deloid wrote:
Thanks all...It will be replaced.



If it was me, and it was a PIA to replace that wire, I'd put an inline
fuse holder with a 10 amp 250 volt 3AG fuse inside that box with the
receptical and feed the hot side of the 14-2 running from there to the
switch through it. I'd personally feel quite safe with that.

Here's a fuseholder which ought to easily fit in a standard box behind
the receptical:

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...ct_id=270-1217

HTH,

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