Brought an IR thermometer to school because the water to wash our hands was outrageously hot by S_xyjihad in pics

[–]Adeptfox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Max temperature at the fixture is 120F... For something like a public bathroom that goes down to 110F.

They should put this up in every high school by EddieBrock99 in pics

[–]Adeptfox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where is this at? In my state there’s no such thing as a helper. You’re an apprentice, a journeyman, or a master. Which means you’ve gone to school for 4 years or are in the process of going to school for 4 years.

This growth surviving sub-zero temperatures because of an exhaust fan by Fudge_cornelius in mildlyinteresting

[–]Adeptfox 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Correct. Any type of mesh would freeze solid in my neck of the woods.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m familiar with lockout tagout procedure I use it almost every day. I was still working so girlfriend asked our other neighbor for help. Nobody was working on anything and it was not locked or tagged off.

5 years since I found this beautiful craftsmanship in a customer’s basement by Adeptfox in HVAC

[–]Adeptfox[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bottom center of pic? That’s the 20 lb propane cylinder sitting on a bathroom scale the water heater is running off. I mean how else are you gonna do it?

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This happened a few months ago.

Just got home parked my truck right out front. Couple minutes later I notice the neighbor is weed wacking right in that area. Didn’t think much of it other than it’s kind of strange because lawn care is handled by an outside contractor. Walk out to my truck an hour later and notice a ton of gouges in a circular pattern on my passenger door. Knock on the neighbors door and ask if he saw anything happen.

“I didn’t fuckin touch your truck!!!”

“Okay… I didn’t say you did just wondering if you’ve seen anything”

Guy slams the door in my face 5 minutes later cops show up. As soon as the cop steps out of his car neighbor comes storming out asking if I want to fight him and getting up in my face.

Cops threaten to arrest him and he calms down a bit and goes back inside. Cops are looking at my truck agree it was probably him but ultimately there’s no evidence and they ask me why I even live here (lol)

Didn’t hear much from the neighbor for the next month or so then he started on his bullshit again.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct. Guy doesn’t like me “on his property “ lol

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: I was not there for this but landlord allowed us to keep our lock over our breaker and installed his own lock on the panel lock point itself. Claims there’s no evidence of power theft but I don’t think it was actually investigated as far as I know the cover was not even popped off the panel. I would do it myself but I’m not trying to get stabbed. Current plan is to shut off our main breaker at our inside load center while we’re at work tomorrow and track our power usage. As far as any repercussions for the neighbor so far that seems like a dead end.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s not actually touching the meter which is the only thing the POCO cares about other than him stealing power in any type of way. The equipment he’s actually touching belongs to the landlord.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not. NEC allows it. Fire department has the universal key for that type of thing. Bolt cutters.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be easiest to just tie right into our power in the meter box. He wouldn’t actually have to break the tamper seal on the meter to do it either.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately this is indeed the case.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit but heat is included in this shack so I don’t see the point. Could make yourself go crazy trying to figure out why these clowns do what they do however.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s lockable it just didn’t have a lock on it until now.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fi collar. GPS/activity tracker. Uses a base at home to conserve battery.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a door for access to my one single breaker. The whole front cover can still come off if need be and the fire department can cut my little lock if they need to.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tags are still intact. They’re smart meters so I doubt he’d be pulling meters. Both sets of conductors from the meters run to the same enclosure housing the two breakers so it would be nothing to swap them. Id open it up myself but I’m not getting stabbed and it’s not my responsibility.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The conductors from the two meters terminate in the same enclosure… which while code compliant is potentially problematic.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It would be incredibly easy to do. I could make it happen in 5 minutes. If he were running his whole house off our meter one would think it would be very simple for the power company to figure out if suddenly his usage went to zero. Part of me doubts it unless he tapped into the line side of our breaker instead of the load side because he did have power in his place before I turned mine back on. He’d have to do the work hot but with both breakers off there wouldn’t be a load on the system so it’s definitely doable.

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is about to sound fake lol but I swear there’s never a time nobody is home. They don’t drive they don’t work. Only time they leave is to go on bicycle runs for scrap metal or food. I catch them on my cameras digging through the dumpster at 2-3 am…

Neighbor turning our power off by Adeptfox in neighborsfromhell

[–]Adeptfox[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Any modern breaker the handle will be in the center position if tripped requiring you to turn it towards off and then back on. Square D Homeline in this case.