Knot nice

[sfigert]

This is why home owners shouldn't do their own work.

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Stuff enough crap in there and sooner or later it will make a contact and become electrified!!!

They forgot to install at least a half of a box of wire nuts, 3 rolls of electrical tape, the spliced down extension cord, and the set of jumper cables.

[Michael W. Gault]

Originally Posted by sgilligan1

Stuff enough crap in there and sooner or later it will make a contact and become electrified!!!

They forgot to install at least a half of a box of wire nuts, 3 rolls of electrical tape, the spliced down extension cord, and the set of jumper cables.

We can't see the entire panel board;

It may be in there!

[cduphily]

Originally Posted by mgault

We can't see the entire panel board;

It may be in there!

I was going to say the same thing! DIY= NFG

[sfigert]

You don't really want to see the whole panel. If you want to see some more of his fabulous wiring. Go to the General Inspection Discussion and look at
"Tankless & BRAINLESS"

[Scott Schultz]

now someone's gotta go through that mess to get to those neutrals and grounds that are terminated together. Actually, here's a question for all you electricians....why do you (and I use that term collectively speaking) put neutrals and grounds together when there is plenty of extra room on the buss to separate them? I can't tell how many times I've seen a panel in which the grounds and neutrals are shared and there are open screws right next to the double-up! Just curious.

[Jim Port]

For the longest time the restriction about both the neutral and ground under the same screw was in the listing and labeling of the panel. The Code recognized that most do not read these instruction so they were spelled out in the Code Article.

As for why it is done I can only guess that is due to laziness, ie both wires are together in the jacket and it makes it easy to loosen one screw and terminate both wires in one motion.

[rromoser]

Lets pick on plumbers cracks for awhile. Leave us sparkys alone. Some of us do good work.

[Doug Edwards]

From the looks of that panel I doubt a "lectrician" did it.

[John Onofrey]

As Paris Hilton would say, "that's hot!"

[Richard A. Hayes]

Knot all DIY panels look like that one...a few DIY'ers take pride in their work.

This one OK?



Richard

[Greg Fretwell]

It's OK if you rotated the picture 90 degrees.

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by Greg Fretwell

It's OK if you rotated the picture 90 degrees.

You are, of course, assuming that the panel is not mounted on it's side
(note what looks like firring strips and not traditional studs)

[Richard A. Hayes]

Ok..how about this pic-

The original panel looked like the one started in this thread AND was mounted over a TOILET. No- I'm not kidding. AND the previous owner at one time tapped (was not connected when I tore out the wall-and terminated w/ electrical tape in the crawlspace!!!) the power line in the wall before the meter to power his AC compressors. He was a Doctor w/ 5 kids... The piture is after the mirrors and the cultered marble tub was removed. And yes-they had put sheetrock over the windows BEHIND the mirrors.

The toilet is long gone- it's m now a laundry room.

[Greg Fretwell]

I found this one in South Dakota. I figured I could just move that box to get working spce ... nope.