Surprise Extra Wire At Receptacle
#1
08-30-17, 01:53 PM
Surprise Extra Wire At Receptacle
Putting in new flooring for a client, and she had a half wall between the kitchen and family room that she wanted removed. The wall had a receptacle on it and in my mind there would be a single wire and this would be the end of a run and lead back to the next nearest receptacle on the adjacent wall. Turns out there were 2 wires leading to the half wall, and they do not go back to the adjacent box, instead they turn and go up into the ceiling (house is on a slab).
In the picture, the 12ga. line with the black tape is live. The other one has no power. I checked every light and receptacle upstairs and could not find a single one that didn't work.
So, logic says that I simply change the single gang box on the adjacent wall to a 2 gang box and move the plug there. My question, is there any code violation with 2 hots leading into a 2 gang box? Or do I have to do another single gang box on the other side of the stud to keep them separate?
In the picture, the 12ga. line with the black tape is live. The other one has no power. I checked every light and receptacle upstairs and could not find a single one that didn't work.
So, logic says that I simply change the single gang box on the adjacent wall to a 2 gang box and move the plug there. My question, is there any code violation with 2 hots leading into a 2 gang box? Or do I have to do another single gang box on the other side of the stud to keep them separate?
#2
08-30-17, 02:41 PM
is there any code violation with 2 hots leading into a 2 gang box?
