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McGinty, who lists degrees in both communications and journalism in his eHow short bio, claims to work in the "technology industry." It's apparent to our staff, though, that he's never performed – or, for that matter, seen performed – any residential electrical wiring. Oh, sure, he included the requisite safety warning:
"Turn off the electricity to the wires that you wish to remove..."...which ranks pretty high on our list of "anyone who needs that is a candidate for the Darwin Award" instructions. This warning follows on the heels of McGinty's suggestion that your jurisdiction may require a permit and may not even allow DIYers to "perform electrical work." We rather doubt anyone needs a permit to undo electrical work...
Be that as it may, Nathan goes through all manner of instructions such as
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Of course all that bullpuckey pales when you read McGinty's next instruction:
"Remove the wires by pulling them through the wall or conduit."That's what had our staffers howling with glee: you see, residential wires are stapled in place (see the accompanying image) within the walls or ceilings to prevent them from sagging and potentially shorting out. There is no way on earth you can simply pull them out of a wall unless they were installed by someone every bit as clueless as McGinty!
There are other problems with this bull, too, such as "What should I do if the other end of the wires are connected to other wires?" This bull rises to such a level of dumbassery that we not only awarded McGinty's post a Dumbass of the Day, we also tagged it dangerous stupidity. Be forewarned... be very forewarned. FWIW, this content is now at at Hunker.com, retitled "How to Remove Electrical Wires" -- still wrong, though...
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