Greentagger
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- Texas
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- Master Electrician, Electrical Inspector
You were paying attentionI don't know about you but I feel much safer standing on the rafters than between them most situations.
Attic sub-panel
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wwhitney
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- Berkeley, CA
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- Retired
I don't, I'd be more likely to fall off the roof when standing on the rafters, if I'm down in between them that's unlikely.I don't know about you but I feel much safer standing on the rafters than between them most situations.
Cheers, Wayne
brantmacga
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- Georgia
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- Former Child
This is one I recently pulled out. Previous homeowner did a “remodel” and this was the kitchen panel. Idk how this passed an inspection, but it did. This was about 40’ from the attic access directly over the kitchen.
I did the buyers inspection on this house 4 years ago and found it. Finally got the service replaced a few weeks ago and installed a 60-space QO load center.
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I did the buyers inspection on this house 4 years ago and found it. Finally got the service replaced a few weeks ago and installed a 60-space QO load center.
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LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
Only one tripped breaker; I'm impressed.
brantmacga
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- Georgia
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- Former Child
Only one tripped breaker; I'm impressed.
They told me it happened on a regular basis. Idk how they went so long with the panel up there.
They added a pantry which required removing the wall the main panel was in. It was a nightmare of a job even without the rattlesnakes in the crawl space.
Ended up removing a section of flooring around the panel to reach underneath while they waited on the snake wrangler.
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Greentagger
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- Texas
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- Master Electrician, Electrical Inspector
No AFCI; no labeling?
Oh yeh, probably passed because of headroom working clearance as was existing dwelling?
Oh yeh, probably passed because of headroom working clearance as was existing dwelling?
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You sir get a star for that day, good thing about living in the Northwoods, no snakes
“ shoot low boys their riding shetland ponies”
hillbilly1
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- North Georgia mountains
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- Owner/electrical contractor
South Georgia seems to have a few of those! LOL! I was working on one of the boss’s hunting lodges down there, and there was a snake skin at the crawspace door. Yeah, my helper got selected to crawl in there! LOL!
James L
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- Kansas Cty, Mo, USA
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- Electrician
My uncle rewired his own house back in the 80s on a homeowner's permit. He wasn't so sure about his attic work, so he thought of an idea. He had found a really big snake skin outside, and decided he'd put it just inside the attic access.
Inspector saw it, immediately came down off his ladder and passed the wiring
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