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Attached is a picture of a few junctions I found in an attic while troubleshooting a light that wouldn't work.

How many code violations can you list?

Photo By: Chris VanderWoude
Van's Electric, Inc.
Franklin, NC 28734

I don't know about any other codes, but neat and workmanlike is right out the window.

SD

Splices should be enclosed in approved boxes.

I really hope that skinny wire isn't carrying 120 volts....it looks almost thin enough to be telephone or door-bell wire....

Also, it seems to me that that black conductor is 300-ohm twin-lead wire used for TV and FM radio antennas. Please tell me that stuff is NOT connected to the Romex!!!

At least they used the proper tape for splices. Could have been worse -- either paper "masking" tape or duct tape.

is that dark area on the wood smoke from the splices layed down

it looks like the grounds are snipped off

I count 28.
29 if Chris didn't bring that work light up with him.

It seems to a worldwide case of "Out of sight, out of mind, so it must be OK."

I've seen similar open splices in British attics quite regularly.

Looks a little like homeownered

that is ok if its tempory work LOL

When I was house hunting in the 90's, my real estate agent showed me a house that had a couple things like this in the attic. "Don't worry about it!" If a housing inspector comes up here, I'd never get a mortgage because I could never get fire insurance. "Naw, it's OK. They don't look for stuff like this." Thanks, but I'm switching agents. BTW: They had also converted one of the smallest second floor bedrooms into a furnace room for central heat. The attic floor was an obstacle course of flexible ducting.