Published in 1925, promoting modern house wiring systems. The drawings are extra classy!
Fascinating booklet from General Electric
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Thanks for posting Tom, it always amazed me, how they started to wire homes in this country and such an efficient and safe manner, my cousins house was built in the late 20s and even though wiring has been added to considerably the original wiring in the house is still working fine.
When I look around my house that was built in 1955 all the original wiring is still working just fine. Some of the plumbing fixtures are still working fine, obviously there’s been a vast amount of wiring added to the original wiring and plumbing as well but a lot of the original stuff is serving beautifully.
The original wiring was all tin plated copper wire inside BX metal casing, all the wiring that I added to the house over the past 40 years I also did in metal casing andall metal boxes no plastic boxes anywhere.
John L
Thanks for posting Tom, it always amazed me, how they started to wire homes in this country and such an efficient and safe manner, my cousins house was built in the late 20s and even though wiring has been added to considerably the original wiring in the house is still working fine.
When I look around my house that was built in 1955 all the original wiring is still working just fine. Some of the plumbing fixtures are still working fine, obviously there’s been a vast amount of wiring added to the original wiring and plumbing as well but a lot of the original stuff is serving beautifully.
The original wiring was all tin plated copper wire inside BX metal casing, all the wiring that I added to the house over the past 40 years I also did in metal casing andall metal boxes no plastic boxes anywhere.
John L
As much as I like vintage anything, original BX wiring is some of the most dangerous wiring in that it doesn't have an aluminum bonding strip like modern Armored Cable. Fault current is forced to travel through the rotating steal spiral instead of directly through the horizontal interlocking wraps due to oxidation and corrosion with age creating a high resistance.
Modern AC cable is superior in addition to having 90*C rated ultra sturdy heat and moisture resistant PVC insulation with a nylon jacket. Modern wiring is the safest and of the highest quality it has ever been in history and will truly have the ability to last well over 100 years.
With that said, I have this strange dream where I could wire an old house like this but with 230 volt circuits, double insulated appliances and none metallic sheathed cable adapted to vintage based wiring devices.
How I imagine the fuse box in another reality:
Modern AC cable is superior in addition to having 90*C rated ultra sturdy heat and moisture resistant PVC insulation with a nylon jacket. Modern wiring is the safest and of the highest quality it has ever been in history and will truly have the ability to last well over 100 years.
With that said, I have this strange dream where I could wire an old house like this but with 230 volt circuits, double insulated appliances and none metallic sheathed cable adapted to vintage based wiring devices.
How I imagine the fuse box in another reality:
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While type AC (armored cable) is still manufactured, it has been largely superseded by MC (metal clad), which is available in several variations.
