dlochart
Feb 19, 2006, 06:41 PM
When tackling my last problem (btw thanks guys!) I discovered that one of my wall sockets had a third wire (extended circuit) coming off the socket. They doubled the wire on two of the connection screws and ran a line into the side attic (Cape Cod house) to light the attic. When I was replacing the sockets I decided not to connect the attic lights. So my question is this: Is what they did previously safe and allowed by code? To me it seems that if enough load is put on the circuits downstream of this socket that it might overheat/ The original sockets were nothing special.
Thanks in advance
Doug
Thanks in advance
Doug