oulet in old home
#1
04-05-00, 12:11 PM
I bought a house that was built in the 20's and probably about 15 years ago the owners upgrading the electrical with a new breaker. The problem is they didn't upgrade one room. This room is so odd that they ran a powerstrip right from a light.The other outlet is not grounded.I need to be able to plug my computer in here.What is the easiest I can do this and if I pay an electrician about how much do you think it will run me? I have a tiny crawl space under the house.
#2
04-05-00, 04:11 PM
hello aah,
there is no easy way to rewire a room with a crawl space. if by chance there is an outlet on a wall with another behind it then u can just pull some wire between the recepts and wirenut the existing 1's together or if its a dead end just cap them off. if there is no existing back to back outlets then u can make 1 by cutting in a box and pulling wire between the recepts. as to how much this would cost to update by electrician i cant say this depends on area u live in and amount of work invaalved.
there is no easy way to rewire a room with a crawl space. if by chance there is an outlet on a wall with another behind it then u can just pull some wire between the recepts and wirenut the existing 1's together or if its a dead end just cap them off. if there is no existing back to back outlets then u can make 1 by cutting in a box and pulling wire between the recepts. as to how much this would cost to update by electrician i cant say this depends on area u live in and amount of work invaalved.
#4
04-05-00, 09:31 PM
The house I live in is not quite as old, but it is not grounded. The computer power manager that I use always shows a "wiring fault" because it has no ground.
Without a ground you have no surge protection. My landlord won't pay to have it done right, so I choose to live with it.
I run my computer off of it anyways.
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Without a ground you have no surge protection. My landlord won't pay to have it done right, so I choose to live with it.
I run my computer off of it anyways.
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MTAC - Van Buren,MO
www.carpenter.cjb.net
Home repair & Construction
"Where the character and work are always upright"
Anything worth cutting down a tree for, is worth doing right.
www.toolreview.cjb.net
