Kieth (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nder) wrote,@ 2008-09-18 23:19:00 |
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Tomorrow I'm off to Vegas for the weekend. Cousin's wedding/impromptu family reunion thing.
And I'm going with 17$ to my name. I want to see how much of it I can come back with.
The contractors in this area in the late 60s-early 70s frighten me. I've worked on lots of houses and I don't know how many HUD/Section8 apartment units. I've never had to replace outlets by destroying them. Hell, the 1870s farmhouse was in great shape compared to alot of what I've seen out here.
The outlet face came off with the outlet plate- the screw strip wasn't attached to the outlet core at all. this is the third disintegrating outlet I've changed out in this house. One had actually arced thru the body, eating a hole in the back.
I'm pretty sure this one has 3 live feeds going to it- all bridged, no split outlets (117, 117, and 107V??). I'll test it again after I get back. After the Mercer house, I thought nothing could surprise me electrically.
I was wrong.
And I'm going with 17$ to my name. I want to see how much of it I can come back with.
The contractors in this area in the late 60s-early 70s frighten me. I've worked on lots of houses and I don't know how many HUD/Section8 apartment units. I've never had to replace outlets by destroying them. Hell, the 1870s farmhouse was in great shape compared to alot of what I've seen out here.
The outlet face came off with the outlet plate- the screw strip wasn't attached to the outlet core at all. this is the third disintegrating outlet I've changed out in this house. One had actually arced thru the body, eating a hole in the back.
I'm pretty sure this one has 3 live feeds going to it- all bridged, no split outlets (117, 117, and 107V??). I'll test it again after I get back. After the Mercer house, I thought nothing could surprise me electrically.
I was wrong.
