hausdok Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 It's a 3-year old house. The owner's father is apparently a retired carpenter with some pretty decent skills because he did a wonderful job of converting this garage into a media room. However, I think that the carpentry is where his skills leave off. He never got a permit to convert the garage into interior living space, didn't install the appropriate number of electrical receptacles, built these cabinets right in front of a service panel instead of leaving adequate working space, and, the coup de gras - he packed the service panel with this pile of cellulose; apparently to prevent heat loss through the back wall of the garage. Those 4/0 SEC's were pretty warm to the touch with only a light load on 'cuz the owner has moved out. I used a wood dowel to brush as much of the cellulose out of the panel as possible. Within minutes, those two cables began cooling off. Some folks can be kind of light in the common sense department. Image Insert: 57.77 KB ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_Bob Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 I love this forum! It is just amazing what some people do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 And how often do you hear someone say that they're going to use one of their buddies from the trades to do their inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msteger Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 But hey guys, "it hasn't led to a fire yet.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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