[Elecraft] [KX3] OT: AC wiring, grounds

[Fred Jensen]

Perils of an old house.  Ours in Auburn CA was started in the mid-20's, 
added onto by everyone who lived there, including us ... twice.  With 
sheetrock gone, we found the reason why doors wouldn't close and windows 
were stuck--headers over them were spliced in the middle.

Barn out next to the pasture had 120V outlets with exposed wiring.  Feed 
from house was 2 aerial wires, 240V between them.  Finally figured out 
that the neutral was "ground," as in dirt.  The two "phase" conductors 
were spliced into separate 120V breakers in the service entrance.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Sparks NV DM09dn

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On 9/20/2016 9:24 AM, Alan wrote:
> I recently have been having extensive electrical renovation done on my
> early 60s era house.  We found wires spliced in the middle of a wall (3
> different places), wrong wire sizes, a dead bat in the main meter panel,
> and my favorite:  a 220V circuit with each phase on a separate single
> breaker, which weren't even the same amperage!  :=)
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
> On 09/20/2016 08:43 AM, Ken G Kopp kengkopp at gmail.com [KX3] wrote:
>>
>>
>> My house ... built mid-60's ... had "modern" 3-wire receptacles
>> throughout ... and was wired with single conductor "knob and tube"
>> wiring.  To add to the difficulty, the boxes were mounted halfway
>> between the studs on 1 x 3 boards.  Terrible rework required!