ECN Electrical Forum - Discussion Forums for Electricians, Inspectors and Related Professionals
ECN Shout Chat
ShoutChat
Recent Posts
Increasing demand factors in residential
by gfretwell - 03/28/24 12:43 AM
Portable generator question
by Steve Miller - 03/19/24 08:50 PM
Do we need grounding?
by NORCAL - 03/19/24 05:11 PM
240V only in a home and NEC?
by dsk - 03/19/24 06:33 AM
Cordless Tools: The Obvious Question
by renosteinke - 03/14/24 08:05 PM
New in the Gallery:
This is a new one
This is a new one
by timmp, September 24
Few pics I found
Few pics I found
by timmp, August 15
Who's Online Now
1 members (CoolWill), 250 guests, and 13 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
#121279 07/01/05 07:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 4,294
Member
via Joe Tedesco

Quote
You'll love these. The switch is wired with doorbell wire #18, to the
light. There is also wiring with telephone wire 24/4 to other 120v
applications.

The service cable shown in the panel is welding cable. Note the separation
of the conductors. The service feeders at the inside panel is not the same
as the welding cable outside at the service main. There are no apparent
j-boxes. It appears the conductors are spliced somewhere in one of the
walls. No grounding conductor is present either. A young lady just
bought this home unaware of the electrical hazards that exist. The service was
updated a few years ago.

Craig Park
Salt Lake City, Utah


[Linked Image]


[Linked Image]


[Linked Image]


[Linked Image]


[Linked Image]


[Linked Image]


[Linked Image]




[This message has been edited by electure (edited 07-01-2005).]

#121280 07/02/05 01:29 AM
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 200
H
Member
WTH?! I predict a fire in this guy's future O.o


Cliff
#121281 07/02/05 06:32 AM
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 7,520
P
Member
Yikes! [Linked Image] I've seen both bellwire and phone wire used for 240V wiring over here too.

What were these people thinking? [Linked Image]

#121282 07/02/05 09:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,498
T
Member
Me too... old cloth wire, neutral, switched phase and phase up to ceiling light. cloth wire phase and neutral across the ceiling and down to wall sconce. from walls conce THHN buried in plaster to buried twist'n tape splice, continuing with 0,3mm2 zip cord (supposedly taken from a model railway) to another buried splice, continuing with cloth wire to a standard ungrounded receptacle...

#121283 07/03/05 08:11 AM
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 8,443
Likes: 3
Member
One of them welding cables are going thru the proper KO, the other isn't.
Other side of the coin, are you sure that that is actually welding cable?.
I thought welding cable had 250+ strands of fine wire in it, that's what makes it flexible.

#121284 07/03/05 01:20 PM
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 806
Member
Prev. owner: "Hey the light worked, I used a box, what's the problem?" [Linked Image]

I think Trumpy's right, that doesn't look like welding cable to me either...look at the close-up of the terminations, the strands look too big to be welding cable. It looks more like some really old fabric-covered NM (6-3 maybe?) with the covering removed.

Whomever did the service change should be forced to correct this!!


Stupid should be painful.
#121285 07/03/05 01:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,374
R
Moderator
Geez! Who inspects this area? [Linked Image]

Ryan,
Inspector in the Salt Lake City area


Ryan Jackson,
Salt Lake City
#121286 07/03/05 09:25 PM
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 123
M
Member
Ryan-- doesnt look like anybody did.

Don't think thats welding cable either, can't really see is it AL or CU? (old age and bad eyes)

#121287 07/05/05 05:25 PM
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 8,443
Likes: 3
Member
mxslick,
Quote
It looks more like some really old fabric-covered NM (6-3 maybe?) with the covering removed.
I hadn't thought of that permutation. [Linked Image]
Exactly how would cable insulation like that stand up to air-borne moisture, considering that this unit is outdoors.
Oh and one other thing, Joe posted an image of the IEC "Test Finger" up in the General Discussion Area.
I'd be interested to see the box and switch pass the test with the Finger.
No cheating now. [Linked Image]


Link Copied to Clipboard
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5