Electric DIY book recall!

[jraef]

I know we are not a DIY forum, but I thought people should know about this just in case. The title of this book even says "For Pros By Pros" which is apparently misleading... The book apparently contains errors that could lead people to mis-wire a household and pose a serious threat to safety.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09078.html

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[itsmoked]

Looks like that guy is going to cut that Romex a wee bit short!

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[Zogzog]

At least he knows what time it is. All "pros" waer metal watches when they wire panels right?

 

[itsmoked]

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[jraef]

"How many errors can you spot just on the cover?"

I was almost going to say something about using an aluminum ladder, but it appears to have fiberglass sides...

Looks like that guy is going to cut that Romex a wee bit short!

Hey, he can always get the left-handed cable stretcher in there, or use some butt slices...

 

[EEJaime]

Well jraef,
I really don't know about "butt slices", but I really don't think that would make the cover art any better.

It looks like he's attacking the Romex with the wire strippers and not with the cutting edge of that tool if those are the type of lightweight wire-strippers they appear to me to be. (That's an awkward sentence).

And I am not quite sure, but it appears that he's got a "Slim Jim" sausage stuck in the bottem left part of the panel. Either that, or one odd-colored ground wire of some type, except that the ground or neutral bus appears to already have a conductor terminated.

And the panel feeder conductors have what appears to be one of the worst color coding jobs I've ever seen. Looks like one of the three conductors has one piece of white tape to identify it as ...? White is generally used for Neutral conductors. Looks like this was just staged for the photograph without a lot of knowledge from any of the "pros".

 

[Andy512]

Maybe the "pros" that authored it are trying to thin out the competition a little?

 

[resqcapt19]

Looks like that guy is going to cut that Romex a wee bit short

That is most likely a romex stripper that he is using, not a cutter.

 

[resqcapt19]

And the panel feeder conductors have what appears to be one of the worst color coding jobs I've ever seen. Looks like one of the three conductors has one piece of white tape to identify it as ...? White is generally used for Neutral conductors. Looks like this was just staged for the photograph without a lot of knowledge from any of the "pros".

That is white tape and the conductor appears to be larger than #6 so the use of tape is permitted. There are dwelling unit panels where the neural conductor is landed in the center with the ungrounded conductors on the outsides.

 

[EEJaime]

resqcapt19,
Even if the conductor in question is to have a white tape identification, I would not accept one piece of tape stuck length-wise on the conductor. It would have to be securely wrapped with a few laps of tape so that it would last more than a few months.

 

[resqcapt19]

Jamie,
If that is the case, you are correct as the code rule in 200.6(B)(3) requires the tape to encircle the conductor. It appears to me that the tape is wrapped around the conductor as required by the code, but I am not sure and it could be as you suggest, a strip run length-wise on the conductor.