Just returned from a trip to a small town on the Mexico/Arizona border. If you think you've seen some horror stories, well I just wish I had a digital camera. Never saw a single WP enclosure at the meters, just a socket with wires going into 30 amp indoor enclosures for the DC. Most had missing knockouts at child level. The newer ones have a 1" riser, the rest just have wires dangeling from the roof edge down to the meters. Common practice is to take multiple taps from an existing buildings service at the weatherhead and string over to neighboring buildings to another meter, all open wiring. Saw many switches dangeling from wires in the shops with tape wrapped around them. Looks like old garden hose is used for smurf in some of the nicer places. Never saw a single romex clamp or a KO bushing, wires just hanging out of the KO when there was a device box which there was not in about half the cases.
I was wondering if there are any available statistics on fires/electrocutions in Mexico?
