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Well, here is what I found today. The panel cover cannot be installed until the wires are rerouted, and about the wood door that it is housed in...FAIL
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What a wild mess. There's probably every possible mistake taking place in one panel. The transformer is a real hoot.

That rivals anything I've posted here.
 
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All that and Federal Pacific too.....Surprised it has not burned yet!

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Well, here is what I found today. The panel cover cannot be installed until the wires are rerouted, and about the wood door that it is housed in...FAIL
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It least they labeled the panel box. Circuit #23 is for the "Toaster" for sure.

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200 Amp GE Panel - Missing two breakers, cover not attached to box

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I found this while investigating a complaint on the rental. Main complaint was for the Monitor heater that is spewing CO and landlord won't fix it. Electrical problems are secondary.Temps have been down to 8 degrees/night, 20's-30's/day. Sue, just another snowy day in paradise. ;) View attachment 632

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In 2003 a permit was obtained for an electrical service upgrade. No inspection was done and the permit expired. New owner obtained new permit to finalize the 2003 permit. There's a laundry in the way. The new owner is unhappy. He can't understand why I can't just do the inspection and leave him alone.

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Two service drops are laying on the roof. One is for this house and the other serves the neighbor. The structure is a room addition that was approved ten years ago.

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The major frame is steel and the smaller members that hold the glazing are aluminum. The contractor claims to have built many such rooms and has never heard of an equipotential bonding grid. I explained as much as I know about it during a foundation inspection. I did that again over the phone while I was on vacation. The bonding was tricky because everything is painted and it bolts together.

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I guess that I have failed because this wall is a staging door that opens the entire wall. The doors and track are not bonded.

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My turn to find a transformer inside a panel cabinet. Of course it was a solar company that did this so I can't say that an electrician screwed up.

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This hardy ever happens. The end of the armor that is inside the EMT is not bonded and the end of the EMT is not bonded. It looks clean.

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The contractor told me that the steel will float to the top as the concrete fills the excavation so there is no need to tie it in place.
 
NICE!.....I had a contractor tell me the other day that he couldn't pressure test his CSST (that he wanted to direct bury) until it was buried because it would burst.....
 
Is the steel made of Ivory soap? Perhaps it is air entrained and that causes it to float?

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The contractor told me that the steel will float to the top as the concrete fills the excavation so there is no need to tie it in place.
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Alias said:
200 Amp GE Panel - Missing two breakers, cover not attached to boxView attachment 1523

Gee, missing breakers are in the bottom of the panel box

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Never seen a piece of copper (lower left) like this in a box before

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I found this while investigating a complaint on the rental. Main complaint was for the Monitor heater that is spewing CO and landlord won't fix it. Electrical problems are secondary.

Temps have been down to 8 degrees/night, 20's-30's/day.

Sue, just another snowy day in paradise. ;)
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Alias the copper in the bottom picture looks like it might be your panel bond.
 
This might be somebody's' Christmas present.

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The last thing that was added is the 2"x4" post in the middle..... because...it was falling down.

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They do deserve credit for creativity.

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Not really my cup of tea but this is one of the best that I've seen. The guy that did it has an artist's eye.

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The guy that built the stairs might be blind in one eye.

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The guy that placed the equipment less than five feet away from the property line can't see at all.

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i had an "electrician" ask me this morning if he could put 6, 12 -2 mc's into 3 ganged 2x3x3-1/2 inch device boxes. i asked him if he had a code book so i could look it up. he said " you can't get a box deeper than that". that was not my question,. do you have a code book/ "no", ok i've got one in my truck i'll be right back. "well it's only a remodel" well, you're still supposed to comply with the code, regardless of it being a remodel on residence or a 5 story commercial building. he does not own a code book. he did not know about 314.16, or how to size a device box. this guy is actually licensed as a journeyman, has no clue where to look in the code book for device box sizing, how do they get the license.
 
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