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Remove Damaged Electrical Cable

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

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What happens here

With the power confirmed off, the electrician proceeds to remove the damaged section of the NM cable. This involves using wire cutters or strippers to cut the faulty cable and a cordless drill/driver to remove any fasteners or staples securing the wire to the wooden mounting planks. Any existing fixture bases connected to the damaged section are also removed at this stage.

Goal: Isolate and eliminate the source of the electrical fault.

Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill/Driver — Removing screws or fasteners securing the old cable and fixtures
  • Screwdriver — Removing existing screws and fasteners
  • Wire Cutters/Strippers — Cutting and stripping insulation from electrical wires

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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

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