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Electrical wiring and junction boxes that are designed for usage in an existing home.
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Install old work low voltage bracket in too big hole
Repair the drywall, cut a new opening. Possibly move the opening while you are at it.
Change to a double-gang ring. Have some blank spots in your faceplate, no big deal.
Depending on the details of t …
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Repairing a circuit when the break is unknown and inaccesible.
One possible investigatory tool is a "toner" set - Fox & Hound or some other brand - While they are are more often used on telecommunications cables, some do claim to work on power wires. User reports …
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Safe, easy way to tap into taut NM cable in wall?
For practical reasons, you would replace the whole section of cable from the new sconce location to the existing outlet, so that each junction is at a junction box that you'd have anyway. Adding in a …
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Stapling cable inside of a box when there is no room
Try harder. You don't have a lot of room to swing a hammer there, but a staple can be tapped in by getting the head of the hammer into the ceiling and then moving only as far as the hole permits the h …
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