How Bad is this Plumbing & Electrical wire snarl??

[RWebb]

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Just below that is this:




What - if anything - should I do to it before I seal it up again?

I can move that elec. line over a bit to the left -- it seems odd to me to have water lines near electricity... (of course Porsche ran electric wires near the gas lines on my car).

[RWebb]

BTW - my plan is to tap into the hot water line for a shorter run to the kitchen, as shown in red:

[imcarthur]

Shorten that electrical wire & secure it to the stud with a staple. Usually by code they want it secured within about 12" of an electrical box iirc.

Ian

[masraum]

Originally Posted by imcarthur

Shorten that electrical wire & secure it to the stud with a staple. Usually by code they want it secured within about 12" of an electrical box iirc.

Ian

Just wrap it around the copper pipe several times. That'll shorten and secure it!

Just kidding!

[Rot 911]

What does the other end of that wire go to. Almost looks as if it was designed to be pulled up through the floor. For example is it connected to a dishwasher and you need that much slack when you pull the dishwasher out from its cabinet?

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Rot 911

What does the other end of that wire go to. Almost looks as if it was designed to be pulled up through the floor. For example is it connected to a dishwasher and you need that much slack when you pull the dishwasher out from its cabinet?

NO. it doesn't work like that with the dishwasher. Do not ever do that. If you need slack, the slack should be in front of the wall, never behind.

the line coming out of the wall feeds the box it looks like. Like Imcarthur said, shove the wire through and staple to the stud within 12" to the box. As least that code around here.

[RWebb]

thx

the wire goes to a wall light fixture in the bathroom on the other side

[ossiblue]

While it's open, you may wish to put metal nailing plates over the cut-outs in the 2X4's where the pipes pass through. The other pictures are a bit dark but it looks like there may be a couple of cut-outs there as well. Nothing worse than driving a drywall screw or picture nail through a water pipe in the wall.

[RWebb]

thx - that's a good idea

[HardDrive]

That does not remotely qualify as a 'snarl' in my book. I've found things in my own home that seem to defy the laws of physics.

[GWN7]

Put a protector plate over where the waste pipe goes thru the stud also. If those leak it can be worse than a water line.