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Title: Veteran electrician and Tesla Certified installer calls out a recurring code violation showing up in homes across North Texas

McKinney, Texas, United States, 6th Mar 2026 —  James Adams has been an electrician for a long time. And lately, he keeps seeing the same mistake on job after job. It is not complicated. It does not require special training to fix. But it keeps getting skipped and it is creating a real fire risk in homes across North Texas.The problem: electrical wire is being run through bare metal holes in panels and junction boxes with nothing protecting it."I'm seeing the same problem over and over again," said Adams. "What bugs me worse is it's so easy to fix. You know what's missing in a lot of these jobs? Romex connectors. I don't see them."Why This MattersRomex is the plastic-coated wire used in most homes. When it passes through a metal hole in an electrical panel or box, the sharp edge of that hole can slice right through the plastic coating and expose the live wire inside."Metal will cut right through PVC sheathing," Adams said. "That's live electricity in an 80-year-old house where the wood is dry as tinder."A nicked wire inside a live panel is a fire waiting to happen. Adams has seen it firsthand at a neighbor's home where the wire was already damaged from rubbing against a bare metal edge.The Fix Costs Less Than a DollarSmall plastic or metal pieces called Romex connectors snap or screw into the hole before the wire passes through. They do two things: protect the wire from the sharp metal edge, and lock the wire in place so it cannot be pulled back out. Both are required by electrical code.Adams recommends two options. The two-screw clamp connector threads into the hole and tightens down onto the wire with screws. The snap-in connector (Adams calls it a "Pinchy") is even faster. It snaps into the hole and uses small teeth inside to grip the wire automatically.A third...

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