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Old 03-15-2007, 10:19 PM   #1
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Old 03-15-2007, 10:25 PM   #2
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Re: Lookit These Beauties!

DIY to the rescue!

Let me guess... they called you to "do the hookup in the panel"?
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Old 03-15-2007, 10:31 PM   #3
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All i can say is.......UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
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Old 03-15-2007, 10:35 PM   #4
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Nope! They didn't call me to do anything. I lifted these pics from another website. I don't think I'd do any work here after seeing something like this has already done. What must everything else be like?
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Old 03-18-2007, 07:19 AM   #5
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Ow! Ow! That actually hurts my eyes!
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Old 03-18-2007, 10:19 PM   #6
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One word... SCARY
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Old 03-18-2007, 10:26 PM   #7
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Looks like the guy didn't even buy one of those box store books.
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Old 03-18-2007, 10:42 PM   #8
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What's the big deal???? These pics look just like all the work I have done. I think you guys are overreacting.







JUST KIDDING just kidding, These really are some half a$$ jobs!!!
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Old 03-19-2007, 02:19 AM   #9
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that's as scary as some of the houses I've torn apart
when you open up the wall and find that, you have a strong urge to turn off the power to the whole building before continuing work
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Old 03-19-2007, 05:49 PM   #10
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WOW that is about the worst wiring i've ever seen
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Old 03-20-2007, 01:24 AM   #11
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I think I just found worse-
http://safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/a...0/photo195.htm
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Old 03-20-2007, 10:57 AM   #12
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burn baby burn wow I thinks its ready to be rocked
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Old 03-20-2007, 04:13 PM   #13
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I like the pipe straps to protect the wires from those dam drywall guys , I guess the guy wasn't sure how much of the rolmex to strip , and going around the corners that's just Priceless
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Old 03-20-2007, 04:34 PM   #14
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Re: Lookit These Beauties!

HEY!

How did you get a hold of my portfolio pictures?



You saw nothing! Once that drywall is up...it's aaaaall gravy baby! Who needs "electricians", pfft. Code schmode.
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Old 03-21-2007, 10:12 AM   #15
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"This is wrong? I did it just like the guy at HD/Lowe told me too."
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Old 03-23-2007, 02:20 AM   #16
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I love how you guys try to joke about what you know you've done, fact is only a licensed electrician knows how to run wires properly, everyone else does it like the pics above.

Just kidding;
What surprises me is the guy who wired this was paid for that crap job or is housing his family in that fire-ball.
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Old 03-23-2007, 09:58 AM   #17
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What's neat about it is that all that urethane foam simultaneously produces and contains the deadly cyanide gas as it burns. Pretty nifty.
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Old 03-24-2007, 05:13 PM   #18
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Cyanide gas, huh didn't know that
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Old 05-19-2007, 12:33 AM   #19
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Guess thats what happens when you give a plumber a side job!
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Guess thats what happens when you give a plumber a side job!
I resent that!!!
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