Originally Posted By: jkline This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I’ve come across this condition several times - sharp pointed screws used on the panel cover. I now carry a few blunt-ended panel cover screws with me. I wrestled with the question of whether I should replace the panel cover and leave the sharp pointed screws in place - or leave the panel cover off, and decided that I wasn’t comfortable with either option, so I replace the sharp screws with blunt screws (after looking carefully for nicked or punctured insulation) and note it in my report. Removing these panel covers is the scariest part of the inspection for me.
Originally Posted By: rwand This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I had to leave a panel cover off once, because the main terminals were very close to the cover. So close someone had put electrical tape on the terminals to prevent the cover from making contact. There was no way I was going to try and put it back on and risk electrocution. Fortunately the vendor was home and I told him of the problem and to get an electrician in. I have also rec’d shocks from putting panel covers back on. You don’t know what you are liable to find until you take the covers off, thats when you find the “concerns.”
I can never find panel cover screws in the hardware store. They don't seem to sell them.
Raymond Wand
Alton, ON
-- The value of experience is not in seeing much,
but in seeing wisely. - Sir William Osler 1905
Originally Posted By: rwand This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Thanks, that makes me feel better that he wasn’t electrocuted, but ladders apparently are the number one injury maker. Just ask an emergency room doctor about the number of people who show up at the emergency room having fallen from a ladder or roof.
I no longer walk on roofs that cannot be reached by my 10' ladder, it is just not worth the risk in my opinion.
I hope David is on the mend?
Raymond Wand
Alton, ON
-- The value of experience is not in seeing much,
but in seeing wisely. - Sir William Osler 1905
Originally Posted By: rwand This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Greg,
Ditto your comments.
I guess no one has ever heard of anyone hitting overhead wires with their ladder either.   
Raymond Wand
Alton, ON
-- The value of experience is not in seeing much,
but in seeing wisely. - Sir William Osler 1905
