On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:10:04 GMT, "Toller" wrote:


"Puddin' Man" wrote in message
.. .

'allo,

I belong to a little brick bungalow in a midwest city, built in 1954.

It came with a single-gang box with a standard 2-position switch to
control a ceiling fan/light assembly.

Whilst replacing the switch, I noted the usual red and black wires.
One of the black wires was stripped about 1 " in the middle (where
the wire was not cut), kinked, and wire-nutted (nothing else in the
nut, just the kink). Both the strip and the wire nut serve no
purpose whatsoever that I can see.

Has anyone seen anything like this? If so, know why they did it?
Near all the old wiring in this tiny house is extremely simple
and predictable: worries po' me when I see something I can't
explain.

My first guess is that it isn't one wire, but two.

That'll win ya noooooooooo cigar. It's a single length of
single strand 14 g. cu wire.

If not, my second guess is that it used to have a second wire, but no longer
does.

It would defy the standard practice of that era that I'm familiar with,
which simply involves cutting and stripping wires, then applying the
wire nut.

P


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