Violations in the photo

[ivsenroute]

Can't take credit for this photo. One of the posters in a code forum provided this one.

If you were the inspector, how many violations and what would you write in your report? Good excercise for the electrician.

 

[StephenSDH]

Hot Green Wire is the obvious one. Does the label say cutler Hammer on it with square d breakers? Rebonded neutral and ground.

 

[Cavie]

Also I do not see a neutral bar. Green cannot be hot. 2 wires under one lug. WP panel means the cover doesn't fit the wall but that is not a violation.

 

[weehawken]

looks like 3 neutrals, no bushing

 

[LarryFine]

30a breaker on what is obviously not #10 wire.

 

[cncsnw]

What gage is that wire coming out of the 30A breaker?

 

[LarryFine]

What gage is that wire coming out of the 30A breaker?

I believe the incoming are #6, and the outgoings are #14 and #12 on the 20a and 30a, respectively.

 

[480sparky]

Two conductors in what I will bet is a terminal rated for just one.

3R panel installed as a flush.

Just the bar stranded 'ground' wire in the bottom right raceway, which looks like flex?

Wrong ground/neutral bar.

Looks like a GE tub with HO breakers in it.

 

[resistance]

That's a Nema 3r hot tub disco. box, so it has the cover that flips-up. Seeing that they put a nail through the upper right hand side--where the cover sits--the cover will not be mounted per Manufactures specifications.

 

[sparks2000]

they got 2 hots and 3 nuetrals going out!!! why??

 

[480sparky]

they got 2 hots and 3 nuetrals going out!!! why??

I'll bet one is the grounding conductor.

 

[sparks2000]

oh yea! thats a code violation there!

 

[ivsenroute]

How about the gap around it for clearance to combustibles? We don't see that getting written up too often

 

[sparks2000]

This pic makes me sick!!!

 

[sparks2000]

i kinda wanna see what the main service panel looks like!!!! Its like a train wreck!!

 

[yired29]

One of those white wires is probably a ground. That would be another violation.

 

[growler]

Its like a train wreck!!

A few years ago right at Christmas time I went to look at a job to straighten it out. It was just a service change so how hard could that be?

Homeowner had pulled a permit and hired a jack-leg to do the install. They failed inspection three times and then the head electrical inspector came out and wrote up a page of violations.

I met an inspector on the job to talk about what needed to be done. After looking it over I decided the easiest thing to do would be to start over and do it right. The inspector agreed that would be the best way but said he couldn't tell me to do that he could only write up the seperate violations and there were just to many to count.

That's why I wouldn't want to be an inspector. I really would have no idea how to write up a job like that other than to say "it's a train wreck" and for some reason that doesn't sound very professional but it is the truth.

I could write up pages of what was wrong but couldn't find anything that was right.

 

[ZCBee]

Feeder Calc?
Workmanship?
Grounding and Bonding?
Device ratings?

 

[iMuse97]

i kinda wanna see what the main service panel looks like!!!! Its like a train wreck!!

Maybe that is the main service panel.:roll:

 

[sparks2000]

haha! nice!:grin: