# Tip and Tricks for electrical inspections

**URL:** <https://forum.nachi.org/t/tip-and-tricks-for-electrical-inspections/24064>\
**Category:** Electrical Inspections\
**Created:** [January 19, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/tip-and-tricks-for-electrical-inspections/24064 "2008-01-19T14:44:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtedesco1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jtedesco1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jtedesco1)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/tip-and-tricks-for-electrical-inspections/24064/1 "2008-01-19T14:44:31Z")

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Tip and tricks for electrical inspections.

1. Carry a small magnet and check for nonferrous screws that are usually supplied with outdoor fixtures that are listed and exposed to the weather, and if you see a philips head securing an old fixture, that’s a clue that there may be no box behind that fixture which is not good!

I will add more as I think of them, others can add their tips and tricks too.

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**Author:** ![jrivera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jrivera/32/1890_2.png) [@jrivera](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jrivera)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/tip-and-tricks-for-electrical-inspections/24064/2 "2008-01-19T16:53:13Z")

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[quote=jtedesco1]  
if you see a philips head securing an old fixture, that’s a clue that there may be no box behind that fixture which is not good! quote]

Thanks, sometimes it’s the easy things I forget.

Mic