Racinbob 12,972 #1 Posted 3 hours ago I'm getting set to install a whole house generator and was checking things out yesterday. Even though I replaced the panel shortly after we moved in I never had a reason to check into how the feeder from the meter base made the trip. Now I needed to know. Looking at the 2" PVC feeding the panel something looked a bit odd because I assumed it went outside. Nope. It went up the wall and into the back of the meter base. Can't do that in a 3.5" wall cavity. I started thinking that there might be a LB in the wall. The meter base was mounted right at the end on one of the master bedroom closets so I decided I needed an access panel. I had to know. A few measurements and some drywall saw work and there it was. Oddly the wall stud measures 6.75" so they must have ripped down a 2x8 just for that small section of wall at the end of the closet. Clearly some thought was put into a code violation. I have an 8" x 12" access panel on the way to cover the hole. Now that I'm making this code compliant it will soon no longer be needed. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,138 #2 Posted 2 hours ago Bob - good thing you did not nick the unsecured Romex on the right while cutting to find the Pulling Elbow... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 46,605 #3 Posted 1 hour ago (edited) We have a bunch of houses in the village that were built in the 50's for the local soldiers. Sampson Naval Base, Air Base and the Seneca Army Depot just a few miles away. They were designed as "Temporary" homes. A single little furnace in a closet, fiberboard sewer lines, all kinds of goodies. Well they are still there. My brother in law bought 2 of them. One to rent and 1 for his stepdaughter. I put electrical services in both of them. I could write a book about what I found. All of the original outlets fell apart when you removed the wall plate!!! His son in law goes nuts with Christmas lights. They called me Christmas Eve one year as half of the House went dark. My brother on law had half of the outlets out of the walls when I got there. Couldn't find a tripped breaker. It had rained hard and I noticed an extension cord on the roof half plugged in. Water got on it and shorted out the cord. I followed it to a sub panel in the garage and found the tripped breaker. I remind them every year to go easy on the spaghetti mess but to no avail! Edited 1 hour ago by squonk 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldlineman 1,717 #4 Posted 1 hour ago I too have seen many questionable wiring jobs. I guess it goes under the saying,everything is good till it ain't, and when it ain't thing can go very bad in a hurry. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,138 #5 Posted 1 minute ago 3 hours ago, Racinbob said: Clearly some thought was put into a code violation. Mayhaps it was code compliant back then! Remember - it's not a violation until it is found.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
