General So, I gotta buy some new appliances, opinions thread.
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Tomorrow I also get to yank that hood and see how the hell it's wired in.
Actually works but I don't think I'm keeping it.
Actually works but I don't think I'm keeping it.
Most likely it is, I check a lot of estate sales and that is one of the types of lettering of that era
I wonder how they wired it, and what materials they used?
Not that I know jack shit about electrical.
Could be good, like overbuilt/wired
Could be interesting
I know nothing about electrical
How terrified should I be of my wiring, on a scale of "good enough" to "can't believe the place hasn't already burned down"?
It's my new chest freezer for my beef.
Don't have a cow man.
Heh, did you catch that?
That was a good one.
How crumbling do you think my wiring is?
Also- I'm gonna kill all the power and take that oven hood out in the morning when I get there. I haven't been able to find the wiring yet so I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to find.
How to I secure all the wires after, so I can turn the power back on?
Just black tape on each good enough?
I'll bet it's braided cloth and paper.
400 more years.
You might try picking up a circuit tracer for this job, just keep the receipt and return it, but photocopy it for taxes.
Plug it into the outlet next to the hood, then trace the signal like you're using a stud finder. It's probably buried behind the cabinet.
You can use wire nuts to secure, that's easiest. Little orange ones do best, no larger than tan, except for the range, which will need reds.
Or you can use wagos.
Depending on the work though, I might just cut-in a single gang remodel box, fold the wire into the j-box, then put a single gang blank cover on it.
Then you can work around it without hazard, have access later, can use something like a wiremold extension ring and track later if you want to spice things up, or not.
What I'd do?
I'd go down to the butcher shop and get some heart and liver scraps, then smear it on the panel for character, then do tours on the house advertising it as the Zizian Death Cult Ritual house.
I wouldn't be surprised
" You might try picking up a circuit tracer for this job, just keep the receipt and return it, but photocopy it for taxes."I'll bet it's braided cloth and paper.
400 more years.
You might try picking up a circuit tracer for this job, just keep the receipt and return it, but photocopy it for taxes.
Plug it into the outlet next to the hood, then trace the signal like you're using a stud finder. It's probably buried behind the cabinet.
You can use wire nuts to secure, that's easiest. Little orange ones do best, no larger than tan, except for the range, which will need reds.
Or you can use wagos.
Depending on the work though, I might just cut-in a single gang remodel box, fold the wire into the j-box, then put a single gang blank cover on it.
Then you can work around it without hazard, have access later, can use something like a wiremold extension ring and track later if you want to spice things up, or not.
What I'd do?
I'd go down to the butcher shop and get some heart and liver scraps, then smear it on the panel for character, then do tours on the house advertising it as the Zizian Death Cult Ritual house.
I can't believe I've never heard of that technique. I wonder how many people do that regularly. Not the get something to use and return it, but the whole then also use the receipt for taxes.
I learned as a youngster while watching the government take our taxes to buy solid gold paperweights & platinum toilet seats.