Sent in from David Souther; Head Electrical Inspector for the City of Asheville Building Safety Department. It was sent to David from another agency.
This was found in a home of an ederly woman on oxygen.
Roger
is that shower listed and approved for an electrical location?
Yikes!
I know I've argued against the British IEE's stance about no receptacles anywhere in a bathroom, but this is taking it a little
too far!
Was there some sort of hinged cover over that right=hand unit at some point? Or is the open door on the left wide enough that it went over the whole lot?
If I recognize the cans correctly, those are FPE, which means they've been there a long time.
Very sad, whoever is responsible should be prosecuted...somehow...S
JAYSUS!!
They say the camera never lies...
This was found in a home of an ederly woman on oxygen.
Oxygen...? Or
ozone?
The open splice up there adds a nice touch also...
Something tells me the shower may not have always been in this location. Possibly a back porch turned into a bathroom? Someone failed to use their brain & realize that the panels might not be in an ideal place anymore!
-Randy
If there is no sink in this room there is no violation, other than it being too high and not having working clearance!
Sorry, I shouldn't downplay the issue, this really is tragic. Statistics waiting to happen.
Ryan,
110.11...
If this is a bathtub/shower, 110.26(A)(1) Unless you're standing on the side of the tub to get to these things
-Randy
Weird... As soon as I saw the picture, I could smell the mildew...
All one needs to do here to make a wet sauna is to put those Lincoln Fuse Protectors in that fusebox on the far left!!!!!
Man, oh, man! I wonder just HOW old the original service is... And if it was legal to begin with (maybe many, many, many, many, many years ago!!!!) Sorry folks, no grandfathering here!
Randy I was thinking the same thing....that the shower at one time wasn't there....who in their right mind installs a fuse box in a shower? Geez....
What everyone needs..."clean" power, and "hot" water
I can beat that shower...
Sorry no pictures....
Imagine a homeowner 'improvement'....
A shower adjacent to the garage level...
With open conductors within 12" of one's head running on ceramic knobs...
Yeah, they're hot....
Yikes.
That's just down right scary, I wonder what came first, the shower or the electrical boxes. Makes me cringe in fear just looking at it
It's curious that both of those little FPE panels are installed upside down. I'm assuming that the electric was there first, and someone cobbled in a bathroom after. In any event, it's a very bad mix.
Betcha' those plug fuses are all 30's...
Mike (mamills)