MamaBearTeacher Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The air vent in my children's bedroom iwas bent a bit on the inside. It is a forced aIr vent. DS was having trouble sleeping tonight and I went in his room and he had removed the cover and had pulled out a wire and the wire ends were exposed. We had extensive work done on the ceiling of the kitchen underneath last summer. The electrical work was expensive. The celing work was expensive. If he broke something I don't want them to have to tear up the ceiling to fix it. I went down and checked the lights and they work. So does the clock on the stove and the numbers on the dishwasher. I did not check any plugs. Now I have insomnia. Please tell me that everything is going to be okay with those wires so I can sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBearTeacher Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Sorry, I posted this three times by accident. I don't know how to delete the extra ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The wires were in the air vent? There shouldn't be wires in the actual vent. Can you post a picture? DH is an Industrial Electrician and I can have him take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I would have them check it out just to make sure that they can put the wires in a place where a child can't pull them out again for safety's sake. But it sounds like they wouldn't have to remove the ceiling to do that. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBearTeacher Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 The wires were not in the vent. The metal opening of the vent was bent so that it was not flush with the floor opening anymore. The wires were coming through the space between the vent and the hole in the floor. Does that make more sense? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The wires were coming out of the floor? Wires or cables? I cannot picture this. Where do they lead? Are there actual exposed wires coming out of, say, a Romex cable?? I can't think that would be possible. If the circuit is not one that powers something essential, like a refrigerator, can you shut it off from the breaker box? The only thing that makes any sense to me is if they are not electric cable, but something else, like cat5 or whatever for Internet, cable tv, phone lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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