Frayed Service Wires

[Billy Boerner]

Originally Posted by rbrady

10 (?) gauge wire connected to the main bus looks like a problem to me.

Ralph you talking about the red wire? If so I wonder why its there as well. Any idea?

[rbrady]

Originally Posted by bboerner

Ralph you talking about the red wire? If so I wonder why its there as well. Any idea?

The 10 or 12 guage red and white wires on the right side and the black wire on the left side are all under rated. They may have no over current protection at all. Somebody must have thought it was OK to connect a circuit there for some reason. I don't know why they wouldn't have just double tapped onto an existing breaker (not that double tapping is necessarly OK, but at least the circuit would have over current protection).

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

Originally Posted by bboerner

-- Where do you see exposed Romex? Guess I'm missing it.

-- Not sure i see the sharp edges your talking about either.

Off to the right side of photo 1, it look like a small sub-panel with romex wiring coming out of the top of it. As a general rule of thumb, it should be protected from potential damage, which means behind walls or in conduit.

The cables at the lower main lugs (top part of the panel) bend over a metal tab that is unprotected by a bushing.