Fix the Shocking Socket !
The NW bedroom had a “shocking” surprise for us the first night in the house. We slept in that room on that night and both my wife and I got electrical shocks while turning on and off the light switch! We had been careful after that to touch ONLY the plastic “switchy-thingy” (the part that actually moves).
Well, today I decided to try to fix it. I opened it up and was surprised to see that one of the main wires basically has 4 inches of exposed, uninsulated copper !! This piece appears to be sqeezed somewhat into the fixture and part seems to be protruding a bit outward, towards the switch plate. I carefully used a pair of plyers (with an insulated handle) to try to bend this wire back a bit. It wasn’t easy, as the wire was stiff and I was concerned that I would push the whole fixture back into the wall. But, after moving the wire back a bit, I decided to put a piece of black electrical tape on the back of the switchplate across the area where it might come in contact with this wire.