Creative Electrical
Sep 13, 2019 08:19:34 #
Bad wiring has never caused a problem in a house, right? Right? 
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
Sep 13, 2019 17:34:18 #
Those are hilarious, if it weren't for the fact that a fire or electrocution can happen.
If you want to see real electrical nightmares, go to Mexico, especially in the cities. Folks there pirate electrical service, and some of the connections will make you cringe. Bowls of spaghetti have more organization.
If you want to see real electrical nightmares, go to Mexico, especially in the cities. Folks there pirate electrical service, and some of the connections will make you cringe. Bowls of spaghetti have more organization.
Sep 14, 2019 04:16:07 #
Some shockers there jerry (pun intended), I wonder how many House fires are started by bad electrical wiring each year!
Sep 14, 2019 04:16:08 #
Some shockers there jerry (pun intended), I wonder how many House fires are started by bad electrical wiring each year!
Sep 14, 2019 06:33:45 #
When I purchased our home some 20 odd years ago we began remodeling. Part of which included updating the electrical system. While I am not an electrician I do have some training and experience from working in construction and some training in industrial elecctrical, mostly motor drives and such. When we began the refitment of the wiring we found that all but two rooms in our house were on one 15 amp circuit daisy chained through the house. We have since run all new separate circuits to each room and upgraded all the fixtures. Our house was buklt in the early 1930's, think about how many electrical devices might have been using power at one time back then. They simply did not have the load or the knowledge of electic systems back then.
Sep 14, 2019 07:13:08 #
Jerry, in the 45 years I was a Journeyman Wireman and member of the IBEW, I saw many examples of the things you have shared with us, and to this day the inventiveness of unquantified amateurs and supposed ‘qualified professionals’ continues to amaze me. Thank you for the chuckles and shivers your post has given me this morning.
Sep 14, 2019 07:25:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Bad wiring has never caused a problem in a house, right? Right?
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pictures+of+street+wiring+in+india&id=F8799E20AF4D5881954B426FE7E973EE21AB7709&FORM=IQFRBA
This is a electrical problem.
Sep 14, 2019 07:31:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Bad wiring has never caused a problem in a house, right? Right?
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
As an Architect who does building surveys, I have seen most of these sort of things and many much worse. And that is in commercial buildings not just in homes.
Sep 14, 2019 09:18:04 #
Yes Mexico. Especially in rural location, it is common to see orange conduit containing the wires just laying on the ground running from a pole to a dwelling.
Sep 14, 2019 09:21:05 #
Knob and tube? The hot and common almost never run together. Good luck figuring it out.
Sep 14, 2019 10:08:46 #
Sep 14, 2019 10:45:03 #
BillFeffer wrote:
Yes Mexico. Especially in rural location, it is common to see orange conduit containing the wires just laying on the ground running from a pole to a dwelling.
Sep 14, 2019 11:11:47 #
A.J.R. wrote:
We see it in the UK as well. And and our power comes at 240volts
Which is far superior than the lame US system. Far more efficient.
Sep 14, 2019 11:13:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Bad wiring has never caused a problem in a house, right? Right?
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
Brilliant. Another one is the cheap but deadly "widow maker" cord some idiots use to connect a portable generator to home electrical wiring through a 240-volt dryer outlet. It can back-feed power to the grid, killing line workers trying to restore power.
Never, ever put two male ends on a cable carrying more than an audio signal.
Sep 14, 2019 12:06:00 #
I did the "mid-century attic" thing in a closet a while back. It was sort of dendritic lighting.
--Bob
--Bob
jerryc41 wrote:
Bad wiring has never caused a problem in a house, right? Right?
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
https://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/18-electric-wiring-fails-that-will-make-you-wince/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl9132019&_mid=301606&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE
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