Friday Pics--->

[Mr.Sparkle]

 

[Mule]

I bet he doesnt have to put on cold clothes in the morings....bet they are nice and toasty....and my guess the guy is pretty proud of his accomplishments....probably got his supplies at HD or Lowes... are those screw in sheet rock anchors he used to layer the rock with? AND where did he get that greenie wire nut? He had to wonder what the hole was for ??

 

[quogueelectric]

You have a problem with this install????

 

[Mule]

You have a problem with this install????

Looks like something a barn yard critter would do....

 

[Mr.Sparkle]

It is so surreal, I feel like the person who installed the stuff was attempting to break the world record for most mismatched equipment used in an illegal install.

Not to mention there is #12 & #14 tied to each other and knob and tube all over the house......

Ivory devices
brown plate
white plate
piece of metal and drywall for support
screw in anchors for screws (didn't even notice that one...lol)
lamp cord
r20 bulb
switched pullchain
greenie on the grounded conductor.....

 

[quogueelectric]

It is so surreal, I feel like the person who installed the stuff was attempting to break the world record for most mismatched equipment used in an illegal install.

Not to mention there is #12 & #14 tied to each other and knob and tube all over the house......

Ivory devices
brown plate
white plate
piece of metal and drywall for support
screw in anchors for screws (didn't even notice that one...lol)
lamp cord
r20 bulb
switched pullchain
greenie on the grounded conductor.....

The greenie makes it for me .

 

[daleuger]

Apparently I'm a hack at being a hack. I always take the time and match my wire nuts when I do a shoddy install. Like SO

 

[Karl H]

Geez the guy used a solderless pressure connector suitable for grounding
on a "Grounded" conductor. You guys are just being plain mean now!

 

[76nemo]

Geez the guy used a solderless pressure connector suitable for grounding
on a "Grounded" conductor. You guys are just being plain mean now!

Hehehehehehe

 

[ptonsparky]

Geez the guy used a solderless pressure connector suitable for grounding
on a "Grounded" conductor. You guys are just being plain mean now!

I wouldn't bet a lot of money on it actually being the grounded conductor.

 

[Karl H]

I wouldn't bet a lot of money on it actually being the grounded conductor.

By the looks of the install, you might be right, it could be very well
a "Hot" connected to the screw shell. But, I'm still going to give the
guy credit for using a green wirenut and how he got one we will never know.
I have a fully stocked service truck and I can't find one.

 

[jumper]

Great pics. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[G0049]

My guess is that he installed his closet light during the Christmas season and was just being festive. You know, a green one, a red one, a .... If you had looked long enough, you would have found the purple/yellow Easter combo wire nuts in another closet.

 

[SEO]

Great pics. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

As an inspector it would take more than a thousand words to list all the violations.:smile:

 

[jumper]

As an inspector it would take more than a thousand words to list all the violations.:smile:

My inspector, VA State Fire Marshall, could probably do it one: condemned.:roll::smile:

 

[paac]

But, I'm still going to give the
guy credit for using a green wirenut and how he got one we will never know.
I have a fully stocked service truck and I can't find one.

I think HD sells a green wire nut with a pigtail coming out of it. If that's what he used, then he would have had to cut the pigtail off to be able to use it as he did.

If that's the case...:-?

 

[480sparky]

I think HD sells a green wire nut with a pigtail coming out of it. If that's what he used, then he would have had to cut the pigtail off to be able to use it as he did.

If that's the case...:-?

Of course the hack cut the pigtail off the greenie. If he left it on, he would have been tied to the bare ground in the NM.....:grin:

 

[David C. Adkins]

Average Electrician

Average Electrician

I don't care what color the wire nuts are, I'm more concerned with it should be an enclosed fixture and at least 12 inches from the wall, weather its a closet or not. The way the connection are hanging out is a dead give away that it doesn't have a box, but then again, if it had a box, it would be out 12 inches. Looks like the average Electrician did it, Lol

PS, most of you out there are not Average, "OK"

 

[iwire]

it should be an enclosed fixture and at least 12 inches from the wall, weather its a closet or not.

What rule requires any fixture at least 12" from a wall?

 

[480sparky]

What rule requires any fixture at least 12" from a wall?

He's probably referring to the 12" shown in Fig. 410.2.