...Thats some "good stuff"..I recently responded to a call for ..."bathroom outlet quit working"..Opened up the box to find a metal 2-1/2"Gem box missing a side,and the wires brought in from there,as well as 2-Bx 14-2-wires,each conductor coming thru a different clamp knockout..NO GROUND at all..
Then to top it all off, the vanity light bar was wired to this same box..in 12-2 Rx,and again not grounded..the splices were horrific,and I asked the H.O. who had done this..?? "A handy-man" she replied.I then told her that it was a pretty big job to get this working correctly,and that because it (the outlet)was in tile,I would probably have to open the rear adjoining side of that wall in order to replace the broken box with one of more volume capacity, and terminate the wiring going into it properly...Her response..."It worked ALL these years,could it have started a fire"???I replied "Yes,and she's lucky her tenant wasn't injured,,or worse"....
Handy-men are my nemesis!!! They're like my arch enemies!! They have no business taking chances with other peoples safety and health!!
OK,I'm off my soap-box now..
Russ
