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Electrical Fire
don:
I've been asked to repair wiring many times. Some of the stuff I see is downright terrible. One of the problems is that older homes are many times under-wired since the demand for power was less than it is now. Someone will try to add on to existing wiring and wow...nightmare time! Nothing grounded, solder instead of wire nuts, everything you can imagine.
When my brother bought his house...and it's a nice house, the wiring was so bad I was getting shocked off of the garage door and heating ducts. I at least made it safe until he got an electrician to redo the panel. I managed to fix outlets and get take some of the old PH 40w fixtures and replace them with new ones (I kept the old ones). One of the old PH fixtures had a bad ballast that shorted to ground, but since it wasn't grounded, I was getting shocked touching the fixture...ouch! Also, the ballast blew out the filaments of a nice vintage westinghouse bulb. Anyway, electrical stuff is nothing to joke around with.
Mike:
Yeah. Some of the stuff used to make "repairs" to houses is crazy. :o
joe_347V:
I've seen some crazy repairs done in some older stores too. O_o
Mike:
I can home from my uncle's house and his garage's lights are wired to indoor extension cords and plug into an outlet!!! :o The actuall garage door lights and door motor are properly connected thankfully. He has two incandescent JB lights and a four lamp T12 wrap light in there- UNGROUNDED! And he REFUSES to get it wired properly! :o ??? :8)
joe_347V:
:o Have you offered to at least ground his lights by replacing the cords on them?
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