mm spake thus:

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:05:04 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Hey, don't knock knob and tube!

Where does the name come from? IIUC, there are barely any knobs and
rarely if ever any tubes.

You must not remember correctly: the knobs are the round posts that the
wires get wrapped around and strung between, and the tubes go into holes
drilled through joists, studs, etc. All ceramic.


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