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  • Dec 4, 2012, 08:40 AM
    mustache tom
    Crawl space flood,wires and metal junction boxes in salt water,what repairs needed.
    Wires and metal junction boxes were submerged in salt water, everything seems to work, are repairs/replacement needed?
  • Dec 4, 2012, 08:46 AM
    smoothy
    Yes... Salt water is VERY corrosive and it will continue to corrode to the point you have in intermittant connection which will create a very real fire hazzard.
  • Dec 4, 2012, 03:36 PM
    hfcarson
    Smoothy is right on...
    Good friend has a place north of Atlantic City... all the romex in the crawlspace failed under
    A megohmmeter test, one wire burned about 16 inches.
    Don't take any chances on this one, replace!

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