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My house was built around 1910 (had old single wires running through joists with porcelain tubes), then in 1950's or 1960's they remodeled the house to a duplex and changed Most (not all, more on that later) to a early kind of ROMEX® (weaved cloth wrapped silver color with two plastic sheathed wires looks a lot like ROMEX®). No grounds. I've gone thru and pulled new ROMEX® and changed out all the old early ROMEX® to something more modern, with a ground.
When I was doing this I found that several rooms and the porch are using the old single wires!!! They ran the old ROMEX® stuff and used some kind of mickey mouse jury rigged plug to energize the old stuff running through the ceiling of the first floor instead of running new stuff!! I have abandoned it and pulled new stuff.
I have 60 amp service -- (this is the first floor which has its own meter) They ran it into a old main/range (pull out section with two cylinder fuses, range side, 4 Edison fuses). BUT at some point they did this... They took 6 gauge wire and hooked to the range outputs and ran it and a ground over to a QO 100 amp box. I assume they didn't want to pay to change the service. I know its not code. And I don't have the money to change the service. Is it safe? They aren't using any circuits in the old panel, its basically a disconnect.
When I was doing this I found that several rooms and the porch are using the old single wires!!! They ran the old ROMEX® stuff and used some kind of mickey mouse jury rigged plug to energize the old stuff running through the ceiling of the first floor instead of running new stuff!! I have abandoned it and pulled new stuff.
I have 60 amp service -- (this is the first floor which has its own meter) They ran it into a old main/range (pull out section with two cylinder fuses, range side, 4 Edison fuses). BUT at some point they did this... They took 6 gauge wire and hooked to the range outputs and ran it and a ground over to a QO 100 amp box. I assume they didn't want to pay to change the service. I know its not code. And I don't have the money to change the service. Is it safe? They aren't using any circuits in the old panel, its basically a disconnect.
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