So here's todays topic; "A cobbler should stick to his last." For those younger folks, it means basically to stick with doing what you are good at or trained for. In the case of todays blog, it's about the previous owner of my 110 year old farmhouse. It passed the electrical inspection when we bought the house so I thought it was good to go. The first problem came after we had been here about a year and a half. Long story short- there was a 220 dryer, 220 stove, refrigerator and microwave all on one circuit with a 60 amp breaker. That almost burned the house down! I spent the next weekend re-wiring a separate 30 amp circuit for the dryer, new 20 amp, 110 volt for the fridge and another for the microwave.
Monday night I decided to run a new receptacle for my CPAP machine next to the bed. Another long story short- the furnace was run from the new breaker box in the addition family room to the original breaker box (I think it was Thomas Edison's first one), then to the jumper box in the basement and then FINALLY to the furnace. After several hours of trying to figure that all out, I simply ran the power from the new box to the furnace.
Today I took off work to re-do some more of the old cloth wiring I found during my last experience. Okay, breaks over, back to the basement. So for all of you- if you don't know or understand electricity- PLEASE DON'T MESS WITH IT!
