The submitter wrote: “I’m an electrician and was called to this house in Irvine, CA to check out a circuit that would work intermittently. This was what I found and just had to take a picture. Sad part is that Irvine, CA is a really nice area, but Bubba’s work everywhere….”
6 thoughts on “How not to make a wiring connection”
The entire city of Ranger TX is wired like this. When I bought a 5000 sq ft commercial building the two “buses” were 10/3 (wired to 240) and they just sliced and tapped light socket pigtails with screw in adapters where ever they needed an outlet.
FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!!
But on the positive side, it should make a really good mouse trap. Just smear a little peanut butter on the wires. Zaaaaap!
What? it all looks good to me. And easy to splice in extra circuits whenever you want.
And…..its STILL messed up in the 2nd “repair” pic. Anyone who works in CA knows that in a case like this, a J-box MUST be used…and that the “repair” would fail code inspection.
SBM, I think the 2nd pic was taken before the tape was removed from the initial fix. Notice the drab dusty electrical tape in the 2nd pic. If this was after the repair, the tape would be clean and shiny.