[rarestia]

The electrician confirmed that the configuration is harmless if not maybe up to more recent code, and a follow up phone call confirmed leaving the uninsulated grounds exposed isn’t a problem.

My logical brain knows it’s fine, but my irrational brain is back in high school electric shop watching the teacher set steel wool on fire with a 9V battery.

[sunny bonobo]

I’m totally confused as to why you would want to even remove the switch.
And all your splices have to be in accessible boxes. Absolutely no wires twisted together inside a wall.

[unclejohncornbread]

Sounds to me like he broke the neutral wire through the switch and not the hot leg.

[trebb]

Sounds like another DIY person made some of his own modifications...I hate the idea of a dedicated, switch-less, line unless it’s also on its own breaker (or on a circuit that can be shut off anytime with no inconveniences)...odds are, it’s gonna need replacement sometime and