Electricity Connectors and Voltages

"Frank F. Matthews" wrote:
>
> The really ancient wiring is on two wires with minimal insulation and at
> least 6 inches of separation except at plugs and switches. Most of the
> insulation is brittle enough to be questionable. That's ancient. The
> left over 50's stuff with two prong plugs is pretty modern.
>
In the 70s, I lived in a house which still had knob and tube wiring. I
wouldn't be at all surprised if it's still there.
Some of the light fixtures were combination gas and electric.

S Viemeister <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote:

>"Frank F. Matthews" wrote:
>>
>> The really ancient wiring is on two wires with minimal insulation and at
>> least 6 inches of separation except at plugs and switches. Most of the
>> insulation is brittle enough to be questionable. That's ancient. The
>> left over 50's stuff with two prong plugs is pretty modern.
>>
>In the 70s, I lived in a house which still had knob and tube wiring. I
>wouldn't be at all surprised if it's still there.
>Some of the light fixtures were combination gas and electric.

We looked at a house south of Baltimore that had that wiring in the
attic. The thing is - it may not be in actual use anymore.


grandma Rosalie

Rosalie B. wrote:
> S Viemeister <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote:

>>"Frank F. Matthews" wrote:

>>>The really ancient wiring is on two wires with minimal insulation and at
>>>least 6 inches of separation except at plugs and switches. Most of the
>>>insulation is brittle enough to be questionable. That's ancient. The
>>>left over 50's stuff with two prong plugs is pretty modern.

>>In the 70s, I lived in a house which still had knob and tube wiring. I
>>wouldn't be at all surprised if it's still there.
>>Some of the light fixtures were combination gas and electric.

> We looked at a house south of Baltimore that had that wiring in the
> attic. The thing is - it may not be in actual use anymore.
> grandma Rosalie

I'm sure that there is plenty still in use. My last house, I've moved
up from a 1930 one to a 1940 one, certainly still had 2 circuits of the
stuff. That isn't still in use since the house was leveled for a pair
of townhouses but there are similar houses there.

"Rosalie B." wrote:
>
> S Viemeister <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote:
> >In the 70s, I lived in a house which still had knob and tube wiring. I
> >wouldn't be at all surprised if it's still there.
> >Some of the light fixtures were combination gas and electric.
>
> We looked at a house south of Baltimore that had that wiring in the
> attic. The thing is - it may not be in actual use anymore.
>
That's what we thought - but we were wrong. The knob and tube stuff was
still in place - and working - when the house was sold. We did cap off the
live gas lines, though, and a number of new electric circuits were put in.
The old stuff was mostly for light fixtures.

Sheila

S Viemeister wrote:
> "Rosalie B." wrote:
>
>>S Viemeister <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote:
>>
>>>In the 70s, I lived in a house which still had knob and tube wiring. I
>>>wouldn't be at all surprised if it's still there.
>>>Some of the light fixtures were combination gas and electric.
>>
>>We looked at a house south of Baltimore that had that wiring in the
>>attic. The thing is - it may not be in actual use anymore.

> That's what we thought - but we were wrong. The knob and tube stuff was
> still in place - and working - when the house was sold. We did cap off the
> live gas lines, though, and a number of new electric circuits were put in.
> The old stuff was mostly for light fixtures.
> Sheila

A fair amount of what I had went to the wall plugs. But that was from
about 1930.