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New method of grounding-wtf

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[#1] Posted: 08/02/2012 - 7:00:09 PM
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I have no idea why the ground conductor was pulled out of the cable and run into the panel box like this.



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[#2] Posted: 08/02/2012 - 10:00:23 PM
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Some guy had to take 'think outside the box' to another level.

My guess is, he clipped it too short to reach the grounding bus, so improvised a short cut. That's a bit too clever. Fail.

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[#3] Posted: 08/05/2012 - 07:58:29 AM
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Down here some would say, "That's how they do it up Nawth."
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