Electrical Problem
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Doesn't look like I'd get my hands anywhere near that non code box!
Wow! That picture is worth saving! I particularly like the threaded rod wire extension.
I used to work on gas meters for the local power company. " Inner city " gas and electrical modifications were a hoot. The locals would pull the electric meter and use jumper cables to reconnect the power. They also used bits of flattened copper pipe to bridge across the meter contacts. Removing the gas meter and bridging the gap with a piece of radiator hose was also done. The gas was regulated down to about one PSI so this usually worked.
One time I went to an auto repair shop in a high drug and murder area. I told the owner that I needed to work on the gas meter. He told me to wait one and could be heard rummaging around in a back room. He comes out of the back room carrying the gas meter! He seemed annoyed that I had to report what I found.
Scary area but good times and stories
One time I went to an auto repair shop in a high drug and murder area. I told the owner that I needed to work on the gas meter. He told me to wait one and could be heard rummaging around in a back room. He comes out of the back room carrying the gas meter! He seemed annoyed that I had to report what I found.
Scary area but good times and stories
I have seen worse. My dad showed me how to unscrew a screw in fuse,put a penny in the hole with a toothpick then screw the bad fuse back down on the penny.
AZjeff
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What problem? Like how the wires are labelled on the left side with the paper tags.
When I bought my '85 F-250, someone had crudely installed a second battery in the engine bay. Their solution to hooking the rather heavy gauge (+) and (-) wires from the two batteries in parallel was to use hose clamps, exactly like the picture shown above. Then the hose clamp was wrapped in electrical tape about a thousand times. I suppose it worked, but I wasted no time in removing it!
It's ok. Just the Neutral wire
Good Lord! And according to the tags, thats a commercial building. The paper tag says hershey ice cream freezer. Imagine some kid leaning up against the freezer choosing ice cream and getting electrocuted!!
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A little antioxidant for the dissimilar metal conductors, and it should be good to go. NP
JHZR2
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Threaded rod??!? The humanity!!!
I saw that posted on r/electricians on Reddit. So funny.
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
I saw that posted on r/electricians on Reddit. So funny.
Ok that makes sense. A friend sent it to me, who said a friend sent it to him. We think it's a joke...I don't see why the hose clamps are on the hots, but at least the one on the threaded rod neutral is functional. The paper tags inside the box are just more candy...and the random electrical tape hanging off to the right...
We got a good laugh out of it, so it seemed like a good post for the humor section here!
I saw that posted on r/electricians on Reddit. So funny.
Ok that makes sense. A friend sent it to me, who said a friend sent it to him. We think it's a joke...I don't see why the hose clamps are on the hots, but at least the one on the threaded rod neutral is functional. The paper tags inside the box are just more candy...and the random electrical tape hanging off to the right...
We got a good laugh out of it, so it seemed like a good post for the humor section here!
Impressive!
That picture just screams "hold my beer.."
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