On Oct 19, 12:00*pm, "RBM" wrote:
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On Oct 18, 8:42 am, " wrote:

On Oct 18, 9:16 am, Claude Hopper
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Phisherman wrote:
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:03:23 -0700 (PDT), Zippy the Wonder Turtle
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How dangerous is it to have old knob and tube wiring in your home?

Kenan
www.trustasc.com

Your insurance company will know.

Most insurance companies are jack asses.

insurance companies track carefully causes of claims, both primary and
secondary.

primaryK&Thas a failure and causes fire directly.

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I believe all the electricians that have written on the subject here
sayK&Tis ok if it has not been abused. I have not seen insulation
deterioration onk&texcept maybe above a light that pumps heat it the
j-box and kills any insulation (like the old circline fixtures).

A couple links onK&T(originally posted by Phil Munro) a
http://www.waptac.org/sp.asp?id=7190
is a report to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs on adding building insulation around existingK&Twiring. No
record of hazard was found in the large number ofK&Tinstallations
that had insulation added around them. (Larry Seekon, whose comments
are quoted was head electrical inspector in Minneapolis.)

http://web.archive.org/web/200408250...maine.gov/pfr/
ins/hearing_2003-13680.htm
orhttp://tinyurl.com/297uk7
is the record of a complaint to the Maine state Bureau of Insurance by
a homeowner against an insurance company. The insurance company denied
renewal of a policy based onK&Twiring. The insurance company was
ordered to renew the policy because the insurance company "provided no
justification for its position that knob and tube wiring per se
automatically provides grounds for nonrenewal".

(Compare with “Your insurance company will know.”)

IMHO insurance treatment ofK&Thouses is merely the latest redlining.
. secondary aunt mary visiting trips over a extension cord strung across
middle of room, to overcome just one outlet iun the entire room........

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Not having enough outlets is not an argument for replacingK&T. My
house, as built, did not have enough outlets by current standards and
it was wired in rigid pipe.

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bud--

Obviously, none of the insurance companies have read Hallerb- Hide quoted
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not having enough outlets is a known hazard, from tripping, fires
etc.......

the reason for outlets every 6 feet are these issues

and for your edification, outlets are not placed "every 6 feet". You really
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no section of wall will be more than 6 feet from a outlet.... I am a
DIY, not a electrician.