- Location
- Massachusetts
Box too deep? Stack the outlets
- Thread starter iwire
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fisherelectric
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Va
They should have at least used white wire on the neutral side....
electricman2
Senior Member
- Location
- North Carolina
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
Why didn't I think of that:slaphead:
ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
That's it. There can be no more. Nothing can top that
mwm1752
Senior Member
- Location
- Aspen, Colo
oh I see it -- the illegal wood screw attchment of the device -- :rotflmao:
fmtjfw
Senior Member
- Location
- Fairmont, WV, USA
That's it. There can be no more. Nothing can top that
It rates at least 9.7 out of 10. WOW.
jumper
Senior Member
- Location
- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
Ya beat me to it. That was my thought also.
growler
Senior Member
- Location
- Atlanta,GA
I thought I has seen every possible rigged electrical device known to man but I guess not. That took some thought. These people probably never herd of box extensions and wire nuts and a few inches of wire.
growler
Senior Member
- Location
- Atlanta,GA
- Occupation
- Licensed Electrician
Come on. Just because the front recpt is backstabbed?That's it. There can be no more. Nothing can top that
- Location
- Placerville, CA, USA
- Occupation
- Retired PV System Designer
To make it completely safe they should replace the inner receptacle with a GFCI.
:angel:
And drill some holes through the outer one so they can push the buttons with chopsticks.
1964element
Senior Member
- Location
- Chicago
Funny
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peter d
Senior Member
- Location
- New England
That definitely moves into the top 5.
JFletcher
Senior Member
- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
I thought backstabbed receptacles were bad, now we have frontstabbed!
Longer screws, which had to be used anyway, and those rubber stackers with an extension ring = win. It always amazes me that people rig crap like this when the proper way would have been cheaper, faster, and code compliant.
Longer screws, which had to be used anyway, and those rubber stackers with an extension ring = win. It always amazes me that people rig crap like this when the proper way would have been cheaper, faster, and code compliant.
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
- Occupation
- EC
They did provide some redundancy by bringing two "hots" and two "neutrals" to the extended device just in case...
- Location
- Massachusetts
Likely a switched outlet. Lol
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
- Occupation
- EC
Though we can only see the side that is supposed to be the ungrounded side, looks like the link between top and bottom receptacle is in place.
growler
Senior Member
- Location
- Atlanta,GA
That's what I was going to suggest but I had to find a magnifying glass to see and I still can tell if that tab is broken. It doesn't look in good shape if it not broken.
Most of the time when I see these it's just long screws and likey no spacers with the cover plate being the only thing holding the receptacle as something is plugged in. These people didn't even attempt to remove the old receptacle and I do wonder why.
I have removed some old receptacles in basements (metal boxes in block) that when removeing the whole box would just crumble to rust and dust. Then the customer wonders why it takes so long to change out a receptacle.
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
- Occupation
- EC
Maybe they did attempt to remove it and the conductors were so short the device only pulled out a quarter inch max. Plan B was then followed.
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