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    Looks like "east coast" style craftmanship....

    JK of course

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    I don't know. With all those colors, it seems more like a California hippie type of installation. Can't you just see the rainbow...

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    Wow...you went there. That's funny, true, but still funny.


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    I think the blue wire, forth layer back, sixth one up from the bottom on the lower right is the wrong size. I could be wrong!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Ramsey View Post
    I don't know. With all those colors, it seems more like a California hippie type of installation. Can't you just see the rainbow...
    Quote Originally Posted by Dana Bostick View Post
    I think the blue wire, forth layer back, sixth one up from the bottom on the lower right is the wrong size. I could be wrong!
    I always thought the 4th layer of the rainbow was green.

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    Well..., the house was in west Los Angeles. It's kind-of-a mini version of San Fran. There, even the police cars actually have rainbows on the door.


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    This Is what can happen the west coast boys have just smoke some pot and got to thinking about what they were going to need to grow more in moms pot basement...

    From a pot growing house in Calif.

    From the out out out west of Calif.

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    Little bit of red sauce and mamma's meat a balls and it will be delicious.

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    Sweet, makes mine look pro...


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    Any color but Bare, Green, white or gray are legal for hot wires...
    Granted that was a mess. And should have been in a much larger box.

    I usually only use blue as travelers (light switches, 3ways, etc.) when the whole house is Multi-wire (black & red at the breakers)...

    I'm guessing who ever put that in, was running low on wire, lol.. used everything they had left on their multi-spool.

    Purple is an odd color.
    -- I personally reserve Orange for 3 phase commercial, lol.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Lyons View Post
    And should have been in a much larger box.

    I am not following that ... the panel was in its listed and labeled enclosure from the time it was manufactured, and, had the excess wires been cut off, there would be a lot of space left in that panel.

    Thus it did not need a larger enclosure.

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    No self respecting rat would live in a mess like this. Obviously box is undersized.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Abrams View Post
    Obviously box is undersized.
    As I asked Ken, why do you state that?

    The enclosure was designed for a specific number of breakers and the conductors to those breakers, and at the time of testing, listing, labeling and manufacture that would have been the correct size enclosure.

    Which is why I am asking ... WHY? Why do you and Ken say that enclosure is undersized?

    If you are referring to the crowded mess in there, the box is not undersized, the conductors were left excessively long.

    Looking for information on something I am missing in the enclosure being undersized as you two say it is.

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    The box appears to be maxed out on breakers and there appear to be more conductors than for that size box. Even if the box were trimmed and clean I'd note it as being Full.


    Notice the extra splices in the background
    Maxed neutral terminals
    a couple double breakers (they may fit but count as extra conductors).

    If larger panel or another panel (aka sub panel) would be recommended if extra circuits are required.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Peck View Post
    As I asked Ken, why do you state that?

    The enclosure was designed for a specific number of breakers and the conductors to those breakers, and at the time of testing, listing, labeling and manufacture that would have been the correct size enclosure.

    Which is why I am asking ... WHY? Why do you and Ken say that enclosure is undersized?

    If you are referring to the crowded mess in there, the box is not undersized, the conductors were left excessively long.

    Looking for information on something I am missing in the enclosure being undersized as you two say it is.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Lyons View Post
    The box appears to be maxed out on breakers and there appear to be more conductors than for that size box.
    Huh?

    If the panel is maxed out on breakers, then it is as full as it was designed for, which includes the number of conductors for which it was designed for.

    Even if the box were trimmed and clean I'd note it as being Full.
    Full in what way? Full of breakers and no more room? Yep.

    Full of excess conductors? Nope.

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