"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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Shaffer wrote:
Had a guy come in to help put up wood moulding in the kitchen. Must
have
hit a wire becaue it blew a breaker.
He pulled the nail out (small nail) and hammered it in elsewhere.
Flipped
the breaker back on. Said don't worry about it.

Now I lie awake at night fearing its a fire hazard.

Is it?


Hi,
Did the nail look clean, no serious sign of burn or spark?

First off the nail made electrical contact between the hot conductor and the
neutral or some sort of ground. We know this because the breaker blew.

There is no easy way to determine the damage to the conductor with out
inspecting it, and a very great risk of fire for not inspecting for damage.

A no brainer. Fix it.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.