O/T Mobile home electric problems, found it

old · Jul 17, 2010

Well after pulling off one panel of siding I found which way the wire went. I then pulled off some under pinning and laid down under it( not what I call fun) and saw a place in the wire that has a burned area in it. Hope that is the only bad spot. Bad thing is I also found where the kitchen drain pipe has been knocked down by the insulation I had put in in May of 2007 by a contractor poor work man-ship. So now what was one problem is 3 oh well such is life. If I can I will put that wire in some pipe at least in the area of the splice it will have in it.
Thanks guys for your ideas they did help

Jerry/MT · Jul 17, 2010

You should put any splices in a box not a pipe.

old · Jul 17, 2010

I would if there was some place to mount a box but this wire hangs out in thin air and I do not have an air hook for it. When I splice things like that I use a 6 inch rule as in all wires are 6 inches from each other at the splice and then taped real well

Anonymous-0 · Jul 18, 2010

Should use two boxes with a piece in between, maybe you can find a spot to mount boxes that way,you will meet code that way!!

Kirk Grau · Jul 18, 2010

Agree with teletech below about adding boxes if necessary for your repair. Could give you a place to add a receptacle in a more convenient spot, who knows. A buried splice is really asking for trouble no matter how carefully you do it. No wonder recent codes require AFCI breakers almost everywhere.

Kirk

Janicholson · Jul 18, 2010

An outdoor rated plastic box on a piece of rebar is way better than an open splice. Use external wirenuts with silicone goo in them to make it work. Jim

old · Jul 18, 2010

It is not a buried splice it is a splice that sits between the floor joist and the iron frame and is a good 3 foot off the ground but in an area that there is nothing that will hold a box and I sure do not want a box sitting in mid air being held up by the wires

Kirk Grau · Jul 18, 2010

Substitute inaccessible for buried, I knew it was not underground. Still a real bad idea. Have a hard time thinking you can't come up with a way to make the repair and have it be right. As said before, cut the circuit short somewhere convenient, mount a box, make a splice, run new to another convenient location, make another splice to complete the circuit.

Good Luck whatever you end up with,

Kirk

locojim · Jul 18, 2010

Only going to say it once..
Mobile homes and bad wiring are not a good thing,..Would seriously consider rewiring the hole thing.....

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