My ex brother in law wants me to do some electrical work on one his unfinished properties again

[anon60704399]

ya that wire will never have current, i think it was installed for a space heater. it live voltage tho

[Bowens]

oh ok. I thought you had said you were putting a recepticle there so it might be used. IDK.

[anon60704399]

i thought that metal box was a recepticle and a box was a box

[Bowens]

No, a receptacle is like this:

[anon60704399]

i thought that was stay puft marshmellow men

[Bowens]

Haha.

At this point, I am begining to think maybe you should hire an electrician .

I would probably myself, if the cable is not going to be used, shut off power(make sure its off with a volt pen or meter), staple it in the ceiling(it looks like you have an open ceiling in pic) and end it in a box. Maybe even cutting the cable short, stripping ends and capping off once power is off and just putting the end in a box.

Then put a blank plate on the box.

This would solve the exposed cable on a wall issue.

But, honestly, maybe you are better off not messing with it.

Edit: I don’t want to say anything that might cause you to get injured trying to mess with it.

[Bowens]

I also just realized something else. You’re Canadian aren’t you? If you are…I have no idea about anything electrical in your country…particularly codes.

Edit : Everything i said was assuming USA

[anon60704399]

canadian codes would not accept what I have done

[anon60704399]

I basically did all of what you said earlier today except putting it in the ceiling and clamping it. i’ll likely do that later.

[anon60704399]

anyway let me show you some more electrical masterwork in the house i didnt do

heres the powerlines

broken off lightbulb end

this thing

panel hanging loosely

Floating recepticle

hanging loosely