Spot The Problem
I went over to my sister's house Saturday to help a couple things, one being to fix a non working GFI outlet in the kitchen. (no power on the outlets, the test/reset buttons did nothing, breaker was not tripped).

When I removed the GFI outlet to replace it, one wire came loose - wasn't tightened down correctly - you can see the empty hole it came from next to the white wire. (that wasn't the problem, the GFI itself was actually bad). But I right away thought "who wired this thing" because there's stuff not right....

So excluding the wire not connected, lets see who can spot the other issues.

Spot The Problem

I went over to my sister's house Saturday to help a couple things, one being to fix a non working GFI outlet in the kitchen. (no power on the outlets, the test/reset buttons did nothing, breaker was not tripped).

When I removed the GFI outlet to replace it, one wire came loose - wasn't tightened down correctly - you can see the empty hole it came from next to the white wire. (that wasn't the problem, the GFI itself was actually bad). But I right away thought "who wired this thing" because there's stuff not right....

So excluding the wire not connected, lets see who can spot the other issues.

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fluorescent   [26 Jun, 2017 at 07:47 PM]
quite a bit of exposed copper hanging out the holes, but then again there's a great big live screw head on the side lol. have to say USA electrics don't look particularly safe compared to what we have here in blighty! Smile
AngryHorse   [26 Jun, 2017 at 11:06 PM]
Don`t you guys have to sleeve your earth/ground wire?
XmasLightGuy   [27 Jun, 2017 at 12:31 AM]
@fluorescent: Yep that exposed wire is one of the issues. there is still one other...
Over there how do they do it? Is there a cover over the screws? or is it push-in type connectors?

@AngryHorse: in this case since its plastic coated/romex type wire, nope. If it was in metal conduit, then yep the earth/ground would need to be be coated.
fluorescent   [27 Jun, 2017 at 09:49 AM]
on a typical British standard socket the screws are recessed within the plastic so can't be accidentally touched.

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