Boiler Nightmare

Magnettica

I was here doing something else other than fixing this. Everything look ok?

mdshunk

This was the "covers optional" boiler room?

And the "whatever color wire you have on the truck is fine" install?

Magnettica

Maybe they left the covers off so the arc blast wouldn't melt them.

Magnettica

Hey look in that 2nd picture. There's a hose bibb directly in front of one of those junction boxes.

mrmike

The "hot Leg" wrote on the back of the panel is pretty funny! Must of been a thinking guy trying to warn someone. Ha Ha! Same guy must of installed those 3 pole breakers on one side of the bottom of panel? Seen messes like this in Industry where nobody cared as long as it works.......... Mike

Bubbles

Maybe the hose was to wash his hands while he was installing the sub. There is a bright side to these installs. Eventually, when the person leaves it's not something a HO or Handyman can fix. That stuff is kind of fun to work on..sometimes

mrmike

Your right on there Bubbles-this is one of my favorite things to do-tidy up someone else's mess & try to make it look presentable & everything up to our standards as electricians.............. Mike

thom

Oftentimes the guy who did it cheap is the guy who pays. At the time of sale, a home inspector will look at that then report that the system needs to be inspected by a qualified boilerman and a qualified electrician. The qualified guys will say it's not properly done and must be re-done. The owner gets to pay for his cost-saving ways.

odellconstruct

the boiler doesnt look like its gonna last verry much longer , alot of hard scales ect around the coil.. must have some hard water .. im not sure about using a tee so close im sure that would effect the flow ?

Tiger

You need to think outside the box on this. The whole room is a giant JBox. The cover is the entry door-if there is one.

thom

Magnettica

The trough and panel covers are right there on the floor.

chris77

funny **** man

Magnettica

^^

The entrance was from a city sidewalk - steel Bilco doors.

regieleeroth

What bunch of gobbledygook. Yeesh.

Archania

It looks like that one 6" square box on the bottom tier is JB-welded to the wall somehow!!

B & W

could have been worse they could have mounted all that on the side of the boiler

s.kelly

Aside from all the other mess, I think my favorite is the rainbow colored ground wires....

Magnettica

Yeah... everyone likes good rainbow-flavored equipment grounds.

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boot83

lol i dont see the problem. i mean it is all service accessible haha