busman
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Occupation
- Master Electrician / Electrical Engineer
All,
My brother who lives in CA sent me these photos of the electrical on a house he's thinking of making an offer on. As I live 3,000 miles away and don't know anything about how they do things on the left-coast, I'm wondering if you all see anything (good or bad), that I haven't listed below:
1) House is said to be 1965 construction, but the switch on the left appears to be earlier than that. I've only seen these switches with the screw facing forward in buildings of 1930's vintage. Also, looks like plaster walls with EMT wiring method.
2) Looks like a 600A GE CT metered service with a disconnect switch and 6 CB's feeding panels and heaters. No obvious concern other than the slight corrosion on the deadfront. Wouldn't mind seeing the inside and maybe giving it a thermal scan.
3) This one has me puzzled. Looks like an old panel that was stripped of the guts and used as a JB. It looks like maybe MC cable, but I don't see any wire nuts. Interesting to see the wires braided. Also wee what looks like a couple of 4/0 AL conductors hanging free. Thoughts on this one.
4) A GE subpanel with all conduit wiring methods. Didn't see any cause for concern here, but again, wouldn't mind seeing the inside. Only other thing is seeing some 2" white PVC to the left of the frame. That should be rerouted and shouldn't be a big deal since this is unfinished space below the house.
I would greatly appreciate any other opinions, especially from those who know CA wiring.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
My brother who lives in CA sent me these photos of the electrical on a house he's thinking of making an offer on. As I live 3,000 miles away and don't know anything about how they do things on the left-coast, I'm wondering if you all see anything (good or bad), that I haven't listed below:
1) House is said to be 1965 construction, but the switch on the left appears to be earlier than that. I've only seen these switches with the screw facing forward in buildings of 1930's vintage. Also, looks like plaster walls with EMT wiring method.
2) Looks like a 600A GE CT metered service with a disconnect switch and 6 CB's feeding panels and heaters. No obvious concern other than the slight corrosion on the deadfront. Wouldn't mind seeing the inside and maybe giving it a thermal scan.
3) This one has me puzzled. Looks like an old panel that was stripped of the guts and used as a JB. It looks like maybe MC cable, but I don't see any wire nuts. Interesting to see the wires braided. Also wee what looks like a couple of 4/0 AL conductors hanging free. Thoughts on this one.
4) A GE subpanel with all conduit wiring methods. Didn't see any cause for concern here, but again, wouldn't mind seeing the inside. Only other thing is seeing some 2" white PVC to the left of the frame. That should be rerouted and shouldn't be a big deal since this is unfinished space below the house.
I would greatly appreciate any other opinions, especially from those who know CA wiring.
Thanks in advance,
Mark