jmellc
Senior Member
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Occupation
- Facility Maintenance Tech. Licensed Electrician
November issue of EC&M, Illustrated Catastrophes, page 23. Someone put a cookie tin over a ceiling box, mounted a pull chain light to the lid, threaded leads through & pigtailed to ceiling wiring. Then secured lid to tin with side screws.
Naturally, as the writer points out, no grounding & sharp edges. Not UL approved. I have to laugh at it but sad thing is, I see much worse than this every day. If I saw this in some houses I would think "at least someone tried to fix it with what he had available. I see open fixtures hanging from wires, sometimes, just bare sockets hanging down. Receptacles hanging out of walls & being used, open lights & receptacles hanging in muddy crawl spaces, etc. I see space heater receptacles tapped from range outlets, with 14-2 NM. Range outlet fused at 40-60 amps. Open panels are nothing unusual either. Most customers will not or cannot pay to fix it all either. Will only pay to fix the 1 or 2 items out at the time.
Welcome to residential work. If I ever get a larger base of commercial customers, I would love to make residential a distant memory.
Naturally, as the writer points out, no grounding & sharp edges. Not UL approved. I have to laugh at it but sad thing is, I see much worse than this every day. If I saw this in some houses I would think "at least someone tried to fix it with what he had available. I see open fixtures hanging from wires, sometimes, just bare sockets hanging down. Receptacles hanging out of walls & being used, open lights & receptacles hanging in muddy crawl spaces, etc. I see space heater receptacles tapped from range outlets, with 14-2 NM. Range outlet fused at 40-60 amps. Open panels are nothing unusual either. Most customers will not or cannot pay to fix it all either. Will only pay to fix the 1 or 2 items out at the time.
Welcome to residential work. If I ever get a larger base of commercial customers, I would love to make residential a distant memory.