I'm an idiot, please help me.
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I'm an idiot, please help me.
Well today, I decided to run a screw right thru a wire in the wall. Found the problem when things didn't work. Once I removed the offending screw, the breaker no longer tripped, and that's how I figured out where to make a hole in the wall for repairs. This wire runs horizontally thru holes in all the upright studs, and I was lucky enough to land my screw right in the center of one of those dang holes!
So I have the hole installed in the wall and I'll have to repair the section of wire with the hole in it. I didn't think it would be 'right' to just leave wire nuts hanging loose in the wall when I spliced in a new section of wire, so I'm thinking I'll need to put a junction box where the splices need to be. Am I correct in this line of thinking? Replacing the whole line isn't an option without ripping out the entire wall and starting over.
Thank goodness I don't have as much trouble makin' the coffee!
chaikwa.
So I have the hole installed in the wall and I'll have to repair the section of wire with the hole in it. I didn't think it would be 'right' to just leave wire nuts hanging loose in the wall when I spliced in a new section of wire, so I'm thinking I'll need to put a junction box where the splices need to be. Am I correct in this line of thinking? Replacing the whole line isn't an option without ripping out the entire wall and starting over.
Thank goodness I don't have as much trouble makin' the coffee!
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Well today, I decided to run a screw right thru a wire in the wall. Found the problem when things didn't work. Once I removed the offending screw, the breaker no longer tripped, and that's how I figured out where to make a hole in the wall for repairs. This wire runs horizontally thru holes in all the upright studs, and I was lucky enough to land my screw right in the center of one of those dang holes!
So I have the hole installed in the wall and I'll have to repair the section of wire with the hole in it. I didn't think it would be 'right' to just leave wire nuts hanging loose in the wall when I spliced in a new section of wire, so I'm thinking I'll need to put a junction box where the splices need to be. Am I correct in this line of thinking? Replacing the whole line isn't an option without ripping out the entire wall and starting over.
Thank goodness I don't have as much trouble makin' the coffee!
chaikwa.
So I have the hole installed in the wall and I'll have to repair the section of wire with the hole in it. I didn't think it would be 'right' to just leave wire nuts hanging loose in the wall when I spliced in a new section of wire, so I'm thinking I'll need to put a junction box where the splices need to be. Am I correct in this line of thinking? Replacing the whole line isn't an option without ripping out the entire wall and starting over.
Thank goodness I don't have as much trouble makin' the coffee!
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I would put a duplex receptal there, just so you dont look like an id10t that run a screw thru the wall and messed up your wires or that you were too cheap to buy enough wire the first time.
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Gawd I feel like such a dope!
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Normally, the code calls for some slck at each outlet, if you have some outlets in the area, you may get enuff slack to only need to put a box on one stud, just pull it to the closest of the two. I'm not exactly in the loop these days, but last I knew, the code said it had to be accessable, with a cover plate. I'm not sure if it's more for "awareness" of a connection there, as opposed to being a fire hazzard covering it up. Unfortunately, my handy-dandy, resident fire-marshall isn't in tonight.
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The best thing to do is install a junction box and put a cover plate on it. That way you are definitely up to code.
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no, but Ive been to my house...