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That white wire is the white wire for the transformer (on the line side). The insulation is yellowed, not sure that it is really "cooked".

The doorbell transformer has been removed from this panel, until I can find a more appropriate location for it. I will inspect it more closely for heat evidence before I use it, though.

Good eyes!!!

Hello. I'm new here. This looks like a great forum.

The "peek in the panel" picture reminded me of the day I looked at this house we retired to. This is an "owner-builder" home. The builder, a nice enough guy, was not the greatest craftsman. After we toured the poperty and looked through the hose, I looked in the service panel just for drill. I was surprised to see no 15 amp breakers!

We made a bid on the place, which was significantly lower than the asking price, as I knbew there was a lot of things to be done to make it into a place i wanted to live in. To our surprise, we got it! The day it closed escrow, I was here with my work truck. Pulled the panel cover, and lo-and-behold NO #14 wire in there! All those 20 amp breakers had #12's stuck in 'em! Muust have been a good sale on 12-2 NM that day!

Over the next day and a half, I pulled every device out of it's box, took out all the backstabs (oh, yeah) and pigtailed everything, corrected the GCFI wiring, straightened out the travelers ona ll the 3-ways, and "got 'er done". Been here ten years now. STILL fixin' things, but they ain't electrical!

Hank

Hi Hank



Glad to hear you have your priorities straight: Sort out the wiring first!