Fuse? Who needs a fuse - Just bypass that sucker !

[hausdok]

In this photo, someone has taken a

screw-in plug adapter and installed wires in the slots

to bypass the fuse in a disconnect that controls a light

and a sump pump in the basement of a 1924 home.

Many thanks to Phillip R. Smith Sr.Home Sweet Home InspectionsTuscaloosa, AL

[charlie]

Looks like the circuit is most likely fused at the main panel---could have saved some time and just wire nuted the wires together instead of using the old fuse block[:-graduat

[Phillip]

The sump pump was hard wired. It was a disconect to shut the power of where the pump could be worked on.

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[Chad Fabry]

That is one convoluted electrical system. I'm glad I didn't have to inspect that house.

Oh. Wait. Of course I didn't have to inspect that house. Phillip lives in Bama.

start dueling banjos theme, man heard grunting, a pig squeals in background

[Phillip]

American by birth.

Southerner by the grace of God.

[hausdok]

Originally posted by Phillip

American by birth.

Southerner by the grace of God.

Well, then God must have been punishing the hell out of you the day that you had to inspect that mess! [:-devil]

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Phillip]

He was punishing some one that day. Two inch of rain, I guess that what I get for having a booth at the realestate salesmanship conference for 3 days.

[antelespec]

I thought you were supposed to put a penny in the screw in, not bypass it for safety's sake. :-0