This is a substandard piece of work executed with poor materials, lack of skill, or extreme haste. It usually fixes the immediate symptom while ignoring the root cause, guaranteeing that the assembly will fail again shortly. Inspectors and subsequent technicians despise finding these because they often cause secondary damage.
Heard on the job
Whoever did this wiring left a massive bodge job behind the panel, so we've to rip it all out and start over.
Also heard as
- botch job