http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2007/07/another-electrical-issue-resolved/ Our life in a Money Pit Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2007/07/another-electrical-issue-resolved/#comment-51664 Thumb & Hammer Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:06:03 +0000 http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/?p=136#comment-51664 If the circuit is still live, then absolutely NOT. You can abandon wires in a wall if they are completely disconnected. You can terminate live wires as you have described but they must be in an accessible junction box. Please direct any future inquiries to the forum. Thanks. If the circuit is still live, then absolutely NOT. You can abandon wires in a wall if they are completely disconnected. You can terminate live wires as you have described but they must be in an accessible junction box. Please direct any future inquiries to the forum. Thanks.

]]> http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2007/07/another-electrical-issue-resolved/#comment-51354 sian Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:29:40 +0000 http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/?p=136#comment-51354 hi - I wonder if you can answer my question regarding the safety of leaving old wires in a wall. I just removed a hood fan from a basement suite stove. I switch off all the electricity in the house and cut the wires coming out of the wall into the hood fan, wrapped them in electrical tape and flipped the circuit back on. If I put the plastic wire caps at the end of each wire do you know if it is safe to leave this wire in the wall and patch over the hole in the drywall? hi – I wonder if you can answer my question regarding the safety of leaving old wires in a wall. I just removed a hood fan from a basement suite stove. I switch off all the electricity in the house and cut the wires coming out of the wall into the hood fan, wrapped them in electrical tape and flipped the circuit back on. If I put the plastic wire caps at the end of each wire do you know if it is safe to leave this wire in the wall and patch over the hole in the drywall?

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