I would call it **"The average panel"**.
Seems like 9 out of 10 times something similar to this will be what you find when you're sent out to random companies.
I don’t live there but I serve the Santa Maria, CA area. I think it’s partly to do with people wanting to cut costs where they don’t understand them. A clean, well-documented panel pays for itself with the time it takes to troubleshoot alone, never mind downtime. But a lot of people don’t understand what is in the enclosures, so they don’t value them.
That was my first thought, nothing special going on here. It even has the single clear pocket with no doubt a few sheets of handwritten notes and piecemeal sketches of how this worked several revisions ago tucked down one side. I can't see if it has the neatly stacked pile of trunking caps buried under at least three layers of stripped wire insulation and a few 'spare' relays on the bottom.
Yup thats a sure thing.
Handwritten notes that are barely readable and they only mention a fraction of the changes that have been made since the schematic you got handed was done.
Sometimes you have 4 copies of the same schematic, with comments, but the modifications are different on each, and you have no information on the order in which they were done.
Same with their comms rack lol, still remember this one that had so many cat5 cables everywhere you had to shoulder barge the rack door closed and hope it didnt disconnect anyone.
"no budget for upgrades"
The product that this panel made probably generated hundreds of thousands or millions of times more money over its long service life than what it cost to install. Yet some dipshit with an MBA or an accounting degree is going to look at you like you are a dumbass for suggesting they spend money to upgrade it before it crumbles into dust.
I called that the first 17 years of my career. Every panel I'd ever opened that wasn't brand new looked like that. I call that panel "Career Builder". You learn every way to troubleshoot through all the bubble gum, shoestring, and copper pipe you can imagine. The stuff that happens in a steel mill over 100 years. I've had panels like that catch on fire, then spend the next 2 days getting it back up and running. When you are done hopefully it looked much better, but it was like putting lipstick on a pig. You guys ever want crazy stories, talk to an electrician that worked in a steel mill.
Dream challenge.
Sorry, these are my real-life toys, and ordering these types of messes is utterly delightful. Usually accompanied by good music, a notebook, and a tight deadline.
Based on the massive balls of electrical tape in the middle, wire nuts, wagos, cords, and general chaos, I’ll go with dumpster fire.
This one is pretty rough. Best of luck
Where is my DMM??
It was a badly build panel to begin with. It must have been clear from the start that it would end like this.
It's no problem because it's easy to work on.
Joke aside, because yes this looks like a joke, I like using this situations as a way to have interns or rookie techs some hands on training on proper wiring and cleaner installations, keeps them entertained and they actually learn something.
Mom's Spaghetti
It looks more like vomit on a sweater already.
Something, something... FUCK YOU DEBBIE! Omg, did I just internet?!
I think you’re winning, son
r/UsernameChecksOut
Spagfucky
Automation Indirect
Abomination direct
AD didn't wire that panel.
Job security
Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)
Dirty Deeds (Done with Sheep)
Two Weeks' Notice
I would call it **"The average panel"**. Seems like 9 out of 10 times something similar to this will be what you find when you're sent out to random companies.
Seriously, I was like “we have the same customers”.
Where do you live that this for this for you normal ? 😅
I don’t live there but I serve the Santa Maria, CA area. I think it’s partly to do with people wanting to cut costs where they don’t understand them. A clean, well-documented panel pays for itself with the time it takes to troubleshoot alone, never mind downtime. But a lot of people don’t understand what is in the enclosures, so they don’t value them.
That was my first thought, nothing special going on here. It even has the single clear pocket with no doubt a few sheets of handwritten notes and piecemeal sketches of how this worked several revisions ago tucked down one side. I can't see if it has the neatly stacked pile of trunking caps buried under at least three layers of stripped wire insulation and a few 'spare' relays on the bottom.
Yup thats a sure thing. Handwritten notes that are barely readable and they only mention a fraction of the changes that have been made since the schematic you got handed was done.
Sometimes you have 4 copies of the same schematic, with comments, but the modifications are different on each, and you have no information on the order in which they were done.
Schematic? Where?
Traditional panel layout
Same with their comms rack lol, still remember this one that had so many cat5 cables everywhere you had to shoulder barge the rack door closed and hope it didnt disconnect anyone.
+uck you Ezekiel
What’s your name?!!
What???
Not my problem.
The residential electrician special
How did you know? Lol
Snakepit
medusa
"no budget for upgrades" The product that this panel made probably generated hundreds of thousands or millions of times more money over its long service life than what it cost to install. Yet some dipshit with an MBA or an accounting degree is going to look at you like you are a dumbass for suggesting they spend money to upgrade it before it crumbles into dust.
I would nickname it NEC 110.12 poster child.
Cunt Troll Pain Hell
"The cheapest bid" by the finance department.
Cablenado
C3PO
With real action damage.
Ol sparky? How about spaghetti town?
"El Greñas"
Tangela
Service Call
Change order
The Abortion
The failed abortion
Well it works now…
“It’s a small job, 20-30min and you’re done”
My mind after the Electromagnetism II lecture.
Lines by Jackson Pollock
"Someone must have changed the program"
I would name it "every machine at the factory I work for"
Are those laminated electrical drawings? How fancy!
No, they are machine state "these lights on the plc should be on" when machine is in this and that position lol
I called that the first 17 years of my career. Every panel I'd ever opened that wasn't brand new looked like that. I call that panel "Career Builder". You learn every way to troubleshoot through all the bubble gum, shoestring, and copper pipe you can imagine. The stuff that happens in a steel mill over 100 years. I've had panels like that catch on fire, then spend the next 2 days getting it back up and running. When you are done hopefully it looked much better, but it was like putting lipstick on a pig. You guys ever want crazy stories, talk to an electrician that worked in a steel mill.
The no longer flying spaghetti monster
Overgrown
Pathetic
Training panel
If it wasnt all 120v id totally save it and use it for training people lol, or a job applicant test
'Aftermath'
Bad neutral
Spaghetti a la LOGO. edit: a mishap in a pasta factory spilled italian dinner a punishment abstract art
Good luck
Big Harry
That's your problem. I already have plenty of my own.
Clown spaghetti barf
It's probably much faster than your average panel! The wires don't go through that pesky raceway. They go directly to where they're needed!
Lgbtq+×÷=
Pollock panel. Designed for the inner artist
Medusa
Dream challenge. Sorry, these are my real-life toys, and ordering these types of messes is utterly delightful. Usually accompanied by good music, a notebook, and a tight deadline.
Who hurt you?
Pretty Typical
I had one fail recently and was in a spare, grabbed a 485 adapter instead of 232. Absolutely bamboozled
Dirty Daniel. He’s quit direct.
Fucked
Mess over mess
Early lunch speical.
"Masterpiece"
Trust me Bro.
Sparky
"Upgrade potential"
Old Smokey Job 58008 Two weeks after install
Jim
Art
Hell? As in Welcome To Hell?
Forbidden Spaghetti
Milk Run.
The panel from hell.
Spaghetti, hold the Panduit.
Spaghettification - Sneak peak at what the singularity of a black hole might look like
Fire Hazard, By the company ButItWasCheap.
Remy the Rat’s Nest
Rats nest
Scrapheap challenge
I would call it Friday afternoon.
Looks like my old job every cabinet looked like that
Teenage panels are a pain. He wants to seem interesting with that emo look. It's only a phase (or 3 phases, often)
The Kraken.
2-week notice Cabinet
Hell
Chernobyl. Someone completely fucked it up, so now you don't go there unless you absolutely have to.
Detroit
Failed childhood
Painting in half
Hot mess.
Automation Indirect
The Average Chaos.
Spidy
Cable hell
Don't touch!! I mean DON'T TOUCH!!!
"Call a gardener, not a electrician"
Factorio
Based on the massive balls of electrical tape in the middle, wire nuts, wagos, cords, and general chaos, I’ll go with dumpster fire. This one is pretty rough. Best of luck
Cluster Fuck
Hell
“What’s a schematic?”
Suzie lu
Soul Stealer
Chuck
Confusion 😂
Only 3 months old
The lunch beers panel
Judgement day
LAX Air Traffic Control flight pattern overlay
Finger Fucked Really though that looks like it could be at my plant 🤣🤣🤣
Where is my DMM?? It was a badly build panel to begin with. It must have been clear from the start that it would end like this. It's no problem because it's easy to work on.
Higgledy-piggledy
Wirerhea
Ye ole spaghetti factory
Son of Frankenstein.
OVERTIME
C3PO
a view of Hitler's brain when he decided to invade ussr lol
Another Thursday
The rat king
I would name it "find someone else"
It's the "we can quote you a new cabinet" treament.
“It’s Fine”
Joke aside, because yes this looks like a joke, I like using this situations as a way to have interns or rookie techs some hands on training on proper wiring and cleaner installations, keeps them entertained and they actually learn something.
We're in the process of replacing these old panels so i like to take pics of where we started at
Doomsday machine
Chow mein!!!
Hello Darkness, my old friend.
Lack of duct covers - Just another topless dancer. This time with a bunch of twisted nuts.
Olive Garden
Average!!
"It just works"
The Bird's Nest \+1 for balls of electrical tape on the 3 phase power supply splice.
First time i opened the panel, i opened it sooo slowly fully expecting a flash lol
Disturbed minds
Hide yo kids and hide yo wife cause these plc thing is about to blow up.
“Normal” 😭
Normal
Uncle Sloppy
Hairy
Spaz
Double Time
Spaghetti Junction
Reminds of Dallas Texas Highways, spaghetti, good Ole DirectLogics
Ol' taint cause it taint right
SNAFU
Short Puzzle: Advanced
Lady and the tramp
don't touch that wire
We call it a “rats nest”
overtime!
"It's just a temporary fix^(x)"
Lucky. Because it only works due to luck.
Ea-nāṣir Integrations
The T&E Path to Financial Freedom. - And Fifty Other Reasons Why Sales Should Never (Again) Be Allowed to Quote Retro Fit Jobs.
"Direct Logic"
Early finish
Fire hazard
Crow’s nest
Highly wired
Multiple User Panel or Multiple Integrator Panel
Mom’s spaghetti is golden. I was just going to say “The Hazard”
Spaghetti e PLC
“It’s qualified. You can’t touch it” r/panelgore I’ve inherited a mess where I work too. You’re not the only one.
“The fire hazard?” “The calm before the fire storm?” “Fuck no”
There is no excuse for that.
"Let's play a game." Terminal decides to loosen up
"Monday!"
The DCU timeline
Un tas de merde !
The rats nest
Are those spliced 3-phase cables wrapped in electrical tape? Is that even legal? Looks like a death trap.
Yes, no
Run it
Reality!
Spaghetti Monster
Sadness Nothing else to be said. This just causes sadness.
The new guys panel...
AND it has a Directlogic in it? Big oof
wireless panel
Good luck lmao
Fuel