Billbill84
Well-Known Member
Hi all. So yesterday I replaced a light fixture in the kitchen that i loved, she hated (another story lol), I killed the breaker and confirmed the wires were dead and put my little tester on it and found 1 wire still live and it was a red wire that didn't connect to anything simply came thru one conduit then left out to another piece of conduit. I had no need to mess with it so I proceeded.
My wires for the fixture swap were 1 blue and 3 white inside the elec box, again, tested and all dead, or so I thought lol. I just swapped in the new light for the old with same concept, house blue to light black and house 3 white to light 1 white and done! BUT as I was preparing the 3 white bundle to accept my white wire I was gripping them firmly and untwisting them bam...the white wires bit me!!! Not too bad but enough for my wife to hear some choice words spew out of my pie hole like a sailor as they say. Simply touching any of the wires didn't do anything to me but when I applied the firm pinch grip to them white ones I got bit!
Is this typical? Can anyone tell me if they ran into anything like this before and why the heck would this happen?
Pics don't really apply but I'm proud of my wrk so have a look
My wires for the fixture swap were 1 blue and 3 white inside the elec box, again, tested and all dead, or so I thought lol. I just swapped in the new light for the old with same concept, house blue to light black and house 3 white to light 1 white and done! BUT as I was preparing the 3 white bundle to accept my white wire I was gripping them firmly and untwisting them bam...the white wires bit me!!! Not too bad but enough for my wife to hear some choice words spew out of my pie hole like a sailor as they say. Simply touching any of the wires didn't do anything to me but when I applied the firm pinch grip to them white ones I got bit!
Is this typical? Can anyone tell me if they ran into anything like this before and why the heck would this happen?
Pics don't really apply but I'm proud of my wrk so have a look