Is this copper wire broken?
When working on household repairs like replacing a bathroom exhaust fan or a wall furnace, unexpected or exposed wires make it difficult to determine if a copper wire is actually broken. This uncertainty stops people from safely finishing appliance installations and wiring fixes.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1order that repair plugDid this help you?
- 2depin the connector and resecure the wire to the pin and solder itDid this help you?
- 3Searching online wiring diagramsDid this help you?
- 4Guessing based on wire length and routingDid this help you?
- 5Sliding heat shrink tubing over the damaged insulationDid this help you?
- 6Pulling slack out of the box to cut off the frayed bit and use fresh conductorDid this help you?
- 7Calling a professional electrician for a rewireDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Hi! We are replacing a light fixture and came across this wiring. What should next steps be? Is it as bad as it looks?”source ↗
“Hello, my bathroom exhaust fan stopped working (the lights still worked, just the exhaust fan stopped.) I was in the middle of replacing it but saw these wires. Is this copper wire broken?”source ↗
“Hi everyone, I’m trying to figure out some wiring on my Williams wall furnace and could use some help.”source ↗
“I was just I was replacing the radiator and was bleeding. The coolant the cooling system and I accidentally ripped the wire from a connector. I need help identifying the connector. ASAP 1995 Honda accord ex coupe 2.2 4cly vtec”source ↗
“I can't for the life of me find where it would connect.”source ↗
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