Post by thread:[OT]: Newbie Q. re: electrical outlet and SSR

>I have seen in the basements of other peoples' houses the remains of the >original electrical system: two cloth-covered wires about a foot apart >running on ceramic insulators. No earth ground... I remember seeing wiring like this in a historical house in (I think) South Dakota. Ceramic insulators about every foot which clamped wires with about a 2 to 3 inch spacing. Almost a safer wiring system than some modern stuff. A guy I know went to India to rewire a school where his sister worked. He said the wiring there was shocking. A wire would start from the fuseboard as one colour, get extended at some point with a different colour, another extension with whatever else happened to be around, possibly of yet another colour, so by the time the connection reached its destination there could be almost every possible colour of wire used, and you could not count on the destination colour being correct. He also tested every cut-out He was getting from the local store, and each day was doing a trip to replace the next failed batch. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

When I was in Mexico City I was working in a building that had a large gymnasium. They were going to refinish the floor, so the workers brought out a huge drum sander. They then proceeded to string together about 3 cables, taped together with just electrical tape. Then, they removed the service panel cover, and electrical taped the bare wires to the panel, before the breaker. I was impressed. Then of course was the lovely amounts of sawdust they proceeded to generate... Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams "Alan B. Pearce" wrote: {Quote hidden}> I remember seeing wiring like this in a historical house in (I think) South > Dakota. Ceramic insulators about every foot which clamped wires with about a > 2 to 3 inch spacing. Almost a safer wiring system than some modern stuff. > > A guy I know went to India to rewire a school where his sister worked. He > said the wiring there was shocking. A wire would start from the fuseboard as > one colour, get extended at some point with a different colour, another > extension with whatever else happened to be around, possibly of yet another > colour, so by the time the connection reached its destination there could be > almost every possible colour of wire used, and you could not count on the > destination colour being correct. He also tested every cut-out He was > getting from the local store, and each day was doing a trip to replace the > next failed batch. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics