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They have!! Some are compressor-less, others have a compressor. The compressor ones supposedly cut electricity use 75%. Both types act as furnace for winter. They're not particularly expensive - and there are tax incentives to getting one.

This sounds smart.
 
Was checking out new style breaker panels. They have the neutral bar running behind the hookups for each breaker. Since every little fucking thing now needs a GFCI or AFCI breaker.
i refuse to buy into that shit. AFCI breakers are not only stupid expensive, but you plug any kinda big electronics into em and they trip
 
I wonder if some drunk fucker ever wandered out into midnight New Year's Eve, only to have loaded their shotgun with a fuse. :fly: Gotta have happened at least once.

I bet more than once. Lucky for him the shotgun shell is only brass on one end.


I also keep a few shotgun shells around, mostly for nostalgia, that are the old waxed cardboard, no plastic.
 
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i remember finding those in the garden soil every year after tilling when i was a kid

Fuses or shotgun shells?

Either way I don't think people back then had such a sense of, "hey, in the grand scheme of things we're only here for a short time and we really shouldn't trash the place up for those that come after us."

Some hubris, some ignorance.
 
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Probably fuses - it went well with their earth grounding.:p

Water pipes are (were) metal things that have enormous area of contact with the earth.
There is no logical argument that says a (metal) water pipe doesn't make a good ground.
 
I remember the first old rv we got, something went sideways and we started getting a jolt when we grabbed the knob to open the door.
Grabbed my meter, touched one lead to the bumper, stuck the other lead in the dirt.
It said 120.
Put a pallet with a rubber mat on it in front of the door.
 
I called an electrician. He advised me to contact my realtor to see about being compensated for problems in the wiring. Is there a requirement for houses to be brought to code before building or be up-to-date with coding at the time of being built?
 
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I called an electrician. He advised me to contact my realtor to see about being compensated for problems in the wiring. Is there a requirement for houses to be brought to code before building or be up-to-date with coding at the time of being built?

A lot of stuff is "grandfathered in", meaning it met code back then so it's OK if it doesn't now. Other things maybe not.

It's gonna come down to fine print in various contracts vs. local law/code changes, etc.

The electrician probably gave you good advice, at least to start with.

You might end up needing a lawyer to fix the wiring problems I could in a couple weekends.

Welcome to property "ownership" and the American Dream.
 
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I called an electrician. He advised me to contact my realtor to see about being compensated for problems in the wiring. Is there a requirement for houses to be brought to code before building or be up-to-date with coding at the time of being built?
Nope.

You'll get fucked in the long run though, if you ever have to get a piece of new work inspected, because then they'll make you pay to get all the rest of it up to code (and probably a boatload of "unpermitted improvement" fees, too).
 
I called an electrician. He advised me to contact my realtor to see about being compensated for problems in the wiring. Is there a requirement for houses to be brought to code before building or be up-to-date with coding at the time of being built?
Could depend on your type of loan - some FHAs require shit to be brought up to code and oddly, fences that are more than a few inches off the line to be moved. Did you pay for a "home warranty" - lot of mortgage companies slip one on there. Last but not least - the inspector. You don't have to be licensed to know some shit - sounds like they dropped the ball if they didn't catch things like your dryer outlet being way out of date. And he didn't even have the decency to work you up a whine list for negotiating purposes. Pussy was probably worried about getting another job from the realtor when YOU were the client/customer. ffs
 
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Could depend on your type of loan - some FHAs require shit to be brought up to code and oddly, fences that are more than a few inches off the line to be moved. Did you pay for a "home warranty" - lot of mortgage companies slip one on there. Last but not least - the inspector. You don't have to be licensed to know some shit - sounds like they dropped the ball if they didn't catch things like your dryer outlet being way out of date. And he didn't even have the decency to work you up a whine list for negotiating purposes. Pussy was probably worried about getting another job from the realtor when YOU were the client/customer. ffs
I didn't have an inspector. The only thing I can think of is the sellers being obligated in SC to disclose any problems with the house. All I'm seeing down that road is the sellers claiming they had no clue and lawyer fees on my end.