Bob Weisner
10-10-2005, 12:20 PM
What a day :( I woke up and turned the bedroom light on. The light started to flicker. No big deal, I thought. I go eat breakfast and was ready to leave the house when I remembered that I forgot to turn the bedroom light off. I went back to the bedroom and turned the light off and heard a sizzeling , zapping sound. I thought " What was that?" I turned the light back on . Same flickering light and then the flickering stopped. I turned the light off and the sizzling , zapping noise I heard again through the wall. My house was built in the mid 1800's and the light was , I would say , made around 1900, if not older.
So, I got out my tools and unhooked the light from the wall. I pulled the wire out and then ZAP!!! WOW !! That HURT!!! :eek: I went down the basement to turn off the electric to my room. I go upstairs and grab the wire again. ZAP!!! (Electrician did not wire the house correctly , it seems :rolleyes: ) I go back down into the basement and turn off all of the electric this time. I get back upstairs and I smelled something burning. :eek: I go back into my bedroom and knowing that the electric is off , I grab the biggest hammer I had and proceeded to smash a BIG hole in the bedroom wall where the light once was. After getting a 2 foot by 2 foot hole broken through the wall, I see the extent of the damage (Not my damage, That don't count! :D ) Wireing almost as old as the house, frayed , split, bare , exposed and burned up!!.
Well, down to the hardware store I go and buy a roll of wire, a new lamp, and a bucket of plaster.
The JOYS of owning an OLD HOUSE :o
So, I got out my tools and unhooked the light from the wall. I pulled the wire out and then ZAP!!! WOW !! That HURT!!! :eek: I went down the basement to turn off the electric to my room. I go upstairs and grab the wire again. ZAP!!! (Electrician did not wire the house correctly , it seems :rolleyes: ) I go back down into the basement and turn off all of the electric this time. I get back upstairs and I smelled something burning. :eek: I go back into my bedroom and knowing that the electric is off , I grab the biggest hammer I had and proceeded to smash a BIG hole in the bedroom wall where the light once was. After getting a 2 foot by 2 foot hole broken through the wall, I see the extent of the damage (Not my damage, That don't count! :D ) Wireing almost as old as the house, frayed , split, bare , exposed and burned up!!.
Well, down to the hardware store I go and buy a roll of wire, a new lamp, and a bucket of plaster.
The JOYS of owning an OLD HOUSE :o