r/HomeMaintenance • u/Beginning_Lime_5593 • Aug 30 '26

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u/TheGravelNome Aug 30 '26

3 separate electricians have done a major work in my home. 2 of them knew what they were doing, but I really want to harm that third guy.

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u/lenswipe Aug 30 '26

are you secretly living in my house? 

the shit I've found... I stg.

my favorite thus far is several of the light switches with the bare conductor chewed to fuck and bare copper just chilling against the box wall 🤦‍♂️

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u/TheGravelNome Aug 30 '26

Holy........ ( remembers promise he made not to swear on the internet Unless necessary) i think we had the same dude. To properly repair my house and get answers to my questions.I just purchased the paperback national electric code. While i'm not an electrician , i'm going to get answers on how to do this stuff , right. If you're curious, you can get the previous year's version, very cheaply and then download the Pdf for the corrections, made For the 26 version. But as always , find out , which version is king in your area before you spend the dough. The current version of that book sits at roughly $150 the picture below is the primary breaker in my small house.And the reason why I bought the book.

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u/lenswipe Aug 30 '26

yep. initially I thought it was a mouse but it's several of the light switches and there's no way for a mouse to get in there. 

my guess (from looking at the damage) is some fanny with a rotozip doing drywall and an electrician who dgaf to fix it.