Wayne, I've seen some shotty wiring also. Scares you sometimes thinking what can happen especially if the wire used is too small.
One note is from the Philipenes. There they use, as many other countries do, 220 VAC, but use the same 110 outlet we use here in the US. My wife is from there and we sent a TV/VCR to her family with a 220 to 110 converter which worked well. Then the converter went bad so they simply plugged the TV into their outlet. Next they were asking about parts for it and where to buy. I told them forget it for it was in house part numbers and little chance of finding them. 73, ron, n9ee/r >From: Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/07/14 Mon AM 03:00:56 EDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: RadioShack Recalls Power Supplies Due >toElectrocution and Fire Hazards > I have seen instances where a light switch to a ceiling fixture was put >in the neutral side, nd not the hot side of the line. > > I have also seen where some hams, to save money, were using 120 volt 3 >prong plugs for their mobile radios. Thinking what would happen if someone >else plugged it into a 120 volt outlet, ha ha ha. > I also dislike 12 volt light fixtures that take a 12 volt screw in bulb >of the same size as a 120 volt light bulb. Took me a while to figure that >out on a 5th wheel I had, and putting a 120volt bulb in it would not >light. A previous owner had rewired the light over the bathroom sink for >120 volts, but using zip cord. > > At one corner of a 10 acre plot, of which I own 1/4, there is an >electrical box on a pole, no switches or breakers, that still has 430 >volts coming into it. > they use a lot of supposed 480 volt motors around here for oil well >pumps. They wire two transformer outputs in series to get the 480. Some, >but not all, meter boxes are marked 480 volts. > > I see a lot of poor wiring around this area. I even found one outlet in >this house, one of only two left, that had the white and black wires >reversed. I redid that before I hooke that line up to a new breaker panel. >I had to extend the wire, but did that in a box to be sure of what I had. > I always tend to check each outlet to be sure it is wired correctly. > Most of the ceiling lights that had been in here were poorly wired with >no boxes at the fixtures. I'm putting in boxes where I will be wiring >ceiling/wall fixtures. > It doesn't take that much to do a proper wiring job, compared to a lousy >jb with possible hazards... > YMMV > > Wayne WA2YNE > > >On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:39:50 -0500, Bruce Bagwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> >> >> There are many makes of voltage sensing sticks one can get basically >> anywhere. >> >> Many times I have seen outlets "Converted" to 3 wire from two, only to >> find all they did was "ground" from the neutral wire. That means I get >> all kinds of RFI and if the "Ground" ever dropped, it would be HOT just >> from the return from the light bulb or whatever. >> >> BTW, those cheap "Testers" will NOT detect HOT/Ground/Neutral Reverse! >> >> If in doubt, run a wire from a known ground to your Meter and find what >> wires are "Hot" >> >> I remember A house I rented, every time I touched the light >> switch/outlet in the garage I got "tickled" >> Glad I knew what was going on or else I might have made full contact, >> and I would not be typing this right now! >> Swapped the HOT/Neutral/Ground and all was OK! >> >> Always remember, just because the outlet is "Grounded" does not mean it >> is really "Grounded" Verify!!!!! >> >> Stay safe out there! >> >> Bruce Bagwell >> KE5TPN >> >-- >Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
