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07-20-2009, 05:50 PM
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PGW Professional
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Rahway, NJ
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Panel covers and shut off valves
Came across this a couple of weeks ago and took pictures of it today.
So what do you think?
Clever ay?
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07-20-2009, 06:08 PM
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That Guy
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Location: NJ
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Yeah, clever waste of money. What happened to the $10 PVC access panel?
I feel sorry for the EC looking for his missing panel cover.
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07-20-2009, 06:49 PM
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Town Drunk
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Who would open an electrical panel cover when looking for a water valve? 
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07-20-2009, 06:54 PM
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ET Road Warrior
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I think it's clever someone used a cover instead of throwing it into the garbage.
I like the sign.. someone put a lot of thought into that setup 
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07-20-2009, 09:03 PM
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Member
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Location: North Carolina
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Looks Like....
Looks like something a manufactured housing Manufacturer would come up with. Seems they can get their hands on stuff like that.
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07-20-2009, 09:09 PM
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That Guy
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Location: NJ
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I am going to start a business manufacturing manufactured stuff for manufactured housing manufacturers.
First on the list, PVC access panels.
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07-20-2009, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Santa Clara Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnJ0906
Who would open an electrical panel cover when looking for a water valve? |
Probably nobody on this forum.
Most homeowners probably would, because they wouldn't
know what it was.
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07-20-2009, 09:55 PM
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Registered Member
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Location: Atlanta, Ga/Hamilton, Al
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You guys are obviously not in-the-know. Cutler Hammer is now in the valve business. That one is a double pole.
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07-20-2009, 10:08 PM
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PGW Professional
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Location: Rahway, NJ
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I opened it up and said, "oh nice little sub panel here should make it easy to run those new homeruns."
This is actually a rental property, the 2nd floor of a 2-family home in Cranford, NJ. The guy who owns this house is the same guy that designed my Classic Electric "Voltage Man" logo that I plan to incorporate into all my letterheads, t-shirts, and van artwork. I will reveal it in time but I'm waiting for him to email the files.
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07-21-2009, 02:51 AM
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Master Plumber
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That isnt all that bad of an idea. I always hate throwing the panel covers and dead fronts away... maybe I should keep a few.
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07-22-2009, 11:50 AM
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Former sparky
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Location: (God's Country) Eastern Shore of VA
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I have never seen one used like this but I and several friends have used them to hide a pistol in a handy space. Not to mention large junction boxes as impromptu safes.
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07-23-2009, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Suburbs of Philadelphia
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How about this one! This was a friends house, the cover cannot go on because of the gas pipe.
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07-23-2009, 09:41 PM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGRED
How about this one! This was a friends house, the cover cannot go on because of the gas pipe.
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now thats nice. i dont think ive ever seen that before.
how would they classify the fire electrical or gas? 
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