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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 15, 2007, 9:07 am
On Oct 15, 8:57?am, alvinamo...@notmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:05:36 GMT, "Donna"
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> >Hi guys!
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> >About two years ago, we finished (to be precise, we hired a contractor to
> >finish) our breezeway, turning it into a room. After the renovation was
> >complete, we discovered that the outlet on the interior wall, and it's
> >matching outlet on the garage wall, and our porch light post, are now dead.
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> >It's been two years, obviously this isn't a pressing problem, but geez, I'd
> >love to have that porch light back. Any suggestions as to how to figure
> >this out? The renovation consisted of wallboarding over the exterior walls
> >of the breezeway (e,g, we didn't open up the wall where the fault must lie -
> >between the interior and the first exterior (garage) plug. We did take the
> >ceiling down to the studs, but iirc, there was no wiring there.
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> >Can I safely assume that the fault lies in the wall between the
> >breezeway-cum-office, and the garage, rather than anywhere in the wire
> >between the breezeway/office and the front porch?
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> >How do I tackle this?
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> >And, erm... considering it's two years after the fact, and realizing this is
> >a bit late to be asking... is there any risk of fire with the dead wiring in
> >the walls?
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> >As always, thanks for your kind assistance. Help me Obi-Wan! You're my
> >only hope! (Well, my only hope other than calling an electrician and
> >opening up the finished walls. Eek.)
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> >Thanks!
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> >Donna
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> There is no way any of us can tell without seeing the thing. The
> source of the power comes from your breaker box. Where is that?
> Assume it mosdt likely begins at the outlet or light closest toward
> the direction of the box. Of course that is not always the case, but
> more than likely.
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> Shut off the power to the whole house. Then open each outlet and take
> off the light fixture. You dont need to remove the wires, just pull
> the outlets and light out of their wall boxes and look for a broken
> wire. If a wire is off a screw or pulled out of a wirenut, fix it.
> If not, the remodelers may have cut a wire inside the wall and unless
> you have electrical experience, you be best calling an electrician.
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> Of course, you can use a tester and all of that, but it dont sound
> like you are experinced with wiring and no one wants you to get hurt.
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> I dont think you have a fire hazzard after 2 years, but anything is
> possible.
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> Might you have a relative or neighbor that has done some wiring? You
> might be able to get the job done without a costly electricians bill.
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> But do safely open each of those boxes and look for a broken wire. As
> long as the power is off, it's simple to use a screwdriver and look
> inside. Each outlet should have a white wire going to the silver
> screw and a black (or other color except white or green) going to the
> brass (gold) screw. Then there is a bare or green wire going to the
> green screw. You COULD have two sets of wires going to one or more of
> the outlets. That means these wires go to the next outlet in that
> same line. As for the light fixture, it's most likely has wirenuts.
> The black and white wires need to match the same color.- Hide quoted text -
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did it EVER work??
its likely a lose wire, thats easily solved. it happens.
if they used backstab devices its much more likely
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