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Originally Posted by ma-skis.com
I was under the impression junction boxes were required behind all electrical lights or fixtures, I needed to change the lights in my bathroom and took the old one down and behind it was nothing but a hole in the drywall. with the wires popping out. The fixture that was there was affixed to the wall via drywall screws and dried paint.
Now the connections were stuffed between the wall plate and the actual light fixture so none of them were in the wall and if there was a short, it was grounded but still seemed... off. Is this an old standard in home building? Anyone else ever see this? I googled it and a similar story seemed to pop up, but just figured I'd throw it out to the CP oracle.
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Honestly, just hire an electrican. You can find a super cheap on the side guy on Kijiji or Craigslist. I am in the middle of a reno, and after zapping myself, I just hired a guy to come in and wire my stuff to code with the right junction boxes etc.... cost about 200 bucks to wire up about a dozen fixtures / switches / outlets etc. Electrical stuff to me just isn't worth the gamble if you screw it up.