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Here is a link to a bad electrical job.
















I hoped I linked it right.
Thanks, Tom

SBI:
You did good with the link!

Nice mess.

I'll move this into the photos for discussion section.

Reminds me of those Beirut telecom pictures that circulated a while back...

HOLY POOP!

Now those are Photos for discussion!!
thanks for sharing.

Any photos of work as an apprentice? When you had supervision. (Just kidding)

Now That's a Bad wiring job!!

Looks a little familiar though.... unfortunately... I've seen a few with similar workmanship.

Hey, maybe the Guy was a Spaghetti maker?


Bill

This hurts my eyes! Disconnect at pole, gut the rats nest of a house, and put a qualified electrician to work.

NO WAY! Now that is down right ugly. I agree gut the place and get a qualified electricain.

Here what I will say in my langunge.,,


C'est incroyable

{ It is increible }

Merci,Marc

Let me put this into my language too... "Oida i POCKS net!"
(I don't get it... how on earth can you do something like that?!?)

I mean, the guy who did this pretty much made the room unusable for storage, so what was he thinking? (or perhaps drinking?). Heck, even temporary lighting jobs at my own place (which I'm not really proud of sometimes, but they're out of reach of unqualified personnel and rarely last longer than a week) look better than that! Besides, copper must've been real cheap when this was done

I would just like to point out that as bad as it looks, it works...remember that...

so while we take pride in what we do, and want it to be a work of art, fundamentally, it's the same product as that...

the key is to learn how to convey that a proper installation, at a proper price, is better for the customer than that...

but whatever you do, don't try to compete on price with the installer of this mess, while trying to install a work of art...

I don't like the look of that pink wall insulation in that panel either. Violations, where do you begin?

How do you even get to the panel through that spiders web of cables!!!

just light a match and RUN! oh, don't forget to leave a business card so you may rewire the place:)

I think the arson charges might prevent you from getting that job...

Arson isn't necessary. This is, what you might call, a "Self - Starter".

There are TWO good things you can say about this; 1) The photos are good quality, and 2) This place isn't on fire...YET. Actually three - the photographer escaped without injury.

This "wiring" job kinda mimics those weeds (or whatever they are) in the second photo...just kinda growing out in all directions.

Cut the service at the pole, pull everything out and do over by a real Electrician.

Mike (mamills)

I wish I could get the re-wire job. The bad part is the H O that did this was proud of his work. I only hope that their are no small children or elderly in this house.

This almost looks like a temporary lash up, to get the lights on for a couple of days. And that one would just need to disconnect everything and run the wires in this basement in a neat and orderly fashion. But if he's calling this a completed job, that would cast serious doubt on the quality of the wiring in the rest of the house.

Simple, pull the meter until fixed.

That looks like an awesome job. I love seeing this kind of crap because it's what keeps me working. IMO, there's not enough of this work to go around, or at least not enough people paying to have these issues corrected.