches the header, the one on the right has a gap at the top.

That picture is just funny as hell I almost get dizzy just looking at it. Up here I have seen many of these issues due to frost heave. When I was a young guy I saw structural damage due to bentonite clay. Many of the builder's in my area used to bury trees and stumps on the lots which forever settle - so I have responded to lots of structural damage because of these bury pits.

 

[ICE]

Question ... is the problem that they are using the wrong size? Doesnt look like it wraps far enough around the smaller wire. And i assume they are allowed by code, otherwise you would have (reluctantly) issued a citation.

The c-tap is too small. There is a specific tool that’s required for the crimping of the c-tap. That tool will emboss a number where it engages the copper. The number corresponds to a particular die for the specific c-tap. That didn’t happen and almost never does. Beyond all of that, this is a bare copper grounding electrode conductor to ground rods.....in a planter .....that requires protection from physical damage.

 

[ICE]

Not sure i agree. Look at the raised panels in the top row ... the one on the left touches the header, the one on the right has a gap at the top.

I put a ruler on the picture and they are too close to say otherwise. I saw the different reveal and wondered if it’s just the door.....everything looks like the day it was built but something is way off.

 

[ICE]

A new circuit for an EV charger.

 

[my250r11]

 

[SCBO1]

If it's a #6 AWG GEC and free from physical damage the GEC can be run along the building surface without protection if secured. If not it would need protection, preferably in conduit.


I don't know the GEC size but assume that the GEC is a #6 AWG:

Question: Would you classify this install free from physical damage?

Beyond all of that, this is a bare copper grounding electrode conductor to ground rods.....in a planter .....that requires protection from physical damage.

 

[ICE]

Question: Would you classify this install free from physical damage?

No.

 

[SCBO1]

ICE, I already knew your answer, and concur with your opinion!

 

[ICE]

Underground service entrance with metallic conduit.

 

[ICE]

Condenser replacement:

 

[ICE]

Replacement furnace in a closet. It goes with the condenser above.



The previous vent has been cut with tin snips. A section of single wall has been pushed inside and a flexible B-Vent is in the single wall.

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[jar546]

Your photos are amazing. I am going to assume that in order to get a license to do electrical work, you just need a business card?

 

[ICE]

A California contractors license is no indication of competence. There are businesses that prepare people to take the test for a license. It’s the same for inspector certifications.

 

[TheCommish]

OMW, I am not an electrical inspector and I can tell that is wrong

 

[ICE]

I hear inspectors saying that they do not go on roofs for inspections. The contractor for this job must have figured I was one of them as I had to ask for a ladder.







I'm no legal scholar but it seems to me that if a licensed contractor walked away from this he would bear a legal responsibility if it fell into the back yard. What the Hell, it's not attached at all.

 

[conarb]

Tiger:

Who ties you off when you go onto roofs, do you carry your own gear? You wouldn't want to violate CalOSHA would you?

 

[Inspector Gift]

Tiger:

Who ties you off when you go onto roofs, do you carry your own gear? You wouldn't want to violate CalOSHA would you?

Give Tiger a break, Conarb. As you well know, the first guy up is never tied off.