begin quoting Gus Wirth as of Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 12:16:03PM -0700: > This isn't directly Linux related, but does pertain to computers that > run Linux. > > I want to run some computers in the back room of my house, but because > my house was built in 1960 I don't have ground wires, only polarized two > prong sockets.
What sort of wire? You may want to replace the wire anyway... > I know that I could cheat and just skip the ground prong > connection on a new socket but I want to "do the right thing" and > actually have a grounded outlet for use with the computers. > > I have several options for some of the sockets but not all. One is to > drill through the backside into the adjoining closet and run the wire up > from there. The other I thought of was to put ground wires behind the > baseboard and bring them up into the socket from there. I'm not sure how I've done that before, in a rental. Ran a wire along the baseboard all the way into the kitchen, where I tied it in to the cold-water pipe. Quick, dirty, and I didn't care that it looked funky, and it wasn't that bad once the green wire was painted over a couple of times. > an electrician would do it, probably go into the attic and drill down > into the wall. All the house wiring runs through the attic down to the > walls. Do you know if your walls have firebreaks? If they do, you'll need some of the Really Long drill bits (assuming you have room in the attic) or you'll need to open up the wall. I suspect that an electrician would knock holes in your walls to run new wire, and possibly patch 'em, leaving you to repaint. This is also likely to be the fastest and highest-quality approach to getting the job done... > Has anyone had a wiring retrofit done? Any suggestions? When we moved in to our house, we had the 1952 wiring completely replaced, along with the power-dropped moved, new meter and breaker box, and a layout specified by _me_ (one breaker per room, 20 amp circuits, instead of the "more sensible" multiple-circuit-per-room). Holes were made in walls (and patched), and some power comes via the attic, and the rest comes up from under the house (via a trunk that runs down to under the house from the attic). If you're going to work in the attic, I can highly recommend first installing an attic ladder and some powered ventilation. -- Have sawsall, will travel. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
