Fuse Box Danger

A safety hazard that I found in my home and wanted to alert you to a possible hazard in your's.

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Entertainment

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• danger
• fusebox
• electricity
• shocking
• betaflux

[acronus]

That panel was obviously not wired up by a professional. If it was, that "professional" should have his ticket pulled.

It's a bit hard to tell, but are there white and bare copper wires running into the same buss bar? If so, that's a big no-no.

[BetaFlux]

yeah I think your right, its not grounded properly, I'm going to have a electrician friend of mine look at it and put in a bigger box.

[CalicoatMaker]

Hmm, the location alone is a violation of NEC code. Despite peoples beliefs, there is no "color code" in the NEC besides some exceptions of how you CANT color things...and clear marking of grounds and neutrals (get an NEC and check it out).

This box is a mess and a fire hazard waiting to happen. Not only that, but all those neutrals mixed with ground...add in old ballasts and CFL lights, you have dirty, dirty power. I bet you have an amp running straight to ground. Get a clip-on ammeter & see

[BetaFlux]

I know what you mean, the previous owner put it in himself I think. The wires were not even anchored to the house only the siding so they got yanked out with a high wind storm. It is a mess.

[98770]

I used to have a fuse box (100 amp service) it uses an "SC" type fuse and it startes sparking. too many circuts are connected to one fuse

[BetaFlux]

I need a bigger breaker box, I tend to blow circuits more than I should.

[theogt821]

@BetaFlux Legally speaking, you need to be a licensed electrician to install a breaker box because they need to unplug the meter (for obvious reasons) before putting it in. If this person wasn't (and I'm assuming he wasn't) he's lucky he didn't get electrocuted while putting it in. I definitely would get a professional in there as soon as possible to look at that. Plus, that box is grounded, so that's probably why it sparked when you put your screwdriver in there. Hope you weren't hurt.

[TheWaynelds]

what caused the sparks at the end of the video?

[handymanrichie]

You really need a panel swap. The equipment grounds and neutral wires can be landed under the same bar on the first means of disconect as long as the green bonding screw is in place to bond the housing.

[GriggsC123]

Was that Aluminum wiring in your Box? I hope there was some Noalox on them,  if not then the aluminum is going to oxide and really cause an issue.

[pantera1125]

@acronus It's a bit hard to tell, but are there white and bare copper wires running into the same buss bar? If so, that's a big no-no.

Not really, if that is the first point of disconnect in the dwelling the whites and the ground may be on the same buss bar. If that is a sub panel then that is not right.

[petey815]

@pjselec electronics are my hobby!

[kc8grp]

That panel must have been wired by Mr. McPartlin!

[itsdonenow]

The panel and this guy both have an issue with a loose screw.

[letseeitplease]

hey was that video done by galliger?? thought he was still chopping up watermelons with an axx over on showtime,,