It's amazing how much old Knob and tube is till in use. We still had
about half our outlets and fixtures on it before rewiring this winter.
The main runs of Knob and Tube were actually in pretty good shape, but
the runs in the attic were buried under blown in insulation which makes
them more of a fire hazard.
The really scary stuff were the outlets and fixtures added in the 40's
and 50's. We found several where someone just spliced household grade
extension cord wiring to the Knob and Tube and ran it through the walls
without using conduit. The plastic insulation on the extension cord wire
was all but gone in a few cases - and literally there were just two
semi-bare wires behind a wooden baseboard or wooden lathe in the wall.
Fire waiting to happen. Apparently using extension cord wiring like this
was a common practice back in the day. I'm glad to see all the old
stuff gone or disconnected.
Mark
On 4/24/2017 4:23 PM, Gonz wrote:
Wow, knob and tube wiring! Yikes, seriously old stuff!
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
Hi Rick -
Does the lens do this on multiple bodies? You might want to verify that it
is the lens and not the camera. My venerable Pz-1p developed the same
problem with some lenses. It appears that the shaft from the body is not
linking up to the lens right. It's only a couple of lenses and they work
well on other bodies, but consistently falter on the Pz-1p (though like in
your case, re-mounting the lens or shaking it gets things working again, for
a while.)
Good luck with the home renovations - we replaced all of our galvanized
plumbing and Knob and tube wiring last year. Lots of dust, noise and
disruption.
Mark
On 4/22/2017 11:27 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Work and house renovation complications have had me insanely busy for
the last few months, and the completely f#@ked up re-do of photo.net
has inhibited my photo posting.
So here I am to draw on the group's collective experience:
My beloved DA 16-45 is having autofocus problems. It often just goes
click-click-click and doesn't focus. Sometimes a bit of shaking gets
it working again for a frame or three.
Where should I send it for repair? Precision? KEH? Somewhere else?
Cheers,
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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