I just found this site while searching Google for electrical issues. I am in Wisconsin, I know very little about codes. 4-5 yrs. ago, I had the house “re-wired”. The swiftness of the contractor was impressive, he really looked like he knew what he was doing. I didn’t think it was necessary to check his work.
(The fuse box, which contained 8 circuits, was replaced with a 200 amp breaker box with 18 circuits.), as well as a 60 amp sub-panel in the garage.
There were some outlets in place already with a three prong recepticle,without the ground port connected to anything. It was the same after he left.
There was an exterior outlet that he said he re-wired that wasn’t grounded after he left. I found out about that much later, after my wife got shocked by it.
I know how to read those little golfball sized testers which told me the outlet was reverse polarity and open ground. I fixed that one.
Yesterday I got shocked by the light switch in the bathroom, (no wet hands) which has a GFCI outlet right next to it. One outlet has 60 volts when the breaker is off. The one behind the refrigerator, I specifically told him to run a new circuit to because sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. It worked for quite awhile after he left but it went out again. I checked the voltage with the breaker closed, i.e. in service, and my meter said it had 97 volts.
I don’t know if it’s been too long to go after him or not. I’m on disability and the wiring was done with a government re-hab loan.
Any thoughts?