Gallery of Electric "Wonders"

Because they make you wonder, in alot of ways.........

I'll try to group them by the room in which I found them.

Kitchen

Cut wires under the dishwasher.

Better view of cut wires under dishwasher.

Melted insulation on GFCI in kitchen.

Box for the GFCI shown above.  Isn't this box a bit small for a GFCI?

Connection for old exhaust fan is not secured.  Tape only, no wire nuts, and no connector at the hole in the top of the box frame.  And that metal is sharp.

Sheath for the old fluorescent light is way over stripped.

Tap light without a box.

Same tap light pulled out of the wall.  These are push-connection only, and have no ground terminal.  This switch controllecd the exhaust fan.



Going back to the dishwasher - the connector for the box was not screwed in at all. It was just placed there.

Crowded box under the old cooktop.  Gas line is seen at the top of the picture.  This outlet was being used as junction for three sets of wires, and the box was not secured well to the back cabinet wall.

Same box seen above (under the cooktop).  There are no conectors of any kind for the wires entering the box.

Crawlspace

The circle.  This should have at least been in a box.  This was the connection between the supply line, the line to the exhaust fan, and the line to the switch controlling the fan.  Not really the way to do things.

The circle, dissected.  There were no wire nuts.



This isn't the right connector for NM cable.