Interesting switch installation photo

[Pierre C Belarge]

I do not understand why this installation 'wooden' be okay.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I do not understand why this installation 'wooden' be okay.

Because the installers decision to do this was "groundless".

 

[LarryFine]

Anybody who would do this kind of work must be a chisler.

 

[1793]

That was Punny..

That was 2/3s of a PUN --- "PU"

 

[clayton]

in joes powerpoint, can someone pls explain the illegal meter tap?

 

[al hildenbrand]

in joes powerpoint, can someone pls explain the illegal meter tap?

As I look at the meter bases in the photo, I want to assume that the left meter base is a 200 amp internal bypass unit. I want to assume that its lugs are rated for only one conductor each, and the tap conductors leading to the right hand meter base have been "double lugged" in the left hand meter base.

Off course, we can't tell.

 

[Mike03a3]

. . . the installer had carved the opening directly into a wooden beam of some sort.

This is excellent information. SWMBO has requested a receptacle in one of the porch columns. I now realize I have wasted a lot of time trying to find a nice weatherproof box that could be installed in the column and leave a nice, flush, duplex GFCI.

Armed with this useful example, I realize I can just cut a rectangular hole in the hollow column and be done with it.

 

[yanici]

Here's a couple of photos of wooden type wiremold used in the early 20th century with K&T for surface wiring.

The top photo shows the wire installed before the cover is put on. The bottom photo shows the completed job.

So, maybe that switch routed into the post is really just a touch of nostalgia.