Re: Off-topic: Home Electrical Wiring

["Pete" <manx72@voyager.net>]

Ignore it and it will go away
or;
It may plague you with sporadic hums,
variant peaks,
and other such anomalies!

Clean power leaves less room for question,
at least with my somewhat limited experience:)



From: Sean <sean_@mindspring.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:25 AM
Subject: Off-topic: Home Electrical Wiring


> Maybe some of you know about home wiring.  I just moved to a recently
> remodeled old house.
>
> I plugged my computer's UPS in and the electical fault LED came on.  Went
> to Radio Shack and bought an AC outlet analyzer.  Although the outlets 
>are
> three prong there is no ground on any of the outlets in the house except
> for the bathrooms and one outlet near the kitchen sink (another outlet
near
> the sink has no ground but does have a GFCI outlet).  About half of the
> outlets in the house also have reversed polarity.
>
> I went into the cellar to put in wiring for a second phone line and
noticed
> that the electrical wiring is old.  I found an electrical wiring FAQ and
> learned that the wiring in this house is K&T (knob and tube) - 2
conductor,
> no ground.
>
> Would I be risking life and limb by playing electic guitar in this house?
>
> Thanks for any related feedback.
>
> sean
>
>