late friday job?

[Charlie Bob]

I guess this guys ran out of junction boxes on a late friday afternoon:smile:

 

[peter d]

Down south you call that "Redneck engineering." Up here we call it "Yankee engineering."

 

[480sparky]

Down south you call that "Redneck engineering." Up here we call it "Yankee engineering."

I call it "Medusa Wiring Method" :grin:

 

[Bobhook149]

Its magic! 1 wire becomes 3. I wonder if that available at my supply house!!!

 

[quogueelectric]

Down south you call that "Redneck engineering." Up here we call it "Yankee engineering."

I call it the insurance co doesnt have to pay engineering.

 

[hillbilly]

Nice job notching that 2x4.

That's to eliminate any "bundling".

steve

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I have scrutinized the pictures...what is the issue here???

 

[480sparky]

I have scrutinized the pictures...what is the issue here???

300.15, mebbe?

 

[K8MHZ]

I have it on good authority that the pictured practice comes from people looking at black tape labeled 'splicing tape' and then going ahead and using it that way.

I see such splices in many old houses. Really, though, I think the practice is a hold over from the old K&T days when splices without boxes were legal.

 

[ed downey]

From the looks of the insulation on that wire I'd say it has worked for the last 50 years or so:grin:

But as my Mom always said "that doesn't make it right"

 

[Rewire]

this may have been code compliant at the time of installation.

 

[480sparky]

this may have been code compliant at the time of installation.

NM was introduced into the NEC in 1926. It required a box from the git-go:

507. Non-Metallic Sheathed Cable.
507.f. Shall be run without joints, splices or taps from outlet box to outlet box (or junction boxes or plates).

 

[Rewire]

NM was introduced into the NEC in 1926. It required a box from the git-go:

507. Non-Metallic Sheathed Cable.
507.f. Shall be run without joints, splices or taps from outlet box to outlet box (or junction boxes or plates).

do you have a 1926 code book?

 

[480sparky]

do you have a 1926 code book?

Yes

 

[surf more]

nice collection

 

[Mister Kool]

Yes

yep, looks like he has a 1926 code book to me

 

[TxShocker]

do you have a 1926 code book?

I think we all knew the answer to that question.After all, we are talking about 480 the tool sparky.

 

[hornetd]

Paratrooper splice

Paratrooper splice

I always call any splice that is enclosed by nothing but the air a paratrooper splice. I think that one qualifies.
--
Tom Horne

 

[SiddMartin]

wondered if the connection is souldered (sp?). Prolly not a bad splice if it is. No excuse for no box though