The extension cord circuits were scary, but when I researched things on
the internet I found that its actually a very common occurrence. I have
no idea what people were thinking when they did that.
The second most scary thing was a suspended ceiling that was added to
the basement in the 1960's. The lights ran off newer but ungrounded
lighting. One of the ceiling lights was shorted to the metal grid that
holds the ceiling tiles in place. The whole grid was hot - 115 volts. I
can't count how many times I've fiddled with that ceiling and had my
hands on the grid it over the years. Apparently if I had been standing
on a wet floor and touched the grid, or grabbed the grid while holding
onto a metal pipe, that could have been it. That freaked me out but the
electricians were pretty nonchalant about it, saying that it is actually
not that easy to get grounded well enough to be electrocuted, though on
them got a pretty good poke when he discovered the problem.
I'm glad to have all that behind me. Insurance companies are starting to
decline to cover houses with K&T so when we the time comes to sell there
will be one less hassle.
On 4/26/2017 11:44 AM, Zos Xavius wrote:
In pittsburgh right now! Yeah knob and tube wiring is very common here
still. It is mostly safe as long as rodents stay away from it. Blown
insulation is bad because if the wire overheats the heat has nowhere
to go. And those wires were designed to cool by the surrounding air.
So yeah, that's a fire hazard. Other than that they aren't nearly as
bad as people make them out to be. Now the story about the extension
cords used as patches. THAT'S SCARY! Like holy crap man!
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