On 22/10/2020 17:41, Paul wrote:
Andrew wrote:
On 22/10/2020 12:45, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 22/10/2020 11:23, Brian Howie wrote:
On 22/10/2020 10:22, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 22/10/2020 10:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 22/10/2020 10:07, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmU...yCon nections

looks like a more sensible system .....
ring mains are weird...tee hee

Do you not mean "wired"

Brian

no

The bloke at the end of the video said "ring mains are wierd"
even though he did mention that immediately after WW2
metals were expensive so using 220/230/240 volts allowed
for thinner cables.

do all American houses have to have an ugly great panel in
the house like that one ?.

That's a little too neat and tidy, I'm afraid.

A 4'x4' sheet of plywood, could be *filled* with
devices. For example, you could have original-panel,
upgrade-panel (more breakers), plus granny-flat-panel.
(A house could have two kitchens.)

Plywood ?. what's wrong with OSB ? :-)

snip

Electricians frequently come in, look at your sheet of
plywood and shake their heads. But it doesn't stop them
from bodging in another circuit, putting one more wire
under a screwhead that doesn't have room for more wires,
and so on.

This article is still a little too neat and tidy,
but you can see how with little effort, you could
get carried away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_board

Â*Â* Paul

Are there still really old Canadian houses where the
internal wiring uses bare wires held on insulated pegs
in the void between downstairs ceiling and upper floor ?