Hi All,
I used to publish a weekly short tech newsletter HFNews. I tried to do it
manally which became too much work managing a list of 600 addresses. But now,
my webhosting company has made it much easier with some automated tools, so I
am going to start it up again.
I will publish
Pretty impressive. I've seen these plug types as well. In fact, I have a very
old Fasco oscillating fan that once had this plug type. Cloth covered cord,
wide open blade guard and an oiling port for the sleeve bearings. I since put
a modern wire (cloth covered) and plug on it. As was already
On 1/1/2017 1:14 PM, Mike Sherman - Original Message - wrote:
I have knob and tube left on, I think, one circuit in my 99 year old
house. It's on my list to be replaced soon. It has some impressive
soldered splices, but charm has its limits. I agree that it's a bear
to unearth and
I have knob and tube left on, I think, one circuit in my 99 year old house.
It's on my list to be replaced soon. It has some impressive soldered splices,
but charm has its limits. I agree that it's a bear to unearth and replace.
My experience with the insulation is that it is now brittle.
Hello Doug,
You are correct in that ungrounded outlets (NEMA 1-15) are sold to replace
older ungrounded outlets. NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code (NEC), does not
allow you to replace an ungrounded outlet with a three-pin outlet (NEMA 5-15)
if the ground is not connected. There are
Just guessing here. Agree two wire outlets are a grandfather cause. House
wiring doesn¹t last forever. I think about forty years is it, at least for
older installations, so that might be why older configurations no longer
need to be supported.
Ken Javor
Phone: (256) 650-5261
From: Doug
This is a question for the North American crowd.The other day I purchased an electrical outlet for residential use to replace a worn out device. What I didn't realize is the part in the store bin was the ungrounded type. At least I didn't realize it until I tried to install the outlet and was
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