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Unfinished wiring job Neil Harris 07-09-2006
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Posted by Neil Harris on July 9, 2006, 9:43 am
a volunteer refurbished a restroom for our club and moved from the
area before he completed the job.

There is a whole in the drywall and three bare wires are showing (the
wire color must be on the other side of the plastic box attached to a
stud.

Without take the wall apart is there a way to test the wires so I can
tell which is black, white and green?

I have a micronta multitester to use.

Neil

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Posted by dpb on July 9, 2006, 10:18 am

Neil Harris wrote:
> a volunteer refurbished a restroom for our club and moved from the
> area before he completed the job.
>
> There is a whole in the drywall and three bare wires are showing (the
> wire color must be on the other side of the plastic box attached to a
> stud.
>
> Without take the wall apart is there a way to test the wires so I can
> tell which is black, white and green?
...

Doesn't really matter--if you can't get anything except already
stripped wire into the handybox, you're going to have to fix that
problem any way. You should only have enough stripped on the ends to
make the connection to the outlet/switch/whatever is to go in the box.
(And, no, wrapping the exposed ends w/ tape is sufficient.)

If this "volunteer" left such a situation here, I'd be quite concerned
about what else he did (or didn't do)...


Posted by Kevin Ricks on July 9, 2006, 10:24 am

>a volunteer refurbished a restroom for our club and moved from the
> area before he completed the job.
>
> There is a whole in the drywall and three bare wires are showing (the
> wire color must be on the other side of the plastic box attached to a
> stud.
>
> Without take the wall apart is there a way to test the wires so I can
> tell which is black, white and green?
>
> I have a micronta multitester to use.
>
> Neil

Are you sure there are not more wires tucked inside the box?
Perhaps wires/box is partially covered with wall paint and/or plaster?
Are they bare all the way through the box and behind?
If the wires are completely bare then they are probably all ground wires. If
not then you have big trouble.
What was the purpose of the restoration? Were circuits added or was he
adding grounds to existing 2 wire circuits?

Kevin




Posted by dpb on July 9, 2006, 10:46 am

Kevin Ricks wrote:
...
> Are they bare all the way through the box and behind?
> If the wires are completely bare then they are probably all ground wires. If
> not then you have big trouble.

Good idea--I didn't consider the possibility he might have just had a
ground connection location...


Posted by on July 9, 2006, 10:53 am
Let me just throw this in there - if there's an electrical fire and
someone is killed, insurance will not cover the club because the club
was negligent.


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