This one kicked my butt today. Original house built in the late 50's had 5 120V circuits and a 3 phase disconect for the chiller type AC's that were prevalent back then.
Over the years it had been added onto, including a bunch of new circuits about 4 years ago. HORRIBLE work by a reputable builder. Notice the cooktop SE and the 12 NM's jammed thu the condulet and all the neutrals/grounds slipped under the same lug.
Bad pics because of the partial shade, but.......
Before. All added NM is sleeved/LB'd up into the gable end.
It probably took me an hour and a half just to demo all this crap.
Nice neutral/ground mess.
I was able to get all the romex down inside the block. No bond beam :grin:
Not done but done enough to get clearance and get them powered up again. My help gave me crap about too much sheath. I told him to go away.
Something told me to leave it on crossing the top.
I'll wrap it up tomorrow and let you find all the violations. I have come to accept that I cannot complete a job like this without violations.
Examples:
Pool equipment ground had been cut/spliced in the deleted timer box. 80' of !/2" RMC about 20 years old, underground. There is ZERO percent chance of pulling new conductors. Do you/I put the splice back or tell HO he must spend a couple/few thousand dollars to run new conduit/conductors to the pool equipment 80' underground and about 15' of R&R cool deck.
Also, I replaced the timer box with a WP JB and the ground screw wouldn't tighten (typical) so I self tapped it.
Over the years it had been added onto, including a bunch of new circuits about 4 years ago. HORRIBLE work by a reputable builder. Notice the cooktop SE and the 12 NM's jammed thu the condulet and all the neutrals/grounds slipped under the same lug.
Bad pics because of the partial shade, but.......
Before. All added NM is sleeved/LB'd up into the gable end.
It probably took me an hour and a half just to demo all this crap.
Nice neutral/ground mess.
I was able to get all the romex down inside the block. No bond beam :grin:
Not done but done enough to get clearance and get them powered up again. My help gave me crap about too much sheath. I told him to go away.
Something told me to leave it on crossing the top.
I'll wrap it up tomorrow and let you find all the violations. I have come to accept that I cannot complete a job like this without violations.
Examples:
Pool equipment ground had been cut/spliced in the deleted timer box. 80' of !/2" RMC about 20 years old, underground. There is ZERO percent chance of pulling new conductors. Do you/I put the splice back or tell HO he must spend a couple/few thousand dollars to run new conduit/conductors to the pool equipment 80' underground and about 15' of R&R cool deck.
Also, I replaced the timer box with a WP JB and the ground screw wouldn't tighten (typical) so I self tapped it.
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