From Lostazhell (Randy)


























[This message has been edited by electure (edited 10-25-2005).]

From the note.

Depending on the rules in your area for better or worse this could be true.

I have learned that here where I live only a person that installs wiring for a fee has to be licensed, permitted and inspected.

It may not be what they wanted but it is how the law is written.

Bob

In the pics for the country club barn, do I see the "dinky thing on the left"'s feed on the line side of that disconnect?!?

MX, you got it.... and btw, that disconnect is the service disconnect.. the line side is straight from PG&E.

Bob, The reason I found the utility note humorous is just the fact of leaving it up to a homeowner to decide if they are "qualified". I could seriously see that last line being misconstrued. In CA, a homeowner is permitted to pull their own permits and carry out their own work, electrical or otherwise..

-Randy

mxslick Lostazhell

What does that dinky thing feed?

The front of that door on the "dinky thing" said "fuel pump", but I didn't see anything resembling any type of refueling facility... possibly it was installed used?

My thought might be that it might be supplying power to a well pump or fire pump..

Interesting Randy,
From the note:

In that top pic, that's a way of using an LB that I've never seen before.
Is that water or gas in the 4th pic Randy?.
Boy, has that recept in pic no. 8 been mis-treated or what?.
Looks like a guy with two black eyes and an open mouth on the top.

It's my Mother in Law!!

Alan

You mean how they've been fitted with the grounds the wrong way round?

Runs for cover as an ECN lynchmob with a length of Romex gives chase.......

Trumpy, that picture #4 is of a gas valve and the yellow tubing on the right is a flexible gas connector that we use here in earthquake country. The flexible gas connector is painted/coated to prevent corrosion, but kind of screws up the notion of using the appliance's EGC to bond the gas piping(if the appliance has electrical needs).

steve

I usually just lurk around these sites, but that note made me laugh so hard I had to post to thank you for putting a smile on my face.

I also really like the arrow pointing down, with "OFF?" written on the door of the "dinky thing", especially the question mark...

That is rather strange. If you're going to label the positions, why not check which way is off first? If not, why bother at all?

Of course, with a little downward pressure on that breaker, there would be no question of whether the circuit is off or not .

Mike (mamills)

LOL

That maintenance barn had all kinds of oddities around it, electrical and otherwise. It appeared to have been around since at least the 50's, although the country club itself came to be sometime around 1980. I'm guessing the barn was spared the bulldozer during construction.