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Crazy Wiring: Bangkok Edition

Aug. 14, 2015
Check out some serious electrical, telecom, and cable wiring installations gone wrong.

It's no secret that people in certain parts of the world live amongst extremely unsafe electrical installations and have to endure unthinkable infrastructure inadequacies. The following photos, all found in Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrate the chaotic wiring conditions that are all too commonplace there. Talk about a wiring nightmare — it's hard to imagine anything much worse.

This is not a joke: The sad reality is these images are real, and preventable electrical accidents abound.

Scroll through these crazy wiring scenarios, and let us know which photo you think is the most absurd installation by commenting in the box below the gallery tool. And stay tuned for more chaotic wiring examples. Thailand is definitely not the only country in the world plagued by insane electrical and telecommunications wiring installations gone wrong.

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