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    dlochart Posts: 65, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 19, 2006, 06:41 PM
    Double duty wall socket
    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
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    Feb 19, 2006, 06:50 PM
    Good solid connections will eliminate a common cause of electrical fires.

    I am sure that one screw is not rated to handle two wires, should be a 6 " pigtail off the screw and splice that and the two wires one from each cable..

    Chance of a problem because of a light blub not likely, but say some one put something there that drew a large amount of current, there would probably be a problem at this outlet.
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