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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
