The ground wires, if more than one, should be connected together under a
crimp or wire nut and attached to the metal box by turning under a machine
screw or by using a listed green grounding clip. What he's done is incorrect



"jmagerl" wrote in message
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "jmagerl"
wrote:
I live in a house that used to belong to a DIY'er. Problem is, there
isn't
anything he did right. I am in the middle of fixing his mess in the
garage.
HEre is the situation: The main breaker is in the basement .it is a 20
Amp
dual breaker. THere is a subpanel in an upstairs closet (don't ask me
why)

If it's a clothes closet, or linen closet, that's a Code violation.

Yes its a clothes closet. Chalk another one up to the idiot. I'm not even
sure why theres a subpanel, its an attached garage. 50 ft of wire would
reach the garage from the basement panel.


arrangement that sounds normal.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

A different question. Thru out this whole house, He has taken the ground
wire in the romex and bent it so it was under the box termination clamp
(not sure of the nomenclature). The assumption is that the romex clamp
contacts the ground which than contacts the box by the nut. I'm having a
hard time believing that is code. In several spots he has looped the
ground wire thru a hole in the box and then nailed the box up with the
intent that the ground wire is pinched between the box and the stud. I
cringe everytime I fix something.

On several occasions I have had to explain to trades people that the
house has been sold and I am the new owner before they would come out. It
seems the idiot had a habit of asking for quotes and then asking them lots
of questions and doing it himself. The trades people had him pegged
alright.