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Caledon Ken said:

BX or armour cable is not code here in a house. All commercial building must use and mostly because of steel studs.

BX is used in a house when it will be exposed, like coming down from ceiling to enter a furnace. Not sure why there is BX in the wall there, might be counter top plug and that is what wire he had.

I have my volt meter ready to go and I will test continuity between cable shield and water pipe. I will likely end up with small bonding clamp on copper water pipe. Actually it will act as a support so pipe doesn't move around.

Ideally the wire just wasn't connected.

Afternoon Andre.

If you want a laugh, watch this guy on YouTube. He acts like he doesn't know what he is doing but he actually does. He is living in Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0...0wOKEqT2Z1HEtA

Yep, them Canadians are crazy.

So I'm back from my investigation and the good news is it is three wire and it is connected.

The bad news is the circuit does not just support the dishwasher as it is supposed to.

and while they were wiring in all new plugs the failed to keep the ground circuit connected

and this not the only circuit that has open grounds

Incompetence never takes a holiday.

You tell her, I ain't telling her, you tell her.

Caledon Ken said:

Yep, them Canadians are crazy.

So I'm back from my investigation and the good news is it is three wire and it is connected.

The bad news is the circuit does not just support the dishwasher as it is supposed to.

and while they were wiring in all new plugs the failed to keep the ground circuit connected

and this not the only circuit that has open grounds

Incompetence never takes a holiday.

You tell her, I ain't telling her, you tell her.

It should be a GFCI type I would think.

Caledon Ken said:

Yep, them Canadians are crazy.

So I'm back from my investigation and the good news is it is three wire and it is connected.

The bad news is the circuit does not just support the dishwasher as it is supposed to.

and while they were wiring in all new plugs the failed to keep the ground circuit connected

and this not the only circuit that has open grounds

Incompetence never takes a holiday.

You tell her, I ain't telling her, you tell her.

No he is not Canadian , he is from Iran and I said that he was funny not crazy. He resides in Canada.

No a dishwasher doesn't need GFI and this one is supposed to be hardwired.

Sold my MIL's car to Iranians, bet he has his citizenship, looks like he really knows what he is doing.

1.8 million subscribers, that means he gets paid to be crazy and he obviously loves his job.

I was a little surprised he doesn't wear fashionable designer safety glasses. Those shorts are not accidents and some of the parts fail catastrophically.

Caledon Ken said:

No a dishwasher doesn't need GFI and this one is supposed to be hardwired.

Sold my MIL's car to Iranians, bet he has his citizenship, looks like he really knows what he is doing.

1.8 million subscribers, that means he gets paid to be crazy and he obviously loves his job.

I was a little surprised he doesn't wear fashionable designer safety glasses. Those shorts are not accidents and some of the parts fail catastrophically.

If any outlet or wire is within 4 feet of water it needs a GFCI here in Ohio anyway. Ours is not hardwired and if it was the breaker would have to be.

Same here but not fridge or dishwasher. Usually not accessible.

We've gone one step crazier, they want all Arc fault breakers for all plugs in kitchen and laundry room. Use to be just bedrooms.

Caledon Ken said:

Same here but not fridge or dishwasher. Usually not accessible.

We've gone one step crazier, they want all Arc fault breakers for all plugs in kitchen and laundry room. Use to be just bedrooms.

We had all of our plumbing replaced, stack and all, and at the same time the upstairs bath was demolished and replaced. Every electric thing in that room, including the ceiling light and fan are GFCI protected. That is one project I hope to never have to have done again. They used that new plastic pipe with crimped ends. The only cropper is from the main to the water heater and then to a sort of junction where they all connect. The cost if they used copper would have been close to double, due to the labor and copper cost. Oh and then copper to the tub sink and commode.