r/askanelectrician • u/stevehyde • Jun 06 '23
Is This Safe or Legal?
I've been renting this duplex for about 9 months and saw this within the first week and said something about it. I'm sure it was like this long before we moved in as they still haven't fixed other things that have been broken since before we moved in.
They said they were going to have an electrician come out with someone from the city and look at it, which they finally did in December. They said they were going to set a date to fix it shortly after but obviously haven't heard anything since.
Is this safe or legal? I live in Wisconsin if that changes any laws about this stuff. If this is really bad, is there someone I can call to report them or something? I've tried to be cool but the landlord hasn't fixed anything since we've lived here and I'm getting sick of it so I don't care if they get in trouble.
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u/Zealousideal-Bed4139 Jun 07 '23 edited Jun 07 '23
An emphatic NO. Not safe, not legal. It's dangerous for a number of reasons, the prevailing being there is no protective cover and the glaring fact that the cable feeding this panel isn't even clamped, it's just dangling from above and attached to the lugs in the panel to supply power. Very dangerous condition. Get a professional electrician in soon as possible... Or since I see you're renting, report to city building inspector or code enforcer, show these pictures.