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   OneofmanyBobs | Oct 09, 2004 10:43pm | #1

   Cats and mice are not the problem.  If you have an open neutral somewhere, you have to find it and fix it.  I have sometimes found homeowner wiring where a staple was driven in too hard and punctured insulation.  Or the studs shrank a little and pulled on something.  Very rare.  You may locate the problem generally without cutting drywall, but I doubt you'll fix it that way.  However, I suspect you start digging and you'll find that buried box he believes does not exist. 

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   gypsycatfish | Oct 10, 2004 03:05am | #2

   1. I had a circuit in my bathroom that was wired in 1983. It worked fine for about 6 years then stopped. I ended up cutting into the wall  and stripping the wire and found that the hot wire was bare for about 12 inches inside the outer cover. It only had paper wrapped around it. The moisture worked it's way down from the rec until it shorted. My whole house had been rewired with this same brand wire. I sometimes wonder how much more was defective.