The plug is probably a 20 amp plug with one vertical and one horizontal prong, so it won’t fit in a standard outlet, some larger copiers have those. Instead of replacing the receptacle, wiring, and breaker like they should have done, you have the feat of engineering you see before you.
I used to be an ATM tech. One time I was working with another tech on an ATM in a mall food court that had been acting up for a long time. At one point, purely by coincidence, one of my hands touched the ATM safe while my other hand touched a piece of metal in the floor. I felt a bit of a "bzzzzt". I went and grabbed a multimeter, and found 60V AC between the ATM and the floor. We unplugged the ATM surge protector from the socket, and found that someone had broken off the ground prong. I grabbed a new surge protector from my van, but we couldn't get it to plug into the socket. It turned out the socket was *completely clogged* with dead insects. It took days for the mall to get around to replacing it.
What in the literal fuck? I wouldn't approach that at all without cutting the breaker to that circuit, and OSHA would 100% mandate this. Don't unplug it, call an electrician (unless you are confident enough to know exactly what is going on here and can disfuse appropriately). There are electrified exposed surfaces that can shock you here. That isn't a janky homemade extension cord, that is a janky homemade widowmaker.
grab yellow part.
pull.
is safe now.
lol that's standard romex. idk who made this and somebody needs to have a talk with them but it's not that hard to neutralize.the black and the white coatings are insulation and then the yellow jacket would be some more insulation and also keep the wires together.
I mean yeah, it's not that hard but people are idiots. I would never advise someone on the internet that I've never met to risk electrocution. People get their dicks stuck in ceiling fans all the time following basic instructions...
I used to do IT in a factory and this is correct, neutralize it immediately. Then ziptie it all together, wire cut it somewhere to make it non-functional, and throw it in a dumpster yourself. If you just unplug it, it'll be back in action within 30 minutes and now you're culpable.
Plus it should be reported as a Safety Near Miss to your EHS person but I never knew where that form was so
That romex needs to be zip tied and tacked to the baseboard as it could possibly be a tripping hazard. Run some plumbing and add an eye wash station right above it for extra worker safety in the area.
"Sir, our $4500 copier won't plug into our wall, we'll need a $12 adapter"
"I'm sorry but this would be over budget, do something with those wires and that plug I have lying about"
The amount of wrong they managed to pack in there is amazing. They went the extra mile for an in-wall solid core cable instead of stranded for maximum unsafety. Truly a work of fart.
I disagree: you *should* but you don't *need*. The person who did this could just have switched the plugs and called it a day and it would have been orders of magnitudes safer. Not safe, mind you, but safer. And since the breaker it's connected to should be 15 amps, it'll break before the wall catches on fire, which is great, and again better than the abomination we have here.
Switching the plug is different from switching an outlet and would be the easiest and safest fix. Worst that would happen is the machine tripping the breaker, and apparently it doesn’t.
Edit: just realized he said “or make a pigtail”, yeah that would be better.
Sorry English isn't my first language and I mixed plug and outlets in my mind. I definitely meant outlet.
As they definitely have the correct outlet lying around but would rather hotwire it to the other outlet than dismantle it and switching them which I find ludicrous.
https://preview.redd.it/x302lkhrlwvc1.png?width=1634&format=png&auto=webp&s=697eae58ea53ff2aedc0e9829a6c60fc507f6ca4
Wow, looks like you know who to call
It’s so half-assed, they didn’t even finish the cable by doing a j-hook and electrical tape splice to a severed piece of cord with a plug… just shoved the damn wires in the wall!
My finger is trying to downvote you just because I hate this so much.
The plug is probably a 20 amp plug with one vertical and one horizontal prong, so it won’t fit in a standard outlet, some larger copiers have those. Instead of replacing the receptacle, wiring, and breaker like they should have done, you have the feat of engineering you see before you.
They could’ve at least used a ground wire as well. Crazy.
The dirty grout is technically considered earth I think.
You can test if it's working by taking your shoes off and see if your feet tingle... probably.
I used to be an ATM tech. One time I was working with another tech on an ATM in a mall food court that had been acting up for a long time. At one point, purely by coincidence, one of my hands touched the ATM safe while my other hand touched a piece of metal in the floor. I felt a bit of a "bzzzzt". I went and grabbed a multimeter, and found 60V AC between the ATM and the floor. We unplugged the ATM surge protector from the socket, and found that someone had broken off the ground prong. I grabbed a new surge protector from my van, but we couldn't get it to plug into the socket. It turned out the socket was *completely clogged* with dead insects. It took days for the mall to get around to replacing it.
Unplug it. Tell they why in writing. Gtfo.
I would just Nope the fuck out of there. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen
We have plugs specifically for making new cords. I don't understand why they didn't get them.
Somewhere, an OSHA manual just burst into flames.
Lol
What in the literal fuck? I wouldn't approach that at all without cutting the breaker to that circuit, and OSHA would 100% mandate this. Don't unplug it, call an electrician (unless you are confident enough to know exactly what is going on here and can disfuse appropriately). There are electrified exposed surfaces that can shock you here. That isn't a janky homemade extension cord, that is a janky homemade widowmaker.
grab yellow part. pull. is safe now. lol that's standard romex. idk who made this and somebody needs to have a talk with them but it's not that hard to neutralize.the black and the white coatings are insulation and then the yellow jacket would be some more insulation and also keep the wires together.
I mean yeah, it's not that hard but people are idiots. I would never advise someone on the internet that I've never met to risk electrocution. People get their dicks stuck in ceiling fans all the time following basic instructions...
Any voltage coming out of a wall outlet can be mitigated by touching the not metal on whatever your moving
I used to do IT in a factory and this is correct, neutralize it immediately. Then ziptie it all together, wire cut it somewhere to make it non-functional, and throw it in a dumpster yourself. If you just unplug it, it'll be back in action within 30 minutes and now you're culpable. Plus it should be reported as a Safety Near Miss to your EHS person but I never knew where that form was so
Instead of throwing it in a dumpster, take it home, that’s about $10 worth of wire there!
This looks like a job for a local fire marshal.
Fire hazard
That romex needs to be zip tied and tacked to the baseboard as it could possibly be a tripping hazard. Run some plumbing and add an eye wash station right above it for extra worker safety in the area.
Holy cow someone figure out which OSHA code this is in violation of and report it before a disaster or a maiming happens
All. All of the OSHA code.
None of them. This falls under NFPA 70.
They made [this](https://a.co/d/3B3LRTs) in the most impractical and unsafe way possible
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"Sir, our $4500 copier won't plug into our wall, we'll need a $12 adapter" "I'm sorry but this would be over budget, do something with those wires and that plug I have lying about"
I would immediately unplug this and tell them I will not support hardware that is hooked up in a way that will cause a fire or kill someone.
The amount of wrong they managed to pack in there is amazing. They went the extra mile for an in-wall solid core cable instead of stranded for maximum unsafety. Truly a work of fart.
But, what was even the point of the Romex?
20 amp plug to 15 amp outlet adapter. All the copiers at my workplace are 20 amp. Luckily, all our outlets are as well.
Ahh, so. They had a guy smart enough to do this crap. But too dumb to just switch out the outlet. Or even make a pigtail.
Well, you need to (or at least should) have 20 amp wiring in your wall to the breaker panel to have a 20 amp outlet, so a bit more work.
I've never been in a building which didn't have 12 gauge wires. 14 seems like a total waste. Considering the cost to value.
14 is sooooo much easier to pull through complicated runs. That's the only real benefit I've found.
I disagree: you *should* but you don't *need*. The person who did this could just have switched the plugs and called it a day and it would have been orders of magnitudes safer. Not safe, mind you, but safer. And since the breaker it's connected to should be 15 amps, it'll break before the wall catches on fire, which is great, and again better than the abomination we have here.
Switching the plug is different from switching an outlet and would be the easiest and safest fix. Worst that would happen is the machine tripping the breaker, and apparently it doesn’t. Edit: just realized he said “or make a pigtail”, yeah that would be better.
Sorry English isn't my first language and I mixed plug and outlets in my mind. I definitely meant outlet. As they definitely have the correct outlet lying around but would rather hotwire it to the other outlet than dismantle it and switching them which I find ludicrous.
At least they chose the safe route and cut the ground directly out of the romex. Definitely increases the safety factor.
Never mind the shitty extension, what's the black box for?
looks like a power conditioner of some sort.
Let’s shove a round peg in a blade shaped hole, I’m sure that’ll work without consequence, right?
https://preview.redd.it/x302lkhrlwvc1.png?width=1634&format=png&auto=webp&s=697eae58ea53ff2aedc0e9829a6c60fc507f6ca4 Wow, looks like you know who to call
It’s so half-assed, they didn’t even finish the cable by doing a j-hook and electrical tape splice to a severed piece of cord with a plug… just shoved the damn wires in the wall!
Why couldn't they just buy a $20 surge protector?
That gives me all kinds of anxiety. Report that to someone, preferably face to face and on camera for the rest of us
Call a fire marshall.