Some violation photos I have collected. I will try and post more as I get them.

This first one is several violatins in one location.
An exposed BX splice, obviously the ground is no longer continuous. A NM splice with no blank cover. And an NM to BX splice, in a PLASTIC box, with tape wrapped around the box for a cover. Hey, at least they made an attempt.
All of which were burried behind the sheetrock.

 

Next is another burried exposed BX splice. This is an old abandoned iron fixture box.

 

Here is a mess inside a switch box. Long unstripped NM jackets and splices ready to pull apart out of the wire nuts.

 

Here is a good old burried splice.
We don't want no stinkin' receptacle. Just bury the splice.

 

This is behind the wall under a 100 amp main panel in a closet.
Note the wires notched in the studs with a nail holding them back. Also see the junction box in the corner.

 

Another very nasty burried j-box.

 

This bad boy took me two hours to find. I hated cutting good sheetrock out but sometimes you just have to!

 

[SIZE=3]Anyone else who has any please feel free to post them here.[/SIZE]

 

Speedy:
This is a noble advance for this forum. It is often very desirable to be able to post pictures and especially diagrams in order to explain things.
Now the question: How do you do it?
~Peter

 

The only way that works here is to upload the pics to a server, like your personal space provided by your ISP or something like Yahoo! or the like.

Then you have to use HTML to show the pics in the post as opposed to just a link.
To enter a pic use this code:

{img src="http://your picture's URL.com "}

The underlined red text is the URL of the pic and you need to replace the { } with < >



Keep the pics to under 100K or 600x400 and they should come out big enough for the forum without making the page scroll.

 

Nothing real dramatic, but I can dig up some better ones later today.

Not sure if it's a violation, but as the homeowner this did not give me much confidence in this newer circuit being run with care, so I worked around it - cut it off dead in the walls because of the inability to access parts of it - and provided new service to the room. Also, this was an extension of 2-wire, and they had the black/white switched - I guess just took a guess on the old knob and tube and didn't care.



Surface run #14 wire, holes through joists not correct with respect to structural integrity.

 

Romex pulled without care such that it was wrapped around radiator service pipes - not sure what long term effects, if any, are, but the hot/cold cycles and melting of the sheathing can't be ideal.


Extending a two wire circuit and failure to properly secure ground to box.

 

Nice pictures guys, thanks. It is just amazing some of the things unqualified people will do when it comes to electrical work...

 

Great pics.

This link is just to show that it can be done properly.



Picture Perfect Wiring

 

Very interesting pictures. On the flip side, some well done tricky wiring is nice to see too. I am always amazed by a well done plumbing/HVAC setup.

 

Nice pics. Are they of a house you purchased and violations that you found? If not, what would cause you to cut into perfectly good sheet rock?

Enquiring minds wanna know! :-)

 

In my case it was a house I was rewiring due to a fire. surprisingly not an electrical fire. I was having a hard time getting things to work and had suspicous wiring; different type of wire on one end than the other. Single cables in several areas on the same circuit. There had to be a box somewhere. Just from experience I knew there were burried boxes. I never though I would find probably 8 or so.
Besides, they were ripping half the rock out anyway and this was an OLD little converted carriage house. The original cottage was from around 1850 and had been added on to over the years.

 

Here is a nice addition to all the pics. this was an attempt by someone at a service change. They used the old panel as a junction box, splicing all wires with tape only, including the meter feeds! All this done by an A/C company to install an air conditioner! Also included is the after picture. And just to add insult to injury, the guy had the nerve to charge the poor lady $1000!!!!!!!! Not hard to see why the cheapest quote may not be the best way to go. Marc

 

DIYers, remember to always replace a fuse or breaker with the appropriate one for the given wire size. Please do not attempt to "get some more life" out of a blown fuse as this person did.

I got called to check a half power problem. Lights dimming when the well kicked on, many things not working, etc. I found this re-blown main fuse in the old service panel. Someone cleverly jumped out the ends of the fuse with a piece of solder.
Hey, at least they didn't use piece of steel.

 

Those look like cold solder joints. Doesn't anybody take any pride in their work anymore?

 

Better than a shell casing...