Originally Posted by
Gunny
Where to start?
Using a box as a conduit is illegal. I don't think the NEC specifically addresses running a water pipe through a box simply because it's beyond the stupid test level. I can honestly say I don't know any electricians that would be that stupid, and I have known some stupid ones. We get nervous when someone has a bottle of water around an open panel or the ground is wet.
I see no ground. Even going old school using the neutral as the ground, the neutral bar would still be grounded.
Making joints inside a panel is not legal. If you need joints, you have to set a separate j-box outside the panel so the wire entering the panel goes clean to the breaker/lug.
Believe it or not, that mud dauber nest or whatever it is on the wire is incidental to the job. Ants are the worst. They are attracted to the vibration of the electricity, as most insects are also drawn to the warmth from it.
That white wire, which is the color for the neutral/return only, coming off a breaker would bother me. Then again, I suspect anyone running their garden hose through the panel isn't going to bat an eye wire color.
My question would have to be: Why? What exactly are you achieving by running your plumbing through an electrical panel? I can't think of anything that would be worth the risk.