I had a job last week from a rental co that I work for. I get a call that when the tenant turned on the kitchen light they heard a fuse pop but the kitchen light didn't go out. I call the secretary and tell her I will get right over and check it out. I get there and find about 12 wires in a double switch box. Further investigation finds 2 hot ckts in the box plus the dead one. Being so late I go back the next day to sort it out. After toning and metering (3 hrs) I get the problem found. A handyman had run a White wire as a hot:001_huh: , not marking it, and the current rental handyman had hooked a neutral to the hot white thinking it was a neutral. I later found that the sweet liltle old lady who originally owned the rental co employed handymen who seemed nice, whether or not they knew anything.
The secretary and I have conversed a lot about repairs needed and I am slowly getting the properties back in shape. :thumbup: This is not the first major wiring error I have found working for them.