As part of some HVAC work I recently had done, an additional duct was added to my system. Initially they ran the new duct with only the existing 14/2 NM wire supporting the duct in making the turn shown in the pictures below. I told them that that was not permissible and they fixed it by adding two duct supports before and after the wire. My question is, is this an acceptable set up as it stands now? It’s definitely better, but it’s such a tight situation that I cannot tell how much the duct is still resting on the electrical wire. As the colors in the photo seem to all kind of blend in, the blue arrows are the supports they put in and the red arrows are the electrical. [IMG]http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx13/DIYnewbie9/Electrical/4e2cfbd2-ea07-4202-a4e1-766218fc46d9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx13/DIYnewbie9/Electrical/5c2add06-1d7c-48cc-a441-a9fb4d7da8da.jpg[/IMG]

My home was built mid-50's in Indiana. It has breaker boxes, and copper wire but no grounds or GFCIs. All the 4 bedrooms, halls, living and kitchen lights (not appliances) are on the same breaker. This past weekend I had plugged in a power washer in the inside of the house - everything was moving along fine for a few minutes. My daughter who was in the bathroom said the lights were flickering, she heard a pop and they cut out. With this surge it did not trip the breaker, rather cut the lighting in the bathroom light (but not bathroom exhaust fan?), one bedroom and living room, every other room still has power. We have pulled all the living, bedroom and bathroom plugs to find out if power is being blocked but everything looks good. We've also switched out the double-light switch in the bathroom, and the outlet where the power washer was plugged in, even though both appeared to not be blow up. I find it strange that we can get power to the bathroom exhaust fan (which is on the same circuit breaker as the light), but not the light (separate fixture) and they share a dual switch. We’ve also taken the light fixture in the bathroom off and it looks fine, too. We had an electrician come out and he seemed stumped and couldn’t even give a price. He just kept saying, there’s a problem with your white wire and we’ll have to run a new white wire. Any other ideas what may be happening and where we should check?