Originally Posted by
Erby Crofutt
... or the fact that there is no strain relief clamp or bushing on the wires coming into the back of the box???
That is probably the single most common defect I used to run across, including exterior disconnects at the condenser units.
The electrician (being nice there) would remove a knock out of punch a hole in the back, then just stick the NM cable out of the wall and into the disconnect enclosure. After about 14-15 years of writing that up, the last 1-2 years I was inspecting, I started seeing them doing it correctly, or at least 'more correctly', i.e., still wrong, just not as wrong - they were at least trying to address the issue, with many actually doing it right.
That's one thing in this business you need, the patience to continue to write something up even though 'everyone does it it that way', and to be able to continue to write those same things up year after year. Eventually ... e v e n t u a l l y ... you will begin to see changes taking place.
Beat your head against the brick wall long enough and ...