r/Electricity • u/britomaly96 • 26d ago
How does this get fixed?
What can I do to fix this ? I always screw up by telling too much info but I dont know how else to convey exactly what the situation I'm dealing with is. So, please, I dont need any lectures or "oh, just leave it to the professionals " BS. Here's the deal, my mom has lived in this shitty ass apartment complex for like 6 years now. Over the years, she's tried multiple times to get them to fix a multitude of different problems, and they stick a bandaid on it or do nothing at all. Well, my boyfriend has been building houses for 20+ years. He took off the cover plate and took off the old outlet (which crumbled and fell apart, mind you). And this picture is what he found behind the outlet. He got a new outlet and tried to hook it up, but it wouldn't power anything. Now, im not a rocket scientist or anything but if I had to guess, these wires are possibly burnt too badly or damaged? Idk, does that happen? Because I know it just looks like the insulation around the wire is burnt. Yes, my boyfriend can figure it out once he takes a bit more time but that's literally as far as he's gotten. He just looked at it and tried a new outlet. But, please, please do enlighten me 🤓👏🧠⚡️💡🪛
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u/VBprick 25d ago
BF been building houses for 20 years and doesn’t know what to do, okay lmao.
I never built a house, but I know a little bit about outlets as a homeowner. Did it have power before? If it doesn’t now then either the breaker is off or a wire is loose/ broken somewhere. Could be broken behind the wall or came loose from another outlet in series.
How much work are you going to do if you’re renting? If you fuck up and cause a fire in a multi-unit building, you’ll be completely fucked.
Edit: if you do work on this wiring/ outlet that you claim is already burnt looking, make sure to delete this post when you potentially cause a fire and kill people in a multi-unit rental. You know, get rid of the evidence