I stopped referring to 110 volts about 30 years ago but I still hear folks talk abouit 110 volts. Are there areas where there is still 110v? I thought everything in this country had been bumped to an average of 120 these days.....OT - OF!!!....M...Read More
Well, here's an interesting one for the brain trust:....I see this about once a year: It's a rural property. About 20 feet from the back porch is a utility pole with a step-down transformer and a service drop from the transformer to the house. The pole is probably 21 feet tall +.-. Primary and neut.....Read More
I'm having one hell of a time trying to word this in my report without being a complete wise ass. A little help, please.....At least they left some slack in the wiring for the trees to grow!......Click to View..http://www.inspectorsjournal...Read More
This thread is a spin-off of Phantom Generator. The main reason I didn't try to force the apparently siezed thumb-crews for the Automatic Transfer boxes was I didn't really expect to find anything revealing, and the screws could easily be snapped off. ....This all causes me to wonder, though. When a.....Read More
Well, this is a first for me: I'm looking at two, side by side, Siemens 200 AMP breaker panels in the garage. There is no main breaker in either panel. ....Click to View..http://www.inspectorsjournal.c...8493.JPG.. 72.55 KB Read More
Every breaker in the Murray 200 amp panel had a little pile of aluminum oxide? just like the one in the photo.....It's one of the few panels I've inspected where there isn't a host of installer issues, so I can't lump it in with "get a new panel".........Click to View..http://www.inspe...Read More
Take a look at the pic. Only thing I can think is that the service cables run out of the house wall and into the meter box with no conduit and a thing (person, tree, mower) caught and pulled on them...Read More
From time to time I come across a service panel that is completely surrounded by fiber glass insulation. At first glance, by intuition tells me this is not right. Is this ok? Any thoughts?....Please advise,....Thanks Sea...Read More
My subject may be a 'tad off', but I think I read somewhere that the far too common practice of bundling the branch circuits into one entrance at the top of an SEP started in Texas or at least somewhere down South.....Goes without saying that most of the time we can't see the remainder of the wiring.....Read More
