I work for an industrial air compressor company as a mechanic and tech guy. Formerly a software engineer and manager for some companies you've heard of.
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Very true. I've had to really push my teams in the past "what's wrong with this?".
...and I still would dive into the codebase to see if something smelled regularly. I do the same in my agents' codebase now, too.
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Hot take: ex-eng managers have an unfair advantage with AI agents. We already let go of “I did the work.” “Agent, fix this” is just what we used to say to the team.
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And you'll want those back in the junction box. Code or no code, let those wire nuts be in the metal box, not loose in your wall (but code says they must be in the box*).
*not licensed electrician, everything I say will and is being used against me
move it back in the cavity
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*to be clear: you're awesome to do this yourself! thank you for doing it yourself. Please do more things like this yourself! DO IT!
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1. did you pull each wire hard while holding the wire nut (4 tugs, one per wire) - nothing should budge
2. once verified they are snug, tape the wirenut, too.
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or I could get really controversial and say use WAGOs. I prefer them to wire nuts especially if you're not super experienced using wire nuts.
...but wire nuts are great, too. Just be sure to pull each lead hard after tightening to make sure you've got them both.
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+1 for making sure the breaker is off.
...but you can totally do this. No need for electrician! You got this!
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*this is not correct advice per code... you'd at least want to secure it further back... but I can't think of any reason why it'd be dangerous. The only risk is future remodels?
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OR... you could just pull the box of the stud, put kid-safe plug covers on, and leave the whole thing abandoned in the wall?
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e.g. Pending if there's actually going to be current passing through vs just being completely dead. But you want a strong connection or you get heat... heat is no good.
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you mean electrical tape? I wouldn't just use tape. You want a mechanical bond.
I'm not an electrician but I've done a tonne of work with electrical... DM and I'd be happy to facetime
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is it just me or is Opus 5.5 very into telling you how much something is going to cost today?
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