Lighting Questions
Hi Jetcone,
Yes you can come over and play!!

All the lights in my home are hung on the original gas lines. The electric wires for the lights are knob and tube and original,with the push buttons switches. The house had NO electrical outlets at all!! (1887 home) So all the outlets and wiring for them have been added. A new electrical service was added at that time to replace the original 30 amp service.
The lights in the upstairs are from the 1920's. The dining room lights are original.The chandlier above the dining room table was gas and electric.The other lights in the dining room were only electric. The power company here in Fort Wayne was called Jenny Electric (later it became General Electric) Jenny Electric shut down at about 8:00 Pm,so then people had to switch over to gas lights.
I have some more pictures that will be put into an album soon.
A couple rules of thumb for owning an old home:
If you think it will cost $100.00 it will be $1,000.00
If you think it will take an hour,it will take a month
If you think nothing else can go wrong,somthing major will "go out" the same day
Just when you think you have seen it all,you will find a bat in your newly remodeled kitchen,or something like that
Care to add anything Jetcone??? LOL
Thanks,
Rick