Woeful Wooden Junction Box
Michael writes: I was troubleshooting a contactor at a local factory that would not “pull in”. I traced conduit all over the place, then looked down and saw this wooden box.
Sure enough, the conduit I was tracing went into this mysterious box. I pulled off the ‘cover’ and found this electrical junction box, which was just overflowing with wires.(Courtesy Michael Kelly of The Electrical Department Co.)
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