When a junction box just won't do...

[Bruce Ramsey]

Neighbor came by while I was doing my outside inspection. He wanted to disclose/warn me that he had helped the nice seller by installing some exterior motion sensor lights for her a few years ago. The only thing he could find to put the relay switch in was not an approved junction box.:sorry:

He also mentioned the sellers late husband (dead 20 years) had used the hot leg of the 240 range circuit to supply some stuff in the basement. Oh, and did I happen to notice the light fixture with a fuse to run the dryer? Well you know the panel was full and that seemed like a viable method to power the dryer and provide fused protection. :crazy:

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[Rollie Meyers]

Some folks are too clever for their own good. 'Nuff said.

[Mike Clarke]

Second fuse in a light socket, must be more common than thought.

[bob smit]

I would write it up for insufficient gutter space in a tackle box.

[Frank Norman]

I would write it up for insufficient gutter space in a tackle box.
Could have been worse - at least the person who did it recognized that the device and connections should be in a box, and that cable clamps are needed.

Seriously though, boxes similar to this can be handy for joints and switches in circuits operating at voltages not considered “Risk of Electric Shock”, with currents that do not create any “Risk of Fire” under normal operating conditions, i.e. power limited, sub-30 volt CSA class 2 or equiv.