Hi, I noticed today that my thermostat was not working. My electric baseboard heater is on 220V breaker My electricity background is very limited. I did these checks with multimeter: - 0V between the red and black wire - 110V between the black wire and ground - 0V between the red wire and ground Now, I don't know where to look at. Is it a wiring issue or can it be breaker issue? Why do I get only 110V between a wire and the ground rather than 220V? I plan to call an electrician if I have no other options to check. Any ideas?

I've purchased a fixer-upper and one of the things I wanted to do was remove a wall that seperates the living room from the dining room. After doing this, it seemed only natural to add a light switch so that you could turn on the dining room light from either direction. Simple enough, I need to run some 14-3 wire between the switches and life is good. So I climbed up into my attic to find where the existing wire was and to run the new wires. I found that *none* of the electrical wires were placed inside of boxes. They are simply joined together with wirecaps and the wires are all just sitting on the attic floor, many are burried in insulation. I was told that, anytime, you have extend or join wires, they need to be placed inside of an electrical box? I've also been told that it is important to secure the wires (tack/staple/etc) then into place. All of the wires are simply sitting where they are. Is this 'okay' or is this a problem? I live in Colorado now, not sure if it varries from state-to-state.