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Attention anyone east of Beverly Hills, CA - Are you familiar with Jed "Clamp-itt"'s work?

By Joshua Frederick

Home Inspector with Home Inspector for ASPEC Residential Services, LLC

February 12, 2010 12:06 AM

You all remember good ole Jed Clampett from The Beverly Hillbillies, right? (I know you're whistling the tune right now). Well it appears that Jed's fortunes have run amuck and now Mr. "Clamp-itt" has had to take on another endeavor to make ends meet. He is now practicing as an electrician in the State of Ohio.

Now my dilemma is that I'm not familiar with his practices and need help uncovering the defects. Perhaps my electrical training hasn't been so good, because I'm not familiar with these wiring practices. So I ask you, especially you westerners who may have encountered some of his work on his eastward journey to Ohio, how should I write up the defects in this exterior electrical distribution panel contraption, if any?

Electrical safety at its finest

Breakers? Huh? Me no need breakers...

P.S. I did note the missing cover, of course, anyone would notice that, duhhh ( :

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Lisa Schlitz

Home Run Real Estate, Inc. - Wellington, FL

Realtor - Wellington, Florida Homes 561-214-3216

Joshua-looks like it might be a small problem-lol. Good luck!

Feb 12, 2010 12:08 AM

Sally K. & David L. Hanson

EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI

WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

Hmmm...missing cover...yeah Grannie and Ellie Mae...go fetch a cover, that'll fix it !

Feb 12, 2010 12:11 AM

Joshua Frederick

Home Inspector for ASPEC Residential Services, LLC - Defiance, OH

Home Inspector in Defiance & all of Northwest Ohio

Lisa: Small problem indeed (: Thanks for stopping by.

Sally & David: A cover would be a start. Thanks for commenting.

Feb 12, 2010 12:50 AM

Charles Buell

Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA

Seattle Home Inspector

Joshua, I especially like the special "refrigerant" materials to help keep things cool. That has to be one of the most amazing electrical "finds" I have ever seen. Did you find this on an inspection?

Feb 12, 2010 02:01 AM

Charles: I have to admit that my mouth was still hanging open a couple of days after encountering this beauty. And, yes this was on an inspection. Fortunately the inspection was for the new house on the property, and not for the old house with this contraption. Did I mention the old house had a fire?

Feb 12, 2010 04:09 AM

Mike Gillingham

Eastern Iowa Inspection Services LLC - Walker, IA

Home Inspection is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Feb 14, 2010 10:15 PM

Mike: And sometimes, when you see stuff like this, you just want to run; run away as fast as you can!

Feb 15, 2010 09:57 PM

Not a real person

San Diego, CA

Looks like something out of a bad history book. I do find it beautiful in a sort of demented way. It would rank right up there with the greatest home inspection pictures of all time.

Feb 20, 2010 02:02 AM

Don Eichler

Eichler Properties - Granbury, TX

Joshua, I wonder how in the world a fire might have started, could it have been electrical in nature?

Feb 20, 2010 01:20 PM

RR: Bad history, indeed. It is definitely the winner of my personal "Best Defect" pic.

Don: I think you're on to something...

Feb 20, 2010 10:40 PM

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