kraizy420 OP t1_jacn4qm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:06 PM

Reply to comment by brock_lee in help me re-wire my outlet/switch properly by kraizy420

Yeah, suburbs of chicago

brock_lee t1_jacnln0 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:09 PM

Yeah I think the electrician is in order. It kind of looks like there's two neutral wires on the outlet and then they connected a hot wire and a neutral wire somewhere, so when you plug in the tester it actually is completing the circuit which is really not good.

PowerfulFunny5 t1_jacsg2j wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:45 PM

Ahh, where local code requires conduit. (Instead of allowing Romex)

I might be seeing a grey wire and a white wire, so there might be the intent that grey is hot and white is neutral, but an electrician should check.

LunaticScientist t1_jad0qe6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:41 PM

Assuming this is an older house, it likely had old cloth Romex which would've needed a conduit to conduct ground if plumbing was not near. The red/gray/black combo looks like it was updated at some point.