1st pic is of an old banjo meter that was tired after 50 yrs.

2nd is a pic of sheetrockers helping by puting chime wire into DBX box.

3rd is pic of homeowner adding dishwasher off GLL circuit in UF cable.

4th is of DB concrete encased romex in a horse stable.

5th and 6th are of same wellhouse I was sent to wire it was a sheetmetal fabrcators brainchild-it was a rocketship-have mor pics of that one-just ask. Prob still that way (4-5 yr later) We have a set price for a standard wellhouse install, they did not like finding out a rocketship is not standard.

7th is pic of Comcasts mess they left me with.

8th is septic guys idea of a good joke, see my LB and J-box in the abyss? each one of those collars is 12".

9th is owners answer to big wire for voltage drop 300-400' away from house service.

10th is what i found in ditch before Svc. inspection on one of our jobs.

11th is well guys and no sense of workspace.

12th is the optional no raceway and DB for ASCR on 100 sub.

13th is how much to wire my septic? I ran the wires myself. You cant tell but the romex is poked thru a drilled hole in the collar.

14th is wacky add-a skylight framer wiring.

One thing I dont miss about 02 jobs is owners. Now I have to deal with plant sparkys and maint. guys, and dont feel so bad for dogging them hard and telling them it is unsafe and needs done right.


How many maintenance guys do you know that "used to be" electricians?