gtblum Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 How brave was the person that did this. At least if you pull the main,there are still kitchen lights. Image Insert: 88.74 KB Image Insert: 77.19 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieb Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Originally posted by gtblum How brave was the person that did this. At least if you pull the main,there are still kitchen lights. There is a fine line between brave and stupid. That fella crossed the line a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Gotta do somethin, fun and exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_Bob Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is the house for sale because there was a death in the family? BTW because those main lugs carry so much amperage, then need to be torqued with a large torque wrench to the correct tightness. If this is not done, you can get a warm/hot connection there, then eventually flickering lights and a poor connection. The wire on the left does not look like it is "squished" in there as tightly as the wire on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Here's the sad part. It's my box. My brother is an electrician/nuke plant operator. I had come over to plan out an upgrade for a new service. I can't repeat his comments here. The good part is that I have another picture for my sample report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirch Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Yep, that is sad. Isn't it a shame most of us fall into the " do as I say, not as I do" catagory[:-paperba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Lewis Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Might want to look at those green fuses in the box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Originally posted by Neal Lewis Might want to look at those green fuses in the box... The whole thing is junk. Hopefully after next week it'll be a memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hi, Don't junk it; save it, find a home inspection school that wants it as a training aid and ship it off as a donation. When Douglas Hansen was teaching at the College of San Mateo, I sent him a Zinsco Magnatrip panel. He wired it up and used it as a training prop . An old fuse box wired up with a half dozen screwed up items would make an excellent training aid for inspectors. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Good point. Maybe the local B.O.C.E.S. could use it to teach the youngsters.[:-graduat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Kubs Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 You can cut off the power to the main lugs to work on that area safely (without cutting the lines at the weather head) I'm not going to say how. Those that know, know. Those that don't shouldn't be messin around with that. As I often tell my clients when they talk about doing electrical work themselves... Really smart people know when to keep their hands in their pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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