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Found this responding to a tenant complaint in building.

Fire Prevention followed me, they wrote nine (9) violations.

Interesting that a building that has done no electrical work...has yellow #12 NM

I like it now that romex has a date of manufacture on it now also

handymen don't actually do any "work"

looks mighty familiar HotOne

but how do we know that the new RX was simply a service call to replace a bad wire by a bona fide sparky there?

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Based on what I saw...the last 'bonafide sparky' there was the crew that wired the structure way back when!

As is often the case Hotone

that said, other than working clearance, and a missing panel cover, can you tell us what violations were found?

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Synopsis of issues:
Missing/broken smoke & heat detectors.
Defective fire extinguisher.
The obvious panel clearance & open wiring
Missing covers on various j-boxes
Housekeeping issues; trash, waste debris
Inproper Flamable storage.
Blocked egress
Damaged sheetrock (wall/ceiling)

Doug:
Just an FYI, I couldn't get close enough to the open panel to look for the date stamp. Yes, that's handy to have a 'date'.

point taken

i sign & date all my installs

i also collect old code books, due to the term existing being predicated on a compliant install at the time

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I also have a collection of NECs, they sure come in handy on some 'old' jobs.

well it's been a renovator's market since the housing bubble burst HotOne

and the bidwinners are all about what qualifies to be reused

for example, an architect, or other player may question inside meters, so it may fall on our shoulders to investigate towards a decision , and prove it to the ahj

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