Thanks to Dave K. for the Following Photos taken of a Holiday Lighting Display;













more can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/ka9fur/epp/epp.html

I just spoke to my friends Bill and Al. Bill is quite proud to have such fine work done in a town named after him, and Al points out that "there is no controlling legal authority."

Wow. The scary thing is that there are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of large holiday lighting schemes that may also be set up like this.

It's really shocking (pardon the pun) that people still don't understand that 110 is dangerous, be it a shock hazard or fire hazard, or both.

Heh, wow, ten plugs into an extension cord... at my house 3 is a max... I think the lights say you can only plug X number together safely...

Maybe the ambient temperature helps.

Has anyone ever read 527.2(A) or 305-2(a) ?

Glenn

OK, so much for the OSHA prohibition of using NM cable as an extension-cord substitute. And forget not using live vegetation to support wiring.

They used to say that rainwater was less conductive than tap water for its 'purity.' Would that extend to muddy snow?

Maybe mass-ganged cord caps with snow derating are really safer than a stack of those 'extry outlet' air fresheners.

UL has a fairly good presence in a lot of countries that make 'export' electrical goods. I wonder if they ever anticipated this mode of operation?





[This message has been edited by Bjarney (edited 07-17-2002).]

Wow:
If there was ever a installation that deserved an "award"!
Went to the linked site......
Nice to see that there are some bubble covers
Also, in the pic with the 4x4, are those light strings across the road???
As I don't see any controls, I guess some brave guy turns it on at the panels?

HotLine1
John

I have seen an exact replica of this back in '98. It was at the local tech college I was attending to learn... you guessed it... the NEC. We would chuckle every time we walked outside for a break.

Who the hell done this work?,
They need to be taken to task for the
lack of mechanical protection.
What sort of wire is used there?, it looks
like single core TPS, with all them
wires, I may be wrong.
But, just because it is a temporary
installation, doesn't mean it should be done
slack, like this one.
The use of multiple power connectors,
worries me,especially used outside.

You guys keep your cameras out of my yard!

scott, couldn't be your yard?could it.

The town of clinton hass no inspectors of any kind.

that 3rd pix got me thinking, how is romex to rapel from?

sparky, I think it depends on whether or not you have the right Klein grip

It's the time of year to bring this one to the top.

Do you see stuff like this?

Bill

I see what looks like rusty baling wire holding that bundle of green lampcord together...

Picture number 4.

Doesn't that stuff eventually scrape the insulation off the already-scantily insulated wires?

Just drove thru this town while on another job. The junk is still in the park. Not sure if they left it all year of put it back.
In this area any one can do any work, No licenses, no permits, no AHJ. The town will not hire any inspectors. Chief of fire dept. is only one who even looks at any building but has no town ordinance to enforce. Iowa does not have a state inspection agency.

where do you light the fuse

The worst part to me shows on the linked page where the romex's stray past the playground equiptment, I wonder how many kids have goofed around with this stuff!!! It's one thing to endanger yourself via stupidity, but when you bring the public, even worse, children into the equation is when I get to the point of yanking fuses & breakers on my own!!! Does the serving utility have any say in what is connected to their system out there??? I know a couple So Cal Edison & San Diego Gas & Electric inspectors that have booted meters for less!