ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area What's the hokiest electrical stuff you've seen?

well then there's those installs that accent certain codes

case in point, i get a call from a lady who says:

"Should my electrical panel have a waterfall comming out of it?"

to which it was found that, indeed there was a waterfall comming out the bottom of it, being that the 2.5" pvc that had been punched through the foundation was not sealed via 230.8

now i'm a believer....

~S~

Sparky
That happened on a job a while back. The owner called me
in a panic because water was shooting out of the main
service panel and some of it was making it's way into the bedroom. It turned out that the utility pulled their service entrance conductors and forgot to seal the conduit.
Excellent lesson learned and I didn't even have to pay for it!!!

I had one (1) each in the last 2 months.

Last one was 400 a, underground from a utility co. pad mount gushing into the CT cabinet. The POCO took responsibility & 'sealed' the 4" PVC. Strange thing is it only gusged into the 400 CT & not the other 800 CT; both in basement.

Other one was caused by the relocation of the OH pole that the UG was run to. POCO & County assumed responsibility & repaired/replaced.

You should see this one flea market in Ephrata. It makes Mexico look good!