Friday's Spot the Violations

[480sparky]

Did a service call this morning, and saw this on the house.

 

[petersonra]

The 2 wire plug and the fixture colors do not match.

 

[qcroanoke]

Well, obviously the receptacle is not fastened securely to the vinyl siding.

 

[Wilg]

No duct tape??

 

[BAHTAH]

Spot the violations

Spot the violations

Looks like an installation by "Exterior Light Crashers" where they come in while your at dinner and do a total retrofit of your exterior lighting system. Maybe this was the "Pilot
Show" and we can look forward to yet another reality show on HGTV.

 

[petersonra]

There is no proof this is a violation. If the other end of the cord is not hooked up, what violation is there?

 

[TheCats]

The plug on the speaker wire that powers this has the grounding prong cut off?

 

[jes25]

My dad has the same set up at his place. He likes it because he can control his Christmas lights with it. As a side benefit, he doesn't even have to worry about a gfi tripping.

 

[charlie b]

What if, instead of dangling a portion of an extension cord from who-knows-what connection at the light, he screwed one of those "lamp socket to receptacle socket" adapters? He could then plug the outdoor lights into that, and control them with an inside wall switch. Would that be a violation?

 

[jim dungar]

What if, instead of dangling a portion of an extension cord from who-knows-what connection at the light, he screwed one of those "lamp socket to receptacle socket" adapters? He could then plug the outdoor lights into that, and control them with an inside wall switch. Would that be a violation?

Not at my house.

 

[480sparky]

What if, instead of dangling a portion of an extension cord from who-knows-what connection at the light, he screwed one of those "lamp socket to receptacle socket" adapters? He could then plug the outdoor lights into that, and control them with an inside wall switch. Would that be a violation?

Get the cord into the light. :roll:

 

[Cavie]

What if, instead of dangling a portion of an extension cord from who-knows-what connection at the light, he screwed one of those "lamp socket to receptacle socket" adapters? He could then plug the outdoor lights into that, and control them with an inside wall switch. Would that be a violation?[/QUOTE That's exactly what I do every year!

 

[GoldDigger]

What if, instead of dangling a portion of an extension cord from who-knows-what connection at the light, he screwed one of those "lamp socket to receptacle socket" adapters? He could then plug the outdoor lights into that, and control them with an inside wall switch. Would that be a violation?[/QUOTE That's exactly what I do every year!

An outlet is an outlet, as long you connect listed components to it!
(Actually an over-generalization, but ....)

 

[petersonra]

An outlet is an outlet, as long you connect listed components to it!
(Actually an over-generalization, but ....)

Where does it say in the code you can only connect listed components to any outlet?

 

[templdl]

The weather proof cover is missing.

 

[JDBrown]

Where does it say in the code you can only connect listed components to any outlet?

It's in 406.3(G). But it only shows up at midnight on a moonless night. Also, it's only in the 2009 NEC.

 

[sparkyrick]

The Christmas lights are missing?

 

[Cavie]

There is a quote in post #14 with my name on it but I didn't post it.

 

[ASG]

There is a quote in post #14 with my name on it but I didn't post it.

It's because you accidentally deleted the "]" in your original reply (post #12). That screws up all the nesting.