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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Stanly County Fair - Albemarle, NC
2 comments:
Anonymous
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This wiring is unacceptable. It shouldn't take a huge amount of time to fix it but with the insulation ending out of the connectors it as asking for a short. Looking at the pictures of the beautiful equipment I wondered what the problem could be until I blew up this shot. If the rest of the wiring is like this J & J has a serious problem. This wiring is not just a technical code violation (actually safe but not in compliance) it is dangerous. I often have to pass Inspections and have little sympathy for nit-picking but this should have been fixed when it happened. Mark B. Horton
I agree with you Mark, as a retired inspector myself. This wiring is really bad, it`s a shame too as it looks like they have some really nice rides. North Carolina is also known the be very strict on amusement inspections. Here in South Carolina I have seen some equipment that I somtimes couldn`t believe that someone would let go, puts a bad light on the shows that strive to keep their equipment in top notch condition.
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
2 comments:
This wiring is unacceptable. It shouldn't take a huge amount of time to fix it but with the insulation ending out of the connectors it as asking for a short.
Looking at the pictures of the beautiful equipment I wondered what the problem could be until I blew up this shot.
If the rest of the wiring is like this J & J has a serious problem. This wiring is not just a technical code violation (actually safe but not in compliance) it is dangerous.
I often have to pass Inspections and have little sympathy for nit-picking but this should have been fixed when it happened.
Mark B. Horton
I agree with you Mark, as a retired inspector myself. This wiring is really bad, it`s a shame too as it looks like they have some really nice rides. North Carolina is also known the be very strict on amusement inspections. Here in South Carolina I have seen some equipment that I somtimes couldn`t believe that someone would let go, puts a bad light on the shows that strive to keep their equipment in top notch condition.
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