| Plenty of people are afraid to go into their attic, it's | | | | This might not be as big of a problem, but the areas |
| dark, dingy and after watching scary movies, can even | | | | where these new electrical wires are connecting to, |
| be frightening. Small animals like mice, rodents, | | | | could be. Inexperienced home repair contractors will |
| raccoons and even birds make their homes in these | | | | often tie a new electrical fixture into an electrical box |
| musty places, but every once in a while, you're going | | | | that is already at capacity. In other words you now |
| to need to inspect this area to make sure there aren't | | | | have a problem with your home electrical system. |
| any problems that need to be repaired. | | | | Often inexperienced remodeling contractors will cut |
| If you're not having any problems with your electrical | | | | electrical lines and splice a new electrical line into it and |
| system, there's a good chance that you won't need to | | | | never even use a junction box. These types of |
| do any modifications or repairs to it. However, if you | | | | connections will usually be exposed in your attic or |
| live in an older home where someone has added a | | | | taped up, but the problem remains, these electrical |
| room addition or done any remodeling work, you could | | | | connections aren't done properly and could create |
| have problems with your electrical wiring and would | | | | problems in the future. |
| never even know about it. | | | | If you find electrical wires in your attic that are laying |
| I'm not suggesting that you go into your attic and | | | | on top of the installation or you can see the plastic |
| check everything out today, but it wouldn't be a bad | | | | connectors, it wouldn't be a bad idea to call a local |
| idea to grab a ladder, open your attic access hole and | | | | electrician to get some advice and see if there are |
| shine a bright light into this area to give it a quick | | | | any problems that need to be repaired. |
| examination. If you see electrical wires running in | | | | Professional home inspectors can also be used, if you |
| different directions over the insulation, there's a good | | | | believe that there are problems with your home |
| chance that your original home's electrical system has | | | | electrical system and other sections of your house. |
| been tampered with. | | | | |