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#121425 07/15/05 06:24 AM
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I just stumbled upon this website. First, I must say it looks great. Well done. And I had to post this for you all.

I was staying in a hotel a little while ago, in Tennessee. I had some last minute work to do and had to plug in my laptop. There was not one outlet. So, I figured I could do without one of the side lamps by the bed, but the lamp cords ran behind the headboard ??? .. Well, I knew they just hung on the wall with a cleat, so I lifted it off the darn wall - just to plug in my laptop. Here's what I found:

Paul Howe


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And here is a closer look. Yes, masking tape, wire nuts, but HEY .. they were thoughtful enough to separate the conductors that ran OVER the cleat so when they got pinched, they didn't spark too badly.


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Thanks all & be safe..


Thank you, Paul, and welcome to ECN!

#121426 07/15/05 08:19 AM
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Welcome aboard -- Excellent choice of name, by the way! [Linked Image]

It's good to know that this wonderful piece of electrical workmanship was only inches above your head, isn't it? [Linked Image]

Did they reckon that hardwiring would deter people from leaving with the bedside lamps as well as the soap and towels?

#121427 07/15/05 09:36 PM
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Is there a box missing(using only a plaster ring)in that installation or did they fill the box with fiberglass insulation?


Steve
#121428 07/15/05 11:50 PM
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Wow!,
Someone was in a hurry there. [Linked Image]
Nice one Paul- BTW Welcome to the group. [Linked Image]
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Excellent choice of name, by the way!
Crikey there's more of them, soon we're going to have more Paul's than Scott's here!. [Linked Image]

#121429 07/16/05 11:57 PM
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welcome aboard Paul...

those bed covers look peculiarly familiar to a national chain of motels ive stayed with at times... It must have something to do with "Leaving the light on for ya..." [Linked Image]

Randy

#121430 07/18/05 11:52 AM
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I suppose there is no reason to not say that this was a Ramada - not a cheap one either. I told the front desk and have written to Ramada twice with no reply.

Yes, there was a 4x4 box in the wall (you can see one screw hole in the top right) but the left side is plastered over and the bottom two are covered by the headboard cleat.

Needless to say, I made sure the smoke alarm worked and slept that night with the headboard off the wall & the bed moved away from the wall.

The wires running over the cleat were bad enough, but the ones pinched between the wall and the cleat (also had a nail right in line with them) worried me more.

Be safe y'all , and thanks again.

Paul

#121431 07/18/05 09:30 PM
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A Ramada, eh? It's not like they're cheap hotels. I wonder who's decision it was to cut corners and how this person decided to cut corners on the electrical work. How freakin' hard would it have been to cut in one old work box and install (1) quad receptacle location? I mean there's really no excuse for this...

#121432 07/19/05 08:05 PM
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My money says this is the work of the maintenance "engineers", and yes, they do call them engineers for some reason only known to god. As a soon-to-be-former maintenance tech. myself, I can say with absolute certainty that most of these folks only know just enough to be dangerous.

-John


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