I had a pinhole copper leak that was fixed by a plumber recently. Had to cut section of ceiling on main floor. Anyways the space was quite tight and while soldering the pipe a very tiny section of electrical wire nearby got slightly charred. I asked him if I need to worry about that and after inspecting it he said "that's not a problem".
Since it's somewhat close to the pipe and if the pipe ever leaks I'm abit concerned about it. I can see whatever is underneath the sheathing - probably 1/8th an inch type section - the layer underneath that appears unaffected.
Is it possible for an electrician to test this wire to see if damaged? A journeymen electrician buddy of mine - who doesn't live here so can't inspect - suggested to carefully cut the sheathing off to allow for inspection and wrap both of the interior wires in electrical tape and then tape over both of those with an additional layer of tape. The alternative wouldn't be pretty I assume as that wire would have to be pulled and re-run.
Picture in question
http://imgur.com/a/qduYh
http://imgur.com/a/qduYh
This incident happened a few days ago. Two days ago a breaker tripped in my house - appeared to be exactly when my wife opened a running dishwasher to throw something else in there. New toaster oven was also running at the time + TV which definitely were on the same circuit as they turned off when it tripped. No idea if related to the plumber thing and I have no idea either if that wire that was impacted powered those items on that circuit.
Since it's somewhat close to the pipe and if the pipe ever leaks I'm abit concerned about it. I can see whatever is underneath the sheathing - probably 1/8th an inch type section - the layer underneath that appears unaffected.
Is it possible for an electrician to test this wire to see if damaged? A journeymen electrician buddy of mine - who doesn't live here so can't inspect - suggested to carefully cut the sheathing off to allow for inspection and wrap both of the interior wires in electrical tape and then tape over both of those with an additional layer of tape. The alternative wouldn't be pretty I assume as that wire would have to be pulled and re-run.
Picture in question
http://imgur.com/a/qduYh
http://imgur.com/a/qduYh
This incident happened a few days ago. Two days ago a breaker tripped in my house - appeared to be exactly when my wife opened a running dishwasher to throw something else in there. New toaster oven was also running at the time + TV which definitely were on the same circuit as they turned off when it tripped. No idea if related to the plumber thing and I have no idea either if that wire that was impacted powered those items on that circuit.