No Shocking Light Fixtures!

In prepping a room for painting this week, I loosened a light fixture so I could paint under it. As I got a look at the wires to this light, I saw that a couple of them were badly damaged and it appeared that bare wire was actually touching the light fixture!

This is bad, especially since the light was not grounded either. Here's a couple pictures:

We replaced the light with a newer, identical fixture that had sleeves to protect the wire as it went through the metal base. Something that this older fixture sorely missed...

-Peter

www.CarpentryGuy.com