From Jim M

Here's an example of the trades working in harmony with each other.

Ooh look, The plumbers, the electricians and the phone company, all working together. Just look how cozy it looks all crammed in there like that.
Can you say clearance violation.
Oh yeah I just noticed there's the CATV at the very top. Brilliant!

Too bad it's all crammed together like that. The panel and wire routing looks very orderly.
Still, I don't know if I like the unprotected Romex on a finished wall like that.
PS I am only referring to the tidyness of the wires coming from the panel. Specifically not the Phone, CATV or the sump pump power cords. Sloppy.

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And there is another stub out for more plumbing. Perhaps they can fit a shower in there as well.

The sump just had to be there first, and probably the drain plumbing as well. So why would the EC hang the panel there?

Didn't have another sheet of plywood on the truck?

I'm hoping Roger replies to this thread so I can say "Roger, Roger".

I also see what might be a main water shutoff valve in there - about the same height as the sewer cleanout.

Aw, go on and toss a big ol' refrigerator in that corner and render everything inaccessible!

Mike (mamills)

You nailed this one, John.

The SE and branch circuit NM are bent around the plumbing stack. This is the electricians violation. Cheap work.

Dave

And do we have someone to ask "What's our vector, Victor?"

What was that EC thinking?! You'd have to stand on (or in) the sump to work on that panel or reset a breaker! I can just see some homeowner, with a flashlight, trying to get into that panel when BAM! Broken ankle at least.

Lawsuit waiting to happen.....

edit spellin...

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Seems to me it would be more of a PITA for the installer to do it this way than it would be to set a trough and move the panel five feet to the left. Not only are you crowded by those pipes, but that sump-pump cover won't support any weight (don't ask me how I know that... ).

"Can you fly this plane and land it?"
"Surely you can't be serious!"
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirly."

-John


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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?

Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!

Oh, cut the bleeding heart *@*@, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug!

Over macho grande?
I don't think I'll ever be over macho grande.


We've got to get this man to a hospital! A hospital, what is it? It's a large building with sick people but thats not important right now.

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Well, now we know what everyone's favorite movie REALLY is!

This could be the beginning of a great relationship......

(or should I have said "round up the usual suspects?")

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"Give me Hamm on 5, hold the Mayo!"

AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!. You guys are killing me! (not a quote, but a thought.) Oh, by the way, Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?

"Do you like gladiator movies?"

And another favorite:

"The defecation is definatly gonna contact the rotary oscillator." (Followed by a shot of that happening.)

For my money, I'd like to see an airport where some goomer can "unplug" the entire runway lighting system .

I think the "Otto" pilot has the right idea, though...

Mike (mamills)

I hate to be the devil's advocate here ... but I'll bet that sump hole was there before the electrician. How come we put the panel there? Are we the bad guys this time?

^^
That's what I was thinking. Then I went back and saw the SE cable in front of the waste water pipe and knew it had to be the electricins fault. The duplex receptacle for the sump pump is also odd. The electrician should've done it the right way first, this way he wouldn't have wasted time and money doing it the first time.

"Over macho grande?
I don't think I'll ever be over macho grande."

More like macho grenade.

This electrician needs to see a doctor STAT!

Ian A.