wiring: Municipalities Do It Best - 09/01/07 04:22 PM
 
I thought I should share this. I have made a number of posts lately regarding unsafe wiring. This is NOT home owner wiring. I was digging through some photos and, again, this is a photo I took near Cancun, Mexico. This is wiring in a public park. Seriously, this is a panel in a municipal park. And, to make it sillier, I did not have to open the cover to get the shot -- it has no cover. Is it dead? Is it vacated? I think not, as a few wires came out the top and seemed to be routed to … (3 comments)

wiring: Bellingham Wa. Washington Home Inspector (King of the House): Unsafe Wiring Practices - 08/16/07 10:08 AM
 Here is another one I see frequently on inspections. This is the case of running the live electric wires over, inside, or through the gutters or downspouts. The gutters and downspouts are obviously not designed for this purpose and the wires usually move around and wear the insulation off the conductors. Often the wires seem to find a sharp metal edge on the gutters. Maybe all the rubbing makes one. I had an inspection one time where a bare conductor, insulation had rubbed off, was in contact with the metal of the gutters. Depending on which wire was in contact that could … (0 comments)

 
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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, provides information for real estate buyers, sellers and real estate industry professionals. Blog posts emphasize issues commonly found in Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County. Smith is Washington State Licensed Home inspector #207, a state licensed structural pest inspector and one of the most experienced inspectors in the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest. Steven L. Smith is lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College and teaches classes for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Steve was a two-term member of the state licensing board.


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