A friend built a new shed but can't do electrics

[Mark R]

He wanted some AC and a stove in there.

Fortunately, there was a spare 70 A breaker. Otherwise, I don't think I could have got one for that panel.

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[pray4mojo]

broken

 

[Chunkee]

guess you need linko lesson

 

[iamwiz82]

Looks like the panel is as good as your linking

 

[DurocShark]

link works for me

ugh

 

[wedi42]

nice.
i'm sure it passed inspection just fine

 

[Tom]

does he have a manifesto ?

 

[iamwiz82]

That seems like the right gauge for that 70A.

 

[Electric Amish]

A vice-grip is just as good as a grounding bolt....

 

[Thump553]

Hopefully you have enough coverage or financial resources when his fire insurance company comes after you for indemnity.

 

[Miramonti]

Looks like he needs a bit more work that some added electricity, lol.

 

[feralkid]

Smoke means it's working.

 

[misle]

Originally posted by: johngute
nice.
i'm sure it passed inspection just fine

 

[nissan720]

Wow..... Wow just wow

 

[Ausm]

Looks like something that you ripped off from "Old Sparky"


Ausm

 

[Mark R]

Just an update.

So, my friend's power went out and he smelt burning so he called the electric co, and they came out. Apparently, they said his electrics would need inspection before they could reconnect him - so they just left him without power. No time when they would come back or anything.

Hell, they even took the meter away. No idea what for - it wasn't like he was stealing it.

Even though I was out most of the day, he left me a load of voice mails. Evenutally he got through to me - he told me it was sorted. He'd managed to get the power back on.

Nice work

So, I have to admit it - for someone who doesn't know much about electrics - that's pretty creative.

No doubt the electric co will try and complain about him 'stealing' electricity - but if they don't want to meter it, that's their problem isn't it?

 

[KLin]

lol

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: KLin
lol

Why not use hacksaw blades?

Use an amprobe to see what leg is taking most of the load and put the blade on that line. This way the meter is in place and running - albeit slower.

I kid about the hacksaw blade! A safe crook will use a proper shunt material to carry the bypass current and always use anti-oxidant compound on the connections.

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Why not use hacksaw blades?

Use an amprobe to see what leg is taking most of the load and put the blade on that line. This way the meter is in place and running - albeit slower.

But, a number of crooks have been caught this way (by shunting the meter).

What they hadn't realised was that the electric co knew that the property supplied by that meter was unoccupied - and therefore any usage immediately raised a red flag

 

[Eli]

OMG.. :Q

That's worse than my breaker.

 

[acemcmac]

That's an awesome way to get sued into the ground if anything goes wrong...

 

[EyeMWing]

Come on dude, you don't need to tell us it's Shens. It's more fun to argue and speculate.

 

[BoomerD]

I worked for the local electric company for 7 years. The meter crews used to take some GREAT pix of pirated installations...and sometimes, the fires that resulted. Jumper cables are a pretty common way of doing this, but if you get caught, it can result in some pretty steep fines and/or jail time, as well as losing your electric service for a set period of time.

 

[FoBoT]

excellent
does he have fire insurance?

 

[Evadman]

wow, you need a new panel. Jumper cables. lol.