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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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04-24-2009, 02:08 PM
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#21
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: CA
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I prefer copper pipe to EMT "fuses," they conduct better 
But I'd have to go for the Sandwich... Looks like another case of "whatever was on the truck." "Hey, we dont have any conduit left!" "Ahh hell, get me those 6 extension boxes!"
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04-24-2009, 02:49 PM
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#22
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,437
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All I can say is, ALL of those violations were performed by nonunion labor... 
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04-24-2009, 04:15 PM
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Rat Extraordinaire
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Iowa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LawnGuyLandSparky
All I can say is, ALL of those violations were performed by nonunion labor... |
All I can say is.... prove it.
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04-24-2009, 08:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kentucky
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Had to go for the extension box sandwich also. The RG6 on the recep was the only one I had not seen before.
The most frequent code violation I see is in the mobile home courts we work in. The HVAC guys always seem to drill into the service feed conduit to feed the 10/2 into the panel for the A/C disconnect. Ripped another one out today and feed it into the panel right way.
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04-24-2009, 09:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Westchester County, NY
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Ken
Nice job, it is good to have a funny thread. Jeez the screw in the conductor for a tap...
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04-24-2009, 11:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Leesburg VA
Posts: 5,148
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What's sad is we do 5 or more IR scans a week in these scans we are also looking for code violations and wiring errors at least once twice a month we see something of this caliber. And LGLS the work is completed by U and NU JWs.
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04-24-2009, 11:48 PM
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#27
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Hack and Rat all in one
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Stars and Stripes
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LawnGuyLandSparky
All I can say is, ALL of those violations were performed by nonunion labor... |
Yup, you're right. I took credit for them. I'm a nonunion hack.
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04-25-2009, 12:40 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Rhinelander Wisconsin
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I pick 14 because I've seen so many boxes stuffed like that in the mill I used to work at.
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04-25-2009, 12:53 AM
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I am a RAT.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Charlotte N.C.
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I voted for #14 that just amazes me.
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04-25-2009, 10:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Leesburg VA
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I was with an employee the other day and saw some incredible pipe work from 3/4-3 1/2" and it was straight, level consistent offsets and 90's up, down and around the site.
Always nice to see something to take the raw edge off crap work.
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04-25-2009, 12:12 PM
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Mighty Rat
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma
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What gets me about all of these pics, including the '"drywall tap screw", is the AMOUNT of forethought that went into each one. Most of these would have been less time consuming to do the correct way. It has been said that, "You can't fix stupid". However, there is no question that, "Stupid CAN fix it"! 
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04-25-2009, 04:21 PM
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Rat Extraordinaire
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iaov
I pick 14 because I've seen so many boxes stuffed like that in the mill I used to work at.
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Originally Posted by william1978
I voted for #14 that just amazes me.
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Yet #14 only has one vote......... 
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04-25-2009, 06:18 PM
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I am a RAT.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LawnGuyLandSparky
All I can say is, ALL of those violations were performed by nonunion labor... |
Bull****. You probably did most of them for you to know who did them.
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04-25-2009, 08:13 PM
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Location: Virginia
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that is one amazing bunch of ****
I think i vote for 15.. that one and the sheetrock screw took alot of brass from someone who really should have known better.
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04-25-2009, 08:18 PM
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Burger Flipper
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 480sparky
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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AHH! I never really looked at it that close. What I thought I saw was a box, bunch of rings, then a flat cover with a 1/2KO in it. Now that I look closer I see this issue!! 
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04-28-2009, 07:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 480sparky
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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Isn't that what the KO's on the rings are for? 
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05-01-2009, 09:47 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Alaska/Nevada
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1 and 10 are death at the ready!
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05-05-2009, 02:50 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I like #11, the gas line. It's not everyday you see someone who has invented a way to convert electricity into gas.
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05-05-2009, 08:48 PM
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Sparky
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ogden, Utah
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I voted 15. Some funny/crazy stuff.
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05-06-2009, 02:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Central Fl
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 480sparky
Yet #14 only has one vote......... |
I voted for 14 as well, bringing it's total to three. But I think I know why it's not getting the votes it deserves. Ken has mislabeled it to keep us confused. It appears to me to be a 4 11/16 box, not a 4 square. If it was a 4 square, I couldn't have gotten all the wires in. Besides, I was just gonna put on extension rings till I could close it.
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