An old horse trader I know had the neutral connection come apart on the "feeder" (14-2 with the ground cut off) to one of his house trailer/tack rooms. It knocked him on his tail when he stepped out barefoot to see why his lights went out.
I shut off the power, and offered to fix it for free.
He said he didn't want to fix it right,it didn't bother him to have the trailer hot,& he'd be careful, but he wanted some lights.
He bought 500' of rotted cord at the auction, and ran 2 wire extension cords all over to clamp lights. He was happy. What a stubborn old curmudgeon.
