[Woodworkers] Joe Johns and the tale of a bathroom

[Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers]

Welcome to my world.  The little bathroom project for the daughter has also involved the replacement of cheap outlets and switches in the basement because half of them the cords fall out of and the switches feel like they are falling apart.  Half of the outlets barely pull out of the wall, thank god for those new slip on electrical connectors, and most of them the grounds are barely twisted together, some with those old crimps and some without.
I was changing out some recessed fixtures in the basement Saturday.  Switch was off and as I was pulling the wire out of the old metal fixture there is the distinct fzzzt sound and the breaker tripped.  Hmmmm rat bastages switched the neutral………..  Took awhile to figure out how and where they did that.

From: Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] On Behalf Of Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 11:05 PM
To: Sawdusters
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Joe Johns and the tale of a bathroom


Maybe I need to hire Joe to come work on my project.

I swear, today, if I had known where the person responsible for the remodel rewiring was, there may have been a warrant out for my arrest. Assault with wire cutters, or something like that.

This person obviously wasn't racist, because he had no preference for black vs white in his wiring. He was pretty much a tight wad with the wire, though. Two inches inside the box ought to be enough, right? Nobody will ever need to come back and fix his work...

Oh, and apparently it's perfectly fine to have random wire junctions with no junction box. And yes, those old outlets with the press in wiring also makes a great three way junction...

Glad that's almost done now.
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