Is this a violation???

[DownRiverGUy]

Ok so ignoring the workmanship issues and any issues with supporting the conduits that feed this monster.... would you consider this a violation?

If so please cite what section.

While I would die a little inside if I saw this I am not sure if it is a code violation... just a great example of wasting a lot more time/material doing something the wrong way.

 

[steve66]

Job specification: Provide a NEMA 1 junction box with 96, 3/4" knockouts.

Contractor: No problem. I've got it covered.



Steve

 

[LarryFine]

I still think it's a modular wireway.

 

[K8MHZ]

That picture looks familiar.

Did the OP take the picture?

What I noticed that made me think of a previous pic was that the bottom box has no cover, it's mounted upside down.

 

[LarryFine]

I believe the bottom two boxes are open-side up.

 

[iwire]

That is an old picture that has been floating around.

If all the boxes where facing the right direction I would say no NEC violation.

 

[One-eyed Jack]

I believe the bottom two boxes are open-side up.

That is what it looks like to me also. How do you access the interior???? He could have holes drilled so a long screwdriver can get in and unscrew the screws and drop the bottom box.

 

[Caesium]

Just wow. And I thought I was crazy....

 

[Buck Parrish]

The picture is upside down. Flip it over, you can see the to of the sheet rock wall.

 

[K8MHZ]

I believe the bottom two boxes are open-side up.

Actually, the bottom three!

 

[76teach]

314.22 surface extensions - wiring method shall be flexible for a lenth sufficient to permit removal, to provide acdcess to the box.

300.15 (A) covers shall be accessible after installation.

312.5 (A) openings to be closed - conduit connector in bottom box

314.25 each box shall have a cover

314.28 (C) covers compatible with the box

314.72 (E) suitable box cover and readily accessable

410.22 outlet boxes to be provided with a cover


Some where I rember being told that piping from an extension ring is not allolwed. It may be a local thing. So then what about the box which allows attachment to a one gang opoening?

 

[iwire]

314.22 surface extensions - wiring method shall be flexible for a lenth sufficient to permit removal, to provide acdcess to the box.

Agree

300.15 (A) covers shall be accessible after installation.

Agree

312.5 (A) openings to be closed - conduit connector in bottom box

Agree

314.25 each box shall have a cover

Kind of a stretch in my opinion, all places for covers are closed.

314.28 (C) covers compatible with the box

Kind of a stretch in my opinion, all places for covers are closed.

314.72 (E) suitable box cover and readily accessable

Not unless those boxes contain conductors over 600 volts .... and I think we all hope they do not.

410.22 outlet boxes to be provided with a cover

Applies only to lighting outlets, see 410.1

Some where I rember being told that piping from an extension ring is not allolwed. It may be a local thing.

I think it is just a myth.

So then what about the box which allows attachment to a one gang opoening?

Not following you.

 

[LarryFine]

The picture is upside down.

You're wrong. The steel beam wouldn't be resting on the joists.

Actually, the bottom three!

You're right. The two little holes in each box give it away.

 

[LarryFine]

So then what about the box which allows attachment to a one gang opoening?

Not following you.

He's talking about the 4" sq box with a single-gang cut-out in the back, which I use for surface extensions without hesitation.

 

[WDeanN]

The picture is upside down. Flip it over, you can see the to of the sheet rock wall.

I see what looks like emt running across the top of a wall, but I don't believe that they are using wooden joists to support a metal beam... , or that those other wires are held up with spring tension...