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Old 05-09-2012, 10:40 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Northendzone View Post
If you guys are suggesting that the OP bury the junction box with live wires that does not seem like a good idea regardless if the wire is capped off with merrets. Holmes on Homes has routinely mocked this practice (and it just makes sense).

Seems to me that the best idea is to make sure that wire is dead by disconnecting it at the previous fixture or the panel.
I was suggesting that he installed it properly. I don't think anyone else was suggesting he put the junction box on and bury it inside the wall, because that would be foolish.
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