Another fire again !

[sguinn]

Went out to inspect a reconnect at yet another panel fire today. I'm going to have to dig out 480sparky's instructions on how to post pictures for this one. I have seen some pretty junked up houses during my tenure but I would put this one up against anybody's worst. No kidding guys, when I arrived, there was a ton of "stuff" packed all over the porches so bad I couldn't even get within 10 feet of the meter! Inside was worse. The owner was being put up by the local Red Cross at a local motel so no one was home but I had right of entry granted, wish I didn't have! There was a very narrow path leading to each room of a 750 sq. ft. house. It took me 10 minutes just to locate the panel, which was in a bedroom completely inacessable. Couldn't see any receps for all the junk piled at least head high in every room of the house. Needless to say I left my card at the front door with a note to call the office. This is definitely a hardship case with an obviously eccentric owner but there was no way to even inspect and definitely no way I could sign off on this one even if I could inspect. Any thoughts guys?

 

[peter d]

It's a reasonable enough request to ask them to move the stuff out of the way so you can inspect.

 

[normbac]

Went to a similiar house to find a problem with the outlets was shocked when I walked in and there was no room to move around, every wall was packed as high as possible the doors to the rooms were blocked, the kitchen table was used as storage I could not troubleshoot because of the blocked outlets everywhere. It was impossible for them to move everything.Had to see it to believe it. It was quite sad actually.

 

[iaov]

I changed out a service this summer where the HO had to empty the space so I could have access. Had to take the stuff outside because the rest of the basement was so packed. He wanted me to do some work in his garage also. This garage is huge and there was not an uncluttered spot in it. Not one inch of wall space was accessable!! I told him to call me when there was some room to work. Haven't heard back from him.:smile:

 

[LarryFine]

Haven't heard back from him.:smile:

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not hold thy breath, lest ye suffocate.

 

[BryanMD]

...I told him to call me when there was some room to work. Haven't heard back from him.:smile:

Did one Sept '06 all done except landing the #6 to the second ground rod I added at the opposite end of the garage door. "call when you get the place cleaned out."

As far as i know that #6 is still coiled up and tied to the rafter.