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Posted by RBM on September 1, 2007, 5:21 pm
The ground wires, if more than one, should be connected together under a
crimp or wire nut and attached to the metal box by turning under a machine
screw or by using a listed green grounding clip. What he's done is incorrect
>
>>>I live in a house that used to belong to a DIY'er. Problem is, there
>>>isn't
>>>anything he did right. I am in the middle of fixing his mess in the
>>>garage.
>>>HEre is the situation: The main breaker is in the basement .it is a 20
>>>Amp
>>>dual breaker. THere is a subpanel in an upstairs closet (don't ask me
>>>why)
>>
>> If it's a clothes closet, or linen closet, that's a Code violation.
>
> Yes its a clothes closet. Chalk another one up to the idiot. I'm not even
> sure why theres a subpanel, its an attached garage. 50 ft of wire would
> reach the garage from the basement panel.
>
>
> arrangement that sounds normal.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>>
>> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
>
> A different question. Thru out this whole house, He has taken the ground
> wire in the romex and bent it so it was under the box termination clamp
> (not sure of the nomenclature). The assumption is that the romex clamp
> contacts the ground which than contacts the box by the nut. I'm having a
> hard time believing that is code. In several spots he has looped the
> ground wire thru a hole in the box and then nailed the box up with the
> intent that the ground wire is pinched between the box and the stud. I
> cringe everytime I fix something.
>
> On several occasions I have had to explain to trades people that the
> house has been sold and I am the new owner before they would come out. It
> seems the idiot had a habit of asking for quotes and then asking them lots
> of questions and doing it himself. The trades people had him pegged
> alright.
>
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