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What if a locked electrical box has a hazard?

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:53 pm
by a guest
In the video, you mentioned that an inspection doesn't inspect a locked box. What if the locked box has an emergency safety hazard?

Re: What if a locked electrical box has a hazard?

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:07 pm
by Michael
We do not open a locked electrical box other than a breaker panel, we DO still inspect it externally – therefore we would not know if there was a shock hazard inside it, but if we saw from outside without opening it that there was a missing knock out (for example) we would still cite the appropriate defect.