Can someone say "electric fire waiting to happen"?

FIRE IT UP!

Well there's your problem! - Adam Savage

"For Real.." LOL.

But wait...right at the end there also seems to be some pretty messed up venting on what appears to be the water heater. I see some foam type stuff with some nice duct tape (NOT what duct tape is meant for) and that vent seems to loop around a bit before going who knows where. Can anyone say carbon monoxide?

I am no electrician, but I think I counted at least 6 wiring code violations there. Wow.

wwhhhyyy?????

Fantastic visual punchline. You get the idea, this is unsafe. Slow build up. Then the lightsocket reveal. Should have been about a minute shorter, but still, great punchline.

The cord is painted white to match the trim of the laundry room door. I think that's a nice touch.

>> ^CrushBug:
I am no electrician, but I think I counted at least 6 wiring code violations there. Wow.


Oddly... because it's plugged in... no electric code covers it. It'd be considered an appliance. (For my area only, yours may be, and probably is, different)

Fire/safety codes, however...

Epic kludge.

The effort that took is probably larger than finding a safe and clean power solution out in the garage. Wow.

I'm sure they built the garage themselves(owners) and when they realized that additional permits were needed or possibly even a second meter for a free standing building they simply said, "fuck it".

It really wouldn't be so bad if they just used proper extension cords connected to a proper outlet. Way to save yourselves $50 in extension cords.

>> ^Stingray:

Well there's your problem! - Adam Savage


Damnit, I even read it in his voice. -_-

>> ^Payback:

>> ^CrushBug:
I am no electrician, but I think I counted at least 6 wiring code violations there. Wow.

Oddly... because it's plugged in... no electric code covers it. It'd be considered an appliance. (For my area only, yours may be, and probably is, different)
Fire/safety codes, however...
Epic kludge.


Yeah, here in Australia you can't even have powerboards being used if you have done so in a 'permanent' way. In that if you run a cord from one outlet somewhere, and have that affixed to the wall and mount the powerboard somewhere that's considered using a temporary measure in a permanent installation and should be replaced by proper wiring and an outlet.

Of course everyone does it, I have many semi permanent uses of powerboards, why wouldn't you... but the letter of the law says you shouldn't.

Makes you wonder what they've done where you can't easily see it. What's bad is they probably spent more time doing it wrong than doing it correctly and having something they can sell without there being the question of if it's up to code or legal in the first place.

>> ^Chaucer:

"For Real.." LOL.


Where I come from we say "freal".

I don't see a problem. I mean they used electrical tape to splice the cords!

Apparently Rube Goldberg is trying to sell his house.

Apparently Clark Griswold has his house up for sale.

Actually, if you live in the US, plug or no plug, all electrical installations are covered by the NEC (NFPA70). Look it up - Flexible cord. The only way to "get around" the code is by having a listed product (UL, CSA, ETL, CE) recognized by the jurisdiction. So, if your device or "appliance" is not UL listed, it must be wired according to the NEC because it's considered an installation.

>> ^Payback:

>> ^CrushBug:
I am no electrician, but I think I counted at least 6 wiring code violations there. Wow.

Oddly... because it's plugged in... no electric code covers it. It'd be considered an appliance. (For my area only, yours may be, and probably is, different)
Fire/safety codes, however...
Epic kludge.

>> ^pavel_one:
Actually, if you live in the US, plug or no plug, all electrical installations are covered by the NEC (NFPA70). Look it up - Flexible cord. The only way to "get around" the code is by having a listed product (UL, CSA, ETL, CE) recognized by the jurisdiction. So, if your device or "appliance" is not UL listed, it must be wired according to the NEC because it's considered an installation.
>> ^Payback:
>> ^CrushBug:
I am no electrician, but I think I counted at least 6 wiring code violations there. Wow.

Oddly... because it's plugged in... no electric code covers it. It'd be considered an appliance. (For my area only, yours may be, and probably is, different)
Fire/safety codes, however...
Epic kludge.



Canadian here, we like to live dangerously...

"Another common violation is the disconnect means for the garage door opener. The opener is an appliance, and the motor is typically 1/2 hp. But any appliance with a motor more than 1/8 hp cannot use the panel breaker as the disconnecting means. [NEC 422.31]"

"Exception No. 1 in the 2005 NEC® permitted receptacles that were not readily accessible to be installed without GFCI protection. The garage door opener receptacle was not required to be a GFCI protected outlet. Now it must be." 210.8(A)(2) 2008 NEC HANDBOOK

"I used a mc strap and drywall anchor" because I would be securing the cord to the building structure. The Nec code states you cannot support the cord to the structure."

I don't like this guy's tone. He sounds like the dick electrician that came to fix my Microwave. The house breaks a lot of codes, but he could document that without the I-know-better-than-you schumkery.