ha, oops I ment to send that to Bruce ;) sorry for the super offtopicness!
> > That is in the nice wood framed house here. got rid of the BX (well > all but 8' of it to the front porch light) we also had some of the > canvas romex, regular romex, random junctions hanging in the basement, > random live wire sticking out of the foundation, and the lighting > circuit had a dead short to the BX sheath (found that when I tried to > re connect the sheath to the box BOOM nice big arc. ) > > my house in Tucson was a 1940's stucco covered concrete block slab > floored wiring nightmare too. > > looked loads better when i lived there, think it's a rental property > (had a small lawn, palm tree and some roses up front) > http://tinyurl.com/rarxs8 > > my place before that (this one was a rental) > http://tinyurl.com/ryvqxf > > -sam > >> >> >> On May 27, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Sam Macomber wrote: >> >>> or get lucky and have a metal box and BX all the way to the panel. >>> Hook one of the ground adaptors up to the wall plate screw and your >>> set. That's what we did when we got our 70+ year old one owner >>> home ;) >> >> >> You were lucky. Our house was originally wired with canvas-coated, >> rubber-sheathed romex dropped through the concrete blocks which were >> then filled with concrete. Rewiring in our house is a matter of >> running conduit on the outside of the walls, and jackhammering a hole >> for the outlet box. >> >> Even our interior walls were made this way...every wall is at least >> 10" thick, and solid block. >> >> Hanging pictures is a pita, and wiring is worse. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> >> >>> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
