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-Joe “then we'll glue em' then screw em'” -Tom Silva TOH
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Another fine example of 'temporary wiring'. Did you happen to look at the xfr 'install'?.....just curious.
2-NMC/UF in a cord cap is a good trick!
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Should be titled WOW! not How.
At least they used UF. I've seen similar with THHN taped together.
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Another fine example of 'temporary wiring'. Did you happen to look at the xfr 'install'?.....just curious.
2-NMC/UF in a cord cap is a good trick! no i did not, i was very tempted thought to cut all of those before I left Should be titled WOW! not How.
At least they used UF. I've seen similar with THHN taped together. Lol, i do agree, if i could find the edit button, i would
-Joe “then we'll glue em' then screw em'” -Tom Silva TOH
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Just did a re-read....an insurance company??
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Just did a re-read....an insurance company?? And they're probably "self-insured"... In Silicon Valley there is/was a UL lab building. Imagine if this sort of handiwork was found in their parking lot...
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I have been involved with Safety and EMI test labs getting product tested for compliance regulations. They usually full of "interesting" wiring practices. 240V 50 Hz bus ducts with 15 & 20 A US recepticles, 240V in 0-280V out Variacs with oversized fuses and electrical tape for fuse covers. 10 KW power supplies with multiple energized output leads just clamped to a piece of wood. Most of the power cord whips I saw had the just the insulated conductors hanging out of the back of the plug. Occasionally I saw the cable just poked thru the knock out with no attempt of strain relief.
These guys made engineers look good.
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NOT JUST HOW, BUT why????
Sometimes not getting what you want can be an incredible stroke of luck.
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The how doesn't look that hard. Those receptacles use the washer/screw termination. I imagine they just stabbed one wire down each side and tightened the screw. (like a QO breaker) I bet the handy man was proud of himself and thought it was an elegant solution.
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