Mission accomplished.
Realized that I'd be a shoe-in for a Darwin Award if I electrocuted myself... "Green Helmet" (Health and Safety Officer) electrocutes himself working on live circuit... so I killed the power.
I would seriously like to slap whoever did the electrical work before me.
- Neither fixture box was correctly attached to the framing (those little tabby things on the sides aren't for spiking the box into the wall, they're there as feelers so the box hangs the correct 1/2" past the framing for drywall)
- If'n ya don't NEED 3 conductors, don't be usin' 3 conductors and making me guess while I'm stripping it to test it whether or not that red wire you've bent back on itself and electrical taped is, in fact, live.
- These are outdoor fixtures. Ground everything in sight that isn't a hot. Pigtail the ground to the box to the butterfly (fixture strap) to the fixture.
- Machine screws are for metal, wood screws are for wood, since the box is metal, don't attach a butterfly to the box with wood screws.
(end rant)
Bren R.
