Electric Socket Problem
Woke up this morning to find the night light in my kitchen was out. Plugged into wall socket. Checking it out I could smell some electric burn. No smoke. Turn off the circuit breaker. Pulled the cover plate and loosened the socket to check it out. Could not see any damage to the socket, no burning on the insulation. The problem is that the socket would only come out so far, as it seems that the wiring is not long enough to get the socket out all the way.
Socket is on the back wall. It looks like it was wired before the back cap was put on. So the brain surgeon that wired it did not leave enough wire for the socket to be pulled out and replace if needed.
I will not be able to further check this out until later today or tomorrow, as I am on the road today to new location.
Now if the socket does need replacing, I can access the wire above and below, as there are cabinets there to gain access, would have to cut a hole. I would have to put in electrical boxes to splice a wire so there would be enough to replace the socket.
Anyone run into this problem before? Of having to replace a socket and the wire was too short to remove it for repair. Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.
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2006 Montana 3650RK with Improvements.
2014 Ford 6.7L PSD 4WD CC LB Dually & Hadley's.
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