u/95_lb_mole

I randomly was suggested this sub recently and enjoy perusing it, but I know nothing about coins. Is this dime at all noteworthy?

I installed a track light in my kitchen and ran MC cable to it from a junction box. The bottom of that beam is about 95 inches above the floor. Is this use of MC cable definitely a no-no, or is it a judgment call about whether it's exposed to physical damage?

Context: partially finished basement, and this bit of romex was left exposed in the mechanical room by the prior owner. I finally got around to figuring out what circuit it's on, and from what I can tell there's simply no power going to it. I started by turning off the panel, and all individual breakers. Then I turned the panel back on and checked this wire against each individual breaker. There was no power to this wire, even when I had all the breakers on. The other end of this wire goes up to the ceiling then behind the finished part of the basement, with lots of important stuff in between so I can't physically trace it further without doing a LOT of work. Anyway, my question is whether there's an approved method of dealing with this wire in the code? My town doesn't have an inspector, nor a building department or even a way to pull permits, and I'm not going to pay an electrician to come out here just to tell me to put a cover on the box or whatever (also, getting people to even come out to the sticks isn't easy). If it matters, the electrical in this house was almost certainly not done by a pro in the first place, so who knows what's going on at the other end of this wire.