Had troubleshoot call 2 days ago. 1950's home One bathroom just went out says homeowner. Started with usually culprits and started working down the list. Well..after about an hour I knew this wasnt going to be quick one...took off to other jobs and went back next morning with the chief (dad). We lost a feed between breaker and sink light box(thats where old romex was). Finished ceilings, no access to attic above bath. I went up in attic to find a way to get above bath and low and behold an old relay box with no cover and wires looked like some sort of spider web formation. Right away I smelled burnt rubber. The whole house was booby trapped. Every box you open (1/2 didnt even have junc boxes) wires fell right out of wire nut barely twisted. So had to repair ALL (7) ones I found burnt. Finally, hidden behind the spiders lair was a load conductor burnt off at the junction of the relay. We bypassed it and shazamm. Turns out they are 15amp rated controling whole house lighting and some receptacles? A heater in the bath exhaust was the main culprit we were thinking (1800 watts heater only) plus everything else on that circuit. BTW it was on a 20 amp breaker. this wasnt even a big house or nice house. We usually only see these from affluent areas in town from the 50'/60's mostly.
Question o' day
Has anyone replaced these old touchplate systems keypads,transverters, and all. Some guys I talk to say just replace that system and the other 1/2 rewire the house considering all the other jury rigged things I saw. Seems to be 1/2 to 1/3 the cost of rewiring a house from what I can see everything considered. Of course, the numbers will make the decision.
Question o' day
Has anyone replaced these old touchplate systems keypads,transverters, and all. Some guys I talk to say just replace that system and the other 1/2 rewire the house considering all the other jury rigged things I saw. Seems to be 1/2 to 1/3 the cost of rewiring a house from what I can see everything considered. Of course, the numbers will make the decision.