Before they drywalled the house, I ran speaker wire in between the recessed lights in the living room for some ceiling mounted speakers. That way, all I had to do was cut a hole in between the lights and grab the wire without much in the way of measuring (except to make sure the light is in the center of the room).
What I didn't realize was that one set of lights was in the middle of the joist cavity, while the others were butted up against one joist. I did the former first, and everything went fine. For the other one, I measured the center, traced the template, and started cutting. Then, about 25% into the cut, bzzt, sparks, dark. I hit a wire.
So now, in addition to patching the hole a bit and moving the speaker out an inch or two, I also have to replace some wire between the lights. I'm lucky it's just one run and it's in the same joist cavity. I just need to fish from one light to the other. And since there's already a giant hole in the middle of the lights, that's nice and easy, too!
So there's my project for tomorrow. 10' of wire, a little bit of joint compound, and some careful undoing of a really boneheaded move. Kaylene was sitting there when I did it, too, no doubt mad because I just broke her new house.
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