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View Poll Results: Vote for your Favorite All-Time Code Violation!
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1. Flip-Flop Floating Extension
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27 |
21.60% |
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2. Crimped Cord Cap
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1 |
0.80% |
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3. NM Connector on Service
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1 |
0.80% |
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4. The ORIGINAL Can Light
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3 |
2.40% |
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5. Plumbing Ells at MDP
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9 |
7.20% |
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6. Bell Wire/RG6 on Recep
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8 |
6.40% |
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7. Dryer Receptacle Missing
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4 |
3.20% |
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8. Plastic Anchor Wire Nut
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4 |
3.20% |
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9. Extension Box Sandwich
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19 |
15.20% |
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10. Soap Bottle Cord
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11 |
8.80% |
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11. Gas Line Raceway
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5 |
4.00% |
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12. Cat Food Can Cover
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2 |
1.60% |
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13. Cigar Fuse Box
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3 |
2.40% |
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14. Stuffed 4S Box
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8 |
6.40% |
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15. EMT Fuses
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20 |
16.00% |
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04-23-2009, 07:00 PM
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Vote for your Favorite All-Time Code Violation!
Some photos get bounced around on the internet so much and so often, they sometimes achieve 'cult' status.
I've collected 15 of the most posted images, and now you can vote for your Favorite All-Time Code Violation!
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04-23-2009, 07:24 PM
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That's quite a nice gallery of my work you've put together there. 
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04-23-2009, 07:29 PM
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DJFVT
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I voted for #5 because I think that it is the worst because whoever installed it should have known better. Most of the rest are DIY classics.
What about the guy using a electric drill …standing on a metal ladder…in a pool? Now that one is a real classic.
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04-23-2009, 07:32 PM
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There's so many choices, I can't decide!
I'm stuck between the plumbing L's and the extension box sandwich.
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04-23-2009, 07:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John
I voted for #5 because I think that it is the worst because whoever installed it should have known better. Most of the rest are DIY classics.
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That's actually a picture I took. It is installed here: http://www.habitatamerica.com/apt_unitedtowers_FP.html
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04-23-2009, 07:34 PM
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DJFVT
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Here's one you need to add to the list....I found it a while back. 
Attachment 1200
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Last edited by John; 07-18-2009 at 08:34 AM.
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04-23-2009, 07:41 PM
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DJFVT
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Originally Posted by MDShunk
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I hope that the "Problem" got fixed. 
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04-23-2009, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by John
I hope that the "Problem" got fixed. |
Nope. Been that way since the 1974 inspection sticker.
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04-23-2009, 07:50 PM
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DJFVT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MDShunk
Nope. Been that way since the 1974 inspection sticker.
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If it works, why fix it?.......right.
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04-23-2009, 07:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John
Here's one you need to add to the list....I found it a while back.
Attachment 1200 |
I had to pare the choices down to 15 because that's the poll maximum. 
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04-23-2009, 08:02 PM
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DJFVT
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Originally Posted by 480sparky
I had to pare the choices down to 15 because that's the poll maximum. |
I get it now...selective perception selections. 
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04-23-2009, 08:07 PM
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Well since we do commercial work only ill pick the extension rings stacked . 480 nice stuff like it . take care
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04-23-2009, 08:09 PM
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Sooo many good... I mean bad choices. 
Had to vote for the ol' floating receptacle - #10.
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04-23-2009, 08:22 PM
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I went for the floating receptacle too...it is just so stupid!! John, the drywall screw into the feeder is awesome!! I have never seen anything like that!!
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04-23-2009, 08:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kletis
I went for the floating receptacle too...it is just so stupid!! John, the drywall screw into the feeder is awesome!! I have never seen anything like that!!
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Yeah, I can't deny that's some ingenuity.
Like, seriously, that guy must've been so smart to think of that.
I know I'd never think to do that, guess I have a lot more to learn than I thought.
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04-23-2009, 09:07 PM
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Those are absolutely excellent! Really hard to get it down to one choice, I picked the extension box fiasco, mainly because I've seen similar installations.
It never ceases to amaze me what is gotten away with out there.
Rob
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04-23-2009, 10:18 PM
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15 is my fav. but I am prejudice as one of my IR thermographers took this.
I really love he drywall screw in the conductor.
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04-23-2009, 11:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John
Here's one you need to add to the list....I found it a while back.
Attachment 1200 |
He even has the wire wrapped the wrong direction under the drywall screw. I've never seen a tap installed like that!
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04-23-2009, 11:58 PM
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Why is 9 a 'code violation' - What if the conductors stick out of the box 6"?
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04-24-2009, 01:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TOOL_5150
Why is 9 a 'code violation' - What if the conductors stick out of the box 6"?
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Stick out where?
The entire stack is two 4squares facing each other with 6 extension rings between them. How do you even get into the extension rings?
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