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Thanks for the input/information. I'm up in Tahoe, 360 miles from home. I hired general contractor to help. Removed o/h cabinets above existing stove in pensula between kitchen and dinning room. It really opened the place up. Hot wire that was connected to old vent above stove.....asked general to send electrician.
This "electrician" taped ends of wires and shoved them up between joists. I stopped him. I asked if that was code? He said: well he would have to put 2nd box in ceiling, and it would be exposed. I said why not terminate hot wires in same box that new light fixture is connected to? He said wow good idea. Now this a licensed electrician!!!! He's one of the people who said trading the 4 prong for the 3 prong pig tail is fine. But you can understand why I'm not comefortable
with his opinion. I called a different GC and he said it was fine also. I phoned the electrician I use at home, have not heard back yet. So that's why I posted here. I've phoned 6 electrical contractors up here...all too busy to come out. I'll keep trying to hire new electrician. I've been up here twice, 10 days out of last two weeks, remodeling. I want to go home and work on cobra, not house.