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Electrician Service Call, $980 to Repair a Broken Electrical Line, with 2 Light Fixtures, Thoughts?

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Hendy The Sparky

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This project details the process of repairing a damaged electrical line in a basement, specifically addressing exposed neutral, hot, and ground wires within an NM cable that caused a circuit breaker to trip. The repair involves safely de-energizing the circuit, removing the faulty wiring, installing new junction boxes and 14/2 Romex cable, and finally, installing new keyless light fixtures to restore safe and functional lighting to the area. The video highlights the importance of electrical safety and proper wiring techniques.

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Expose neutral. >> My name is Hendy. I'm a 25-year-old electrician on an emergency service call. Let's get right to it, everybody. So, a homeowner called and said that they have a broken electrical line in their basement. The wires in their NM cable were exposed and it was causing the circuit breaker to trip since the neutral wire was touching the hot wire and the ground wire. It looks like a mouse got to it, but no need to fear. We're going to get it fixed. So, the first thing I do is I turn off the circuit breaker at the electrical panel because you never want to work live. Then I start cutting and removing the damaged NM cable and install a junction box with new wire so that the repair gets done properly. The wire is 142 ROMX which means 14 gauge size wire with two conductors. The circuit breaker that was tripped was in a single pole 120 volt 15 amp breaker. So this wire is good. Lighting is usually 15 amps. I then install a new keyless light fixture so the customer can have light in his basement. The lights were originally somewhere else but the customer wanted them here cuz he was moving some shelving. But repair complete. Customer was satisfied. Took about 3 hours. I go back to my work van. On to the next call. Peace.

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