BOB wrote:
Wires Too Short in Outlet Box, How to Extend Length ?

I have some 110 volt boxes which hold the Outlets and some are for
Light switches. The problem is when I go to replace the old outlet or
light switch the wires are so short that reconnecting a new outlet or
wire is impossible. The wires literally will not even allow me to get
to the screw without great effort.

So when I go to install the new outlet/light switch some of the wires
either broke.

This section of the house is about 50 years old and it appears these
are the oldest boxes.

Is there a good/safe way to EXTEND those 110 volt wires?
I tried using 12 gauge wires and using a wire nut to extend a piece
but this made it impossible to push all those wires back into the box.

So does anyone have a method to extend those wires?

Thanks,


I did this at one house. Cut out the drywall and put on wire nuts on a
length of fresh wire. Probably not proper. That wiring was soooo bad.
I been meaning to put some AFCIs in that house. I think ill do that
this weekend. Probably all that wiring should be replaced as it was
brittle and the walls were bade of wood. Accident waiting to happen.


Proper way I think would have been to rip open the wall, and put in an
extra box closer to the source of the wire and let the wire nuts be in
the extra box. Or maybe just move the outlet.

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Thank you,



"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16