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mdshunk
12-30-2006, 06:21 PM
This was a service call for a unit mounted photo control on a fixture that was keeping the light on all the time. One quick look explained why. "You dont need an electrician, lady", was the report.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n277/mdshunk/insectnest.jpg
Rockyd
12-30-2006, 06:39 PM
Maybe not in the NEC, but I stand behind this fine product (with arm straight out, trigger finger locked).

http://www.gianteagle.com/media/images/products/HsLarge/NonFoods/04650001353_l.jpg
tallgirl
12-30-2006, 09:49 PM
Maybe not in the NEC, but I stand behind this fine product (with arm straight out, trigger finger locked).

http://www.gianteagle.com/media/images/products/HsLarge/NonFoods/04650001353_l.jpg

I use a similar product, but I face the other way in a sprinter's position when I apply my trigger finger. :D

I had an amusing experience today. I finally got around to installing a porch light I'd roughed about 2 months ago. When I put the bulb in the light came on. Okay, I figure I made a mistake and either left the switch on, or I installed the switch upside down. I went inside, nope, switch was down. So I flipped it up. Nope, light stayed on. I dismantled the 3-gang it was in. Nope, no wiring mistakes. I then removed and replaced the switch. Yup -- defective switch. Grrrrrr.
George Stolz
12-30-2006, 09:59 PM
So, I suppose you learned the valuable lesson to check for voltage when breakers are installed in a panel?
Tori
12-31-2006, 01:29 AM
you could of wore your hot suit and pulled those beasties off by hand :D
Tori
12-31-2006, 01:31 AM
I'm a bee keeper as a hobby, and know and respect the buggies , you ought to come around when I take a live hive apart and have 2 million bees in the air
tallgirl
12-31-2006, 03:12 AM
So, I suppose you learned the valuable lesson to check for voltage when breakers are installed in a panel?

Not sure what I could have done differently that would make sense the majority of the time when the switch is good. There was no voltage to check for when I installed the fixture, and I don't see the good in checking for voltage before installing a lightbulb.

When are you suggesting I check for voltage? :confused:
j_erickson
12-31-2006, 08:53 AM
I'm no bee expert, but I know the ones that come out of those grey nests in that picture hurt a lot more than others. White tail wasp or something.
George Stolz
12-31-2006, 11:29 AM
I finally got around to installing a porch light I'd roughed about 2 months ago. When I put the bulb in the light came on.

I assumed you installed the bulb when you installed the fixture.
JohnJ0906
12-31-2006, 11:33 AM
This was a service call for a unit mounted photo control on a fixture that was keeping the light on all the time. One quick look explained why. "You dont need an electrician, lady", was the report.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n277/mdshunk/insectnest.jpg
How does someone miss that?:confused:
hillbilly
12-31-2006, 11:45 AM
I'm no bee expert, but I know the ones that come out of those grey nests in that picture hurt a lot more than others. White tail wasp or something.


That looks like a hornet's nest. You're right, their sting hurts bad.
They will chase you too, so be prepared to run if you disturb that nest.
steve
mdshunk
12-31-2006, 11:45 AM
How does someone miss that?:confused:I think they might have been hoping to not have to pay an exterminator. Aparently, an electrician's service call fee is less than an exterminator charges to remove a wasp's nest. Woman thought she was being slick, but she had to pay both this time! I'll remove a small wasp nest to do my work. We find those regularly. You know when it's "wasp and bee season" because they usually stack cases of bee spray near the front at the electrical supply houses. I wasn't messing with a nest that big, I guarantee you.
JohnJ0906
12-31-2006, 12:15 PM
I roughed in a house once that was built in the middle of a feild. Evidently, all the bees/wasps/hornets/misc stinging things decided to move in early. There were small nests ALL OVER that house. We learned to look REAL careful before stapling, nailing up a box, or anything like that. I was running a wire in the attic, and almost forgot to check. Right on the other side of the roof truss was a nest bigger that that one! As I recall, (13-14 yrs ago) we had 1 guy who was allergic, and he wasn't allowed to work on that job. By the time the rough was done, I think everyone got a few stings. What fun!