"Eugene" wrote in message
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I'm going to put a microwave over our range like we did in our old
house, the dedicated circuit is already there for it so that part is
easy. My problem is the wire hanging out of the wall from the old
range hood that I want to make sure I terminate properly. It is
connected to the lighting circuit which I find pretty normal but I
can't find where its connected. It goes down once it goes in the wall
but doesn't connect to the plug behind the range or go through the
floor into the basement so I can't find the other end.
I've though of two options, buy one of those tone tracers like what is
used for network cable and cut power and put the tone on the line and
see if I can trace it back that way and hope its not behind other
cabinets and such. Or mount a box there and then put a solid cover
over it or put in a plug (I read that some range hoods do plug in).
All the searching I've found everyone else has been able to easily
find the feed side and disconnect it but I'm not having much luck.
I'm guessing maybe it goes down to just above the backsplash to where
there is a switch for an over the sink light and there are several
wires in that box but its really hard to tell.


Both Mikepier and Bob's suggestions will work fine. If the existing cable is
on a lighting circuit, which is typical, it probably does come from a nearby
switchbox. In the switchbox for the sink light, pull out any black wire
splices where more than two wires are joined. Carefully disconnect the
spliced wires and see if the old fan cable is killed. If so, leave that wire
out of the splice, find and disconnect its white wire and ground.