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Did a bit of rewiring to remove a bypass to an old light socket with exposed live pre-romex wiring. Probably left a few of my own no-nos for future home owners. Forgot to take pictures of the old wiring, but maybe thats for the best, it had been running a freezer for many years. You could just touch it at any time and zap yourself.

3 photos in a dingy basement. The first one shows a string pull light fixture wires with white and yellow romex cable. The second shows the next item in sequence, a similarly wired wall outlet. The third photo is of a shoddy looking lightbulb socket hung on a doorjamb with the first photos subject in the background.
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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

If you solved a shocking outlet then that's the most important & dangerous thing put to bed. Kudos & good job. Next time it doesn't have to be an outdoor box, a cheap handy box would have worked. Also if your circuit has yellow (20 amp) Romex then all of it should be 20 amp wire. I just had to fix this very thing in a remodel where I added a couple of outlets. Inspectors jump on stuff like this but you're home free...well until you sell

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