cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/61326066
Before:
There are actually a couple runs of relatively modern grounded, albeit still old and crappy, grounded wire in my basement, including one powering my shed that ran right next to this outlet, and its shitty old ungrounded black cloth cable. I hijacked that and repurposed it for this outlet.
So, no shed power currently, but this first job gave me the confidence and motivation to tackle the rest of the house now.
There are actually a couple runs of relatively modern grounded, albeit still old and crappy, grounded wire in my basement, including one powering my shed that ran right next to this outlet, and its shitty old ungrounded black cloth cable. I hijacked that and repurposed it for this outlet.
So, no shed power, but this first job gave me the confidence and motivation to tackle the rest of the house now.
Shitty because it’s old and EOL, but totally fit for purpose when it was new. In the days when wiring insulation was made of cloth nobody really worried about how long a house was going to last. Most men were dead by age 65 from heart attacks or lung cancer, and similar for women. Different times, different technology.