What's Wrong Here?

What's Wrong Here?

March 8, 2005

Hint: This can be found at a downtown Denver attraction

How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe Tedesco, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.

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Answer:

Starting with this issue I promised myself I would tell everyone where I found each hazard in hopes that the right person would see the violation and make the necessary corrections. I also found more than a dozen of this same type of installation on California St. in Denver. In fact, this type of damaged receptacle seems to be all too common on many a public streets. It’s a violation of several sections of Art. 406, Receptacles, Cord Connectors, and Attachment Plugs (Caps).

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About the Author

Joe Tedesco

Tedesco served the industry in many roles during his career. He was a director, senior electrical code instructor for National Technology Transfer, Inc. and American Trainco, Inc.. He was also a codes, standards and seminar specialist for the International Association of Electrical Inspectors and an electrical field service specialist for the National Fire Protection Association in Quincy, Mass. He ran his own business as an NEC consultant and is a Massachusetts licensed master electrician and journeyman electrician and certified electrical inspector (one and two family 2A; General 2B, and Plan Review, 2C). Tedesco also wrote articles for CEE News and EC&M (Code Violations Illustrated and What's Wrong Here?) for more than 15 years and helped launched the Moving Violations video series.