Got this pic awhile back on a service call where they claimed to not have any idea why things had started going to pot. One of my many interesting finds. I would love to hear any comments you all might have. If I'm ever allowed i would love to make it my avatar he he. went to this place troubleshooting a dead circuit and other than a little tape i removed this is EXACTLY ! what i found. this is way up there on my list right alongside a soup can weather head. Enjoy
Yet another reason to hire an electrician
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brian john
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- Leesburg, VA
I do not think I could make that mess if I tried my hardest.
boyle78
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- new hampshire
wow.........
busman
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- Northern Virginia
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- Master Electrician / Electrical Engineer
Don't think I've ever truly LMAO, but I really did on that one. Last time I laughed like that was a Richard Pryor concert in the 80's (or when I find stuff like this).
Mark
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Pierre C Belarge
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- Westchester County, New York
There is extra work involved putting that splice together...you have to give him some credit.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
OMG! :roll:
charlietuna
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Oh, A homemade "duplex receptacle" ?
petersonra
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- Northern illinois
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- engineer
A few of the outlets in my house looked about like that. I plugged something into one on the back porch a few weeks after I bought the place and was rewarded with a lot of sparks. I opened up everyone of the outlets and made sure they were wired a little better than that.
Some of them had pigtails made up that were just wires twisted together and taped over. Most of the grounds were just twisted together. Guess the guy was saving on wire nuts.
Some of them had pigtails made up that were just wires twisted together and taped over. Most of the grounds were just twisted together. Guess the guy was saving on wire nuts.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
"Wire nuts? What are wire nuts?" :roll:
masterinbama
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- Huntsville Alabama
We don't need no stinking wire nuts!
Glad to see so many of you got the enjoyment out of that that i did. I'll try to find some of my other favorites. sometimes if people only knew the real risk in the thought that " It an't nothing but a little bit of wire" brings into their home. and these people have kids !
charlietuna
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And the best part the "CREATOR" of that mess looked at it upon completion and was DARN PROUD of it ! IT WORKED ! Everytime you think you've seen "the best", it isn't long before a better one is found !
big john
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- Portland, ME
Man, isn't that the truth. I once ran a service call for some flickering lights. Started opening up cover plates in the basement and found everything wired with old, brittle UF; no boxes; and all the wires pulled up as tight as banjo strings (which, coupled with poor temination practice, accounted for the flickering).
The H/O was standing behind me the whole time going on and on about how the problem couldn't possibly be down here because "I rewired this whole basement myself!" He couldn't have been happier with himself....
-John
hunt4679
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- Perry, Ohio
whats wrong with those joints? I see them all the time! then the homeowner telling me it couldnt be that because he did it himself!!!
ptonsparky
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- EC - retired
Most of the ones I see buried at least have a twist of some kind!!
A few weeks ago I was on a service call for a burnt recept & no power in bedrooms. The recept was in a 4 sq and burnt away almost to being unrecognizable. Power was still on. All damage was contained inside the box. Unrelated problem was the bedrooms. Took less than a minute to see open splices along edge of new sheetrock installed by owners SIL. Took her back to burnt box & explained again what could have happened had there been no box and told them to call me after sheetrock had been removed. There had to be more than one more open splice. Still no call.
A few weeks ago I was on a service call for a burnt recept & no power in bedrooms. The recept was in a 4 sq and burnt away almost to being unrecognizable. Power was still on. All damage was contained inside the box. Unrelated problem was the bedrooms. Took less than a minute to see open splices along edge of new sheetrock installed by owners SIL. Took her back to burnt box & explained again what could have happened had there been no box and told them to call me after sheetrock had been removed. There had to be more than one more open splice. Still no call.
I had similar thoughts on a project one of our other divisions was looking at.
It was non-standard kit and that's what my division does.
OK. I was given a picture of what their R&D department had put together as a prototype and asked if we could replicate it. It was a dog's dinner.
My response was "No. We can't."
"Why?"
"We don't know how to work to that sort of standard."
mivey
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You must have been a real hit at the Christmas party that year. :grin:
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