Monday Photos (Spot the Violations)

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AVD001 said:
What about the duplex garvin being cut at the top in order to make it fit?
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Huh?
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480sparky said:
There is no such thing as a 'dryer' recep. There is something called a NEMA 10-30 recep. Standard for older dryers, but this just shows what happens when the vernacular terms get used ('dryer' recep, 'range' recep, etc).
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Yeah, I fell into it and got back into that habit of name calling the recep.
I call it a 30 amp 3 wire recep when ordering material. Funny thing is, I never knew the right term for the plate, So I still order a single or 2 gang dryer recep plate :D
 
It looks like that is a 'convertible' range/dryer (sue me, 480! :D) receptacle with the interchangeable inset plate missing.
 
steelersman said:
yes that's correct but you misread or misunderstand the statement by aftershock which is what you replied to. It is correct that there should be a strap connecting the frame to the (bare) EGC.
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The EGC was not bare.. there was not one there at all. The dryers were wired with 10/3 plain, no ground. The inspector would fail the job if you ran 10/2 with bare ground. That is how it was done around here till the 4/wire system was code
 
Unless there was a j-box somewhere, it wouldn't make any difference if it was bare or

insulated when 3 wire dryers were code. At one end you take the neutral to the metal of

the dryer, on the panel end ( main panel only ) the neutral and EG bus are jumpered.

That exception did say main panel only.
 
BLACK4TRUCK said:
The EGC was not bare.. there was not one there at all. The dryers were wired with 10/3 plain, no ground. The inspector would fail the job if you ran 10/2 with bare ground. That is how it was done around here till the 4/wire system was code
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around here it used to be 10-2 copper or 8-2 SE-U.

2 insulated hots and a bare conductor which would technically serve as the neutral and ground.
 
For the love of GOD spill the beans!! I know I'm going to feel like an idiot.
I don't even care ,I just have to know what you are seeing. I know it's
going to be obvious,but, it is just killing me ! :D
 
ok. i will take a shot at it. besides all that was said and the phone cord choke hazzard..:D it looks like the terminal with the red wire on it also has a black wire too. but it looks to be aluminum.. i'm also thinking that duplex receptacle should be gfci...
 
COFFEE TIME said:
ok. i will take a shot at it. besides all that was said and the phone cord choke hazzard..:D it looks like the terminal with the red wire on it also has a black wire too. but it looks to be aluminum.. i'm also thinking that duplex receptacle should be gfci...
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Good call I didn't even notice that until you brought it up.
Parallel #10's to supply a 50I load. Violation of 310.4.
 
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