- Date
- 2016-07-12
- Kind
- Safety warning
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- safetyinfrastructurehousing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In July 2016, a resident reported finding an electrically live threaded light socket in a Sand Bay cabin while the switch was off and urged owners to have older switched-lighting circuits professionally checked.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person safety report about one cabin, not an inspection survey or finding about all 1970s island buildings. The archive does not hold an independent electrician’s report or follow-up on other properties.
Sources
- A resident described finding a switched-neutral, improperly polarized light socket while repairing a Sand Bay cabin built in 1975–1976, and warned other owners to use a licensed electrician. A reply offered a historical explanation but also advised treating circuits as live and using professional help. The report concerns one cabin; it does not establish a defect in all mid-1970s island construction or a code violation across Wojans Builders properties.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010456
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Resident reports a hazardous switched-neutral circuit in a Beaver Island cabin, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cabin-electrical-safety-warning-2016/, accessed [date], citing Foxbat and Gillespie, “A Potentially Shocking Discovery,” Beaver Island Forum, July 12, 2016..
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