A can of worms

[Mgderf]

Nope.
I'm not going there...

This kind of stuff just blows my mind.
I can't believe someone would do this, and leave it!
Yes, this line is live.
Nope, I'm not messin' with it
Find someone else.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

They taped it. That makes it weather tight.

 

[planedriver]

Nope.
I'm not going there...
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This kind of stuff just blows my mind.
I can't believe someone would do this, and leave it!
Yes, this line is live.
Nope, I'm not messin' with it
Find someone else.

I suppose you thought they should have used lever nuts?

 

[Riflemen14]

Amish electrician, repair. lol

 

[Mgderf]

They taped it. That makes it weather tight.

Nothing showing on the inside wall.
No outlet boxes, no junction boxes, nothing.
These are buried inside the upstairs wall.
Why would you drag wires through metal siding and make a connection outside the house, and then run it fight back inside!?
People do some of the stupidest things.

 

[Kurr]

Are those old mounting holes in the vertical? Was something used to be there that was wired in?

 

[indyblue]

Are those old mounting holes in the vertical? Was something used to be there that was wired in?

I actually thought they were bullet holes at first. Might be where the original drop came in.

 

[Brandon]

The things you see working in other people's homes.

 

[Sigblitz]

Looks legit.
And I found another use for duct tape.

 

[Mgderf]

I actually thought they were bullet holes at first. Might be where the original drop came in.

Hard to tell for sure.
This is a clean looking example of the wiring in the place.

 

[spencer rifle]

Maybe originally power to a Tennarotor, for turning old TV antennas to get better reception? But why run it back in?

 

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[Usmccookie]

Yup, last time I messed with a job like that, I told the owner that if they weren’t family, I would’ve walked away. We ended up tearing out the entire basement and refinished it all due to the absolute fire hazard behind every wall. Too much liability fixing another’s mess.

 

[actaeon277]

My guess, there used to be something there, like a light or floodlight.
And the power continued through to somewhere else.

The light was removed, but the other room still needed power.

That's just a guess.



See this a lot when I was in the mill and equipment had been upgraded.
New cabinet installed.
Shut the building down.
Wire the new panel up, thru the old panel.
Years later, start to have problems, with the old equipment that for some reason was never removed.
Or removed, but wires spliced like that.

 

[blain]

They taped it. That makes it weather tight.

There's no way that makes it weather tight.
Obviously you know nothing about the electrical industry.
Please keep your comments focused on your field of expertise, whatever that may be, if any.

IF the connection is to be made weather tight, it needs something to shield the weather (rain & snow), like a shingle.
It's obvious that this repair was done professionally, since the duct tape used was NOT the DIY favorite "gray".
This weather tight repair was done with the only duct tape professionals use, the black version.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

That dark staining where the shingles meet the siding looks like someone tried to seal a leak, probably because the roofers re-used the old flashing and possibly put one or more nails through it. The duct tape "flashing" lower down looks like another, more professional repair.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

My guess, there used to be something there, like a light or floodlight.
And the power continued through to somewhere else.

The light was removed, but the other room still needed power.

That's just a guess.



See this a lot when I was in the mill and equipment had been upgraded.
New cabinet installed.
Shut the building down.
Wire the new panel up, thru the old panel.
Years later, start to have problems, with the old equipment that for some reason was never removed.
Or removed, but wires spliced like that.

^^^ Yep, what he said.

 

[littletommy]

The things you see working in other people's homes.

Years ago we were remodeling a kitchen area in the basement of a new home. The lady that owned the place told us that a previous contractor had already ran plumbing to a wet bar on the other side of the room, but after she paid him, he never came back and hooked up the sink, and asked if we could do it.

The guy put three of those stick up type air fresheners in a triangle pattern on the back of the cabinet and charged her for his “plumbing” work!

She was rather perturbed when we showed her she had been duped.

 

[ZurokSlayer7X9]

Reminds me of some of the wiring in my house. It was that stupid non-grounded cloth wiring, where most of the junctions were strips and splices wrapped in a crap-ton of electrical tape. Tore all that stuff out and replaced it with proper Romex.

 

[indyblue]

There's no way that makes it weather tight.
Obviously you know nothing about the electrical industry.
Please keep your comments focused on your field of expertise, whatever that may be, if any.

IF the connection is to be made weather tight, it needs something to shield the weather (rain & snow), like a shingle.
It's obvious that this repair was done professionally, since the duct tape used was NOT the DIY favorite "gray".
This weather tight repair was done with the only duct tape professionals use, the black version.
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I'm thinking GFGT meant to use purple for that comment.