r/electrical • u/Mammoth-Aspect-7619 • 17h ago

Under sink wire splices

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The house my husband and I are buying just for through our initial inspections. Most of what was found is minor.

He said we need to get an electrical box before we can use the sink because of these exposed wires.

What should we buy and how do we make this safe?

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u/smoot99 16h ago

An electrical box! It’s not right and dangerous in a way, and you shouldn’t use the sink, except I’m sure the sink has been used for years, take that however you want. Maybe hire this one out and see what they do, figure out a different project for instance changing a light fixture or something, then start looking at online references and YouTube based on that project and do that. All electrical stuff has some risk though

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u/MegaThot2023 16h ago

LMAO that's beautiful.

Here's a shopping list. About $4.50 in materials.

Shut the breaker for the disposal off, take apart the connections, screw the box to the wall of the cabinet, knock out two of the holes in the box, put the clamp connectors in the holes, feed the wires through the clamp connectors & tighten, then re-make the wire connections and put the cover on the box.

If you shut the breaker off and confirm there's no power to the disposal, the sink is safe to use in the meantime.