This is Scary

More from yesterdays post, This is the panel from the home that has the exterior electrified.
The neutral bar is completely oxidized and deteriorated. This panel is in need of replacement. The thing we couldn't believe is there was a real estate ad in this house and has this home listed as $169,000 and its on .03 acres? wow people are nuts.

Danger

Wow what a day. Just when I thought i seen it all I come across this house. Its been a few years but I have seen this before a home with a foil based wrap under the siding that has become energized. The only reason we went to this house is a contractor we do a lot of work for had an employee get hit yesterday while working on an insurance job here. the contractor wanted someone to look to see what the problem was so he isn't blamed for it in relation to the insurance job he doing on the home.



After about five minutes in the house it was evident that they had done nothing. notice the harry homeowner job on the left where they used a piece of wood molding and finish nails to partially conceal this wire, and no this had nothing to do with the other problem.









Then in a closet we found this wire laying up against the end of a nail and it appears to have been smashed into the nail a number of times.These are only a few of the things we found I will put some more up soon.

Old Fireplace

Old house's amaze me I love all the history and looking at all the old stuff so you can get an idea how people used to do things, really makes you understand how easy we really have it. can you imagine having to use this fireplace to cook with every day from getting the firewood to the big kettle and just imagine how hot it would get in there on a hot day,by the way it was 90 one day last week.














This switch isn't really that old but it was in such good shape still. most of the ones like this I have run across over the years are broken. this would be fun to try and wire hot.

Damaged Wire

This is the wire a guy hit the other day, he is lucky it didn't break the messenger cable and fall on him. The power company was supposed to come out on Friday to cut it loose but as you can see its still hanging around. They were told of the condition of it to but didn't seem to concerned with it. guess if it falls on someone its their lawsuit.

Back To The Basics

A small refresher for everyone since we all forget from time to time.

Back To The Old House

Well it was a good thing we put this conduit in, this panel comes out anyhow but we decided to run conduit to the location in case we had to re feed anything directly here after the new service is built in the basement. One of the other trades had a loader and hit the triplex that feeds this panel and it just so happens this panel is where all the temporary power is fed from for the time being. So with a little quick thinking we came up with a plan and simply used our conduit that runs to the new service location so we could re feed this panel instead of replacing a section of triplex that is getting removed anyhow.I think the guy running the machine was kind of spooked after he hit the triplex with good reason he is damn lucky.

Preventing Injuries When Working with Hydraulic Excavators and Backhoe Loaders

For lines rated 50 kV. or below, minimum clearance between the lines and any part of the crane or load shall be 10 feet;

1926.550(a)(15)(ii)

For lines rated over 50 kV., minimum clearance between the lines and any part of the crane or load shall be 10 feet plus 0.4 inch for each 1 kV. over 50 kV., or twice the length of the line insulator, but never less than 10 feet;

1926.550(a)(15)(iii)

In transit with no load and boom lowered, the equipment clearance shall be a minimum of 4 feet for voltages less than 50 kV., and 10 feet for voltages over 50 kV., up to and including 345 kV., and 16 feet for voltages up to and including 750 kV.

1926.550(a)(15)(iv)

A person shall be designated to observe clearance of the equipment and give timely warning for all operations where it is difficult for the operator to maintain the desired clearance by visual means;

..1926.550(a)(15)(v)

1926.550(a)(15)(v)

Cage-type boom guards, insulating links, or proximity warning devices may be used on cranes, but the use of such devices shall not alter the requirements of any other regulation of this part even if such device is required by law or regulation;

1926.550(a)(15)(vi)

Any overhead wire shall be considered to be an energized line unless and until the person owning such line or the electrical utility authorities indicate that it is not an energized line and it has been visibly grounded;

1926.550(a)(15)(vii)

Prior to work near transmitter towers where an electrical charge can be induced in the equipment or materials being handled, the transmitter shall be de-energized or tests shall be made to determine if electrical charge is induced on the crane. The following precautions shall be taken when necessary to dissipate induced voltages:

1926.550(a)(15)(vii)(a)

The equipment shall be provided with an electrical ground directly to the upper rotating structure supporting the boom; and

1926.550(a)(15)(vii)(b)

Ground jumper cables shall be attached to materials being handled by boom equipment when electrical charge is induced while working near energized transmitters. Crews shall be provided with nonconductive poles having large alligator clips or other similar protection to attach the ground cable to the load.

1926.550(a)(15)(vii)(c)

Combustible and flammable materials shall be removed from the immediate area prior to operations.

This is what osha has in regards to this sort of situation.

Code Violation

Hmm anyone see a problem here?This is the kind of thing that really gets me upset, this is the reason we have to take an electrical test and I am glad that we have to I only wish that people who do this kind of thing got caught more often.This circuit isn't GFCI protected its regular EMT and I would bet its probably not grounded properly, NOTE screw connectors, not even a compression connector!










Get ready this is what it will look like soon enough and I can hardly wait. I always loved the fact that it looks so clean after a fresh snowfall especially after looking at dead leaves and brown tree's for a while before it ever snows.