[otherbruddaDarrell]

Chrissy asked me to hang up a cork board in our spare room/office this morning.
The very first screw I put in the wall hit an electric line and blew the circuit.
I contacted AAA electrical co. and Jody MacLaughlin (owner) answered the call and I explained what had happened and he gave me a ball park price that was fair. I figured He would schedule a time maybe on Monday or Tuesday, but he said he would be out in around an hour or so.
When Jody arrived he explained that he would have to install either a blank box or we could have another outlet installed at that location.
We opted for another outlet since it would come in handy.
While there I also had him install a GFI outlet and box on the outside of my home where I used to have the pump for my hot tub.
The total price was $150 which I was very pleased with since he came right out on a Saturday and did a nice job.
He is lic.-ins. and bonded and does all the work himself.
If anyone is interested, his number is (352) 245-8047

[Mallory]

We've used Jody of AAA Electric for all our electrical needs. He's prompt, well priced, and explains what he's doing so there are no surprises.

He's also got a pretty good handle on restaurants in this area and beyond.

[batman911]

Was there no metal protective plate mounted on the stud to prevent drilling into the wire. I thought that it was code.

[otherbruddaDarrell]

No there was not. But then again our cyv was built in 1993. Where I hit the wire was about 6' up from the floor.

[l2ridehd]

In 1993 that was code to have a metal plate over any wire that was passed through a stud. I would contact the warrenty department and seek reimbursement. And if they don't want to do that, perhaps they need to consider removing all the dry wall in all the CYV to see if there were metal plates installed. I will go back in my code books to see when this was implemented, but I am pretty sure it was sometime in the mid 80's.

[l2ridehd]

Just checked and here is what they say. This is from a 1988 handbook.

The NEC (National Electrical Code) says that if wire is run through a hole drilled in a framing member the hole edge must be at least 1 1/4 inches from the edge of the board to protect the wire from nail and screw penetration. If this distance can't be maintained a nail plate must be used.

And in Florida, all wires and plumbing that went through a stud had to be protected with the metal plates.

Florida went the one step further then code and required it on all regardless of depth of wire or pipe. So the question really is did you use a really long screw? As that would depend on NEC being broken or Florida code or both.

[otherbruddaDarrell]

I don't know for sure if the stud has a plate or not. I was hanging the cork board in to the drywall and was going to use plastic drywall anchors if it did not hold the lightweight board up well.
The area I was screwing in to was between studs at a higher level. This was on an exterior wall.
And in retrospect I used too long of a screw. I have the board hung up now using 3/4" drywall screws rather then the 1-1/4" that came with the board. The longer screws were for use with the anchors.
Just the luck of the draw I guess!
Thanks for the information.