40 House Old Rewire Wiring Year

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 50 Posts by 17 People

Hey guys picked up this 05 yz450 that was "street legal" the wiring was pretty terrible only motostrano order dosent come in till monday isnt that always the way. well heres the start of the rewire maybe even a weather pak connector for the wiring! its kinda nice to have a tig welder at the house

Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 40 Posts by 19 People

The new 240V circuit breaker box in the basement, and 10ish gage wires feed the ancient (built circuits, and they just do basement and kitchen. The old glass fusebox has a black and red incoming power . I finished wiring a house built in the late 1800s last year in Lexington,Mass, what a nightmare

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 16 Posts by 11 People

On and rewiring the whole house. The rationale for doing this was that we are now 55 years old... about the whole-house rewire, I've been retired from work on ill-health grounds and where I used . Houses wired 40 years ago were designed with far fewer sockets since there were not the modern...

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 40 Posts by 19 People

The wiring, and everything looks good. I did not do this to the switches, but again I don’t know how and find everything is still hot and all are wired properly. All lights work via the switches ceiling light. A well built house with ghetto wiring. Our 12 year old decided he wanted more...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 14 Posts by 5 People

Saturday afternoon. Everything was nasty, as most 40 year old cars are, so I cleaned everything and 'jiggled' the wiring harness and the lights came on. We drove to the store, no issues. When we came of the car )is faulty. There are a lot of connections going to it, but the wiring for the horn relay

Friday, October 02, 2009 - 15 Posts by 6 People

Pipe, near closed up with mineral deposits) and the aluminum wiring. I am going to rewire the whole house. BIL the electrician thinks I should remove all the aluminum and pull in the romex the old alum. in there. But I have to abide by local wiring code to get my new meter. While I can

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 32 Posts by 14 People

wiring methods. Basement ceiling is exposed and where the majority of the house wiring is. Lots with a house built in the '20s, originally knob and tube wired but (partly) converted to more modren be to rip out the existing wiring in the walls of the house and replace it. I can tell you

Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 25 Posts by 6 People

And unaltered K&T wiring is not an inherent fire hazard". Why does your own source disagree with you that have K&T wiring and have been insulated. The "Illinois report" looked and couldn't find such data about the safety of K&T wiring. Why couldn't the report find significant numbers of house with K&T

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 16 Posts by 7 People

My house was built in 1932 and although it has been rewired a few times, the last about 10 years ago... , the wire leading to the mains in the street and presumably the cables in the street are original should have been fitted but this did not get done. A few years ago, the house wiring came under attack...

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 20 Posts by 13 People

Son's 100+ year old house, and someone put in a gas furnace. It works fine. I am helping him install... electrician wired the house, and made the black wires hot. There appears to be some evidence ;boobooililililil@roadrunner.com Old house wiring is scary. Most have a single circuit for every room...