jdfruit
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Appears to be a jumpered & uncovered existing main meter socket with hot cut leads on the roof and unprotected feed cables coming out the back of temp main box.
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Thankfully the electrician won't have to feel bad about coming back for just this.
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I don't think that I would be willing to stack a unit of OSB in one spot on an old building.
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The inspection was for the replacement of three antennas at the top of this tower.
I wasn't in the mood to climb that scaffold.
As luck would have it, I could see everything just fine from the seat of my truck.
I wasn't in the mood to climb that scaffold.
As luck would have it, I could see everything just fine from the seat of my truck.
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TheCommish
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that is one ugly tree
You know they paid a load for that tower.
Cell towers are all over the place....but not at fire stations.
http://smartgridawareness.org/2015/03/22/la-county-fire-fighters-fighting-cell-towers/
Cell towers are all over the place....but not at fire stations.
http://smartgridawareness.org/2015/03/22/la-county-fire-fighters-fighting-cell-towers/
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Msradell
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I saw a similar study published elsewhere a few years ago. The funny part about it was that in the study some of the cell towers that were part of the study weren't even turned on yet people living around them said they had symptoms! Maybe a bigger part of the problem with psychological then it is physical?ICE said:
steveray
SAWHORSE
We get cellquoia's around here...Not the palm variety....
tmurray
SAWHORSE
That's the placebo effect. Give people a sugar pill and tell them it'll alleviate their symptoms and about 50% of a typical group of people will report fewer symptoms.Msradell said:
This enclosure came off of the wall.
The original enclosure was recessed and a surface mount was placed over it. Along came the solar contractor. He removed enclosures #1 and #2 and put #3 over the hole. All of the wires were spliced in the wall.
We're headed in the right direction with #4.
The original enclosure was recessed and a surface mount was placed over it. Along came the solar contractor. He removed enclosures #1 and #2 and put #3 over the hole. All of the wires were spliced in the wall.
We're headed in the right direction with #4.
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MASSDRIVER
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Maybe they didn't know they couldn't do that.
Wait for it.
Brent.
Brent.
You might have a point. They are not electricians. They are not construction workers. They come from all walks of life. They have had no exposure to any training. They didn't even have a shop class in school. It's not logical to assume that they know what to do. In fact it's makes sense to assume that they don't.MASSDRIVER said:
So that was the case with this bunch. They are all from Iran. Nice guys that can use tools but just don't know what to do with the tools. All to often I get the same results from actual licensed electricians.
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MASSDRIVER
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Probably nuclear reactor technicians.ICE said:
Brent.
p.s. Who hires these people?
The owner told me that he hired a licensed electrical contractor. Somehow I knew better.
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The solar contractor moved the mains because they were in the way of the conduit entry at the bottom rear.
I didn't notice it right away. The owner was with me when I said that solar can't be introduced to this panel because it is center fed and maxed out. He said that he noticed that 3" long pieces of the big red and black wire was laying on the ground and he wondered why. Well there you go, they had to trim the wire to get it back into the breakers.
There was a lot wrong with this job and the contractor has bailed. The contractor talked the owner into getting the permit for the service upgrade, lied to the owner about the solar having passed a final inspection and got all of the money. This is the first time I have been there.
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This job is HVAC. The electrician opened the wall behind this service enclosure to get to power for the A/C.
That is a splice in the service entrance conductors.
That is a splice in the service entrance conductors.
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I got there too early. There was a young lady on the roof making up the bonding splices.
That c-crimp twisted right off. She has a crimping tool but she doesn't have enough strength in her hands to finish it off. The crimp with the three wires is from before she got there. I pointed this out at the last inspection several weeks ago. She asked me how she is supposed to remove it. I wanted to tell her to use dykes but I held back. The worst part of this is the fact that they have had weeks to fix all of this. There are four J-boxes to work on and she was on the first one. I get the feeling that they expected me to do the work.
I interrupted her as she was about to crimp this to a solid #6.
That c-crimp twisted right off. She has a crimping tool but she doesn't have enough strength in her hands to finish it off. The crimp with the three wires is from before she got there. I pointed this out at the last inspection several weeks ago. She asked me how she is supposed to remove it. I wanted to tell her to use dykes but I held back. The worst part of this is the fact that they have had weeks to fix all of this. There are four J-boxes to work on and she was on the first one. I get the feeling that they expected me to do the work.
I interrupted her as she was about to crimp this to a solid #6.
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jar546
CBO
These photos are beyond awesome yet sad at the same time. Unfortunately this is very common.
TheCommish
SAWHORSE
there is a knife on the roof and the tradesman had to work real hard to cut the strands with that blade? or did he abuse his diagonal cutters?
She was using 10" lineman pliers and twisting it around another wire when I walked up. If you look at the insulation you can see that it is torn rather than cut. There's broken strands on the other side as well. Yesterday was trip 12 for that job. They are down to sending women to do the work. Pretty soon it will be just me and a pile of tools.TheCommish said:
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Mech
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Is there a conflict of interest if you inspect your own work? Or are inspections not needed because you know you did it correctly from the beginning? 
I hope they don't figure out that I don't pull permits.Mech said:Is there a conflict of interest if you inspect your own work? Or are inspections not needed because you know you did it correctly from the beginning?
This is an owner builder. The job is a kitchen remodel. They stripped the front wall and installed a window. The stuff that looks like mayonnaise, is slippery and might be mayonnaise.
The screws that look like drywall screws are drywall screws.
There is no flashing under the side flange. The flashing is the sticky rubber style. It will not stick to the flange because of the mayonnaise.
The owner is a woman in her sixties that thinks I should meet the workman and show them how to install a window....and while you're at it please explain the electrical work.
The screws that look like drywall screws are drywall screws.
There is no flashing under the side flange. The flashing is the sticky rubber style. It will not stick to the flange because of the mayonnaise.
The owner is a woman in her sixties that thinks I should meet the workman and show them how to install a window....and while you're at it please explain the electrical work.
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I guess I got all complicated on them when I asked for a rain diverter on the roof over the condenser.
Now here's a short guy that understands the principle of diverting rain water.
Now here's a short guy that understands the principle of diverting rain water.
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