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Title: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Irish_Alley on March 22, 2009, 05:15:57 am
when you look under your dash and all you see is this. yes even the little man
(http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/wire_mess.jpg)
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Blazin on March 22, 2009, 12:28:52 pm
Holy CRAP!
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: choptop on March 22, 2009, 12:43:07 pm
that is why we should be glad we have electrical guide lines to go by. That is a hazard in a hazard
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Blazin on March 22, 2009, 12:45:51 pm
Got a rickety old ladder sandels, and bicycle helmet.
Guidelines are one thing, but some of them are bull crap made to make someone money!
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Lt.Del on March 22, 2009, 01:07:20 pm
i bet half of those wires are no longer used.  There is no way to trace a wire in that maze to troubleshoot.  If a connection is loose or breaks, just run a new wire--leave the old one in place, since you don't know which one is the old wire.
Another bad connection, run another new wire---leave old one in place.  Before you know it, you can't see the sun and when it rains you never need an umbrella.   
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Blazin on March 22, 2009, 01:18:22 pm
Ive seen guys do brake lines that way. Old one leaks, just dangle a new one in the same general area, and tie it in with a compresion fitting at each end!!
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Bitzer! on March 22, 2009, 02:40:14 pm


that looked exactly like the under my dash when I got the old girl- and they were ALL red!!
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: choptop on March 22, 2009, 03:08:13 pm
Quote from: Blazin on March 22, 2009, 12:45:51 pm
Got a rickety old ladder sandels, and bicycle helmet.
Guidelines are one thing, but some of them are bull crap made to make someone money!
Very true, I have studied for my master electricians liscense, and alot of the requirements make no sense what so ever. Its just the rule. Some of them are common sense, like "dont put a plug in  in the shower" Duh, thats what extension cords are for,lol. As for the ladder and sandles, not big deal... he is wearing a helmet
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: eventhorizon66 on March 22, 2009, 05:40:07 pm
Quote from: choptop on March 22, 2009, 03:08:13 pm
Some of them are common sense, like "dont put a plug in the shower" Duh, thats what extension cords are for, lol.

That's right folks, you heard it from a professional electrician.
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Blazin on March 22, 2009, 10:14:45 pm
You ever try and climb a ladder in sandals??  ???
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Lt.Del on March 22, 2009, 10:17:29 pm
At least it isn't a metal ladder  ;D
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Blazin on March 22, 2009, 10:26:34 pm
Bamboo, pretty prevalent in that neck of the woods! ::)
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Lt.Del on March 22, 2009, 10:32:39 pm
look at those guys in the lower left of the pic, they are gettin ready to add yet another wire.
Title: Re: when you know your in trouble
Post by: Redneckchevy on March 22, 2009, 10:36:03 pm
Well if you fall you got  your self a nifty safety net  :o