Today I completely wired a bathroom which never had electric in it before.

[Rogue_Alphonse]

I guess when the house was wired in the 1930's, and an addition was added in the 1950's, and renovations to make the two-part duplex into a giant house with a small inlaw's suite (which is said bathroom I wired up today), and even when my uncle lived in there from the 80's on up to 2015... the only real "electric" in there was a wire that ran from the kitchen light beside it with the switch removed and the wires tied together, across that ceiling, part way down the wall, into the bathroom, and connected to a medicine cabinet with a built in light and one receptacle from the 70's.

All that fresh new wiring... new boxes, switches, GFCI, and (soon to be) vanity light, as well as a vent fan with light... connected to a fuse panel from I am guessing the 1950's.

That'll be upgraded soon too, at least. Thankfully I was able to find an unused fuse IN that panel...

[fuggnificent]

nioce

[wacky1980]

something i've never done is mess with wiring in a fuse box, but that will end soon enough. the apartment above the bar is still wired to a fuse box, and it's getting pulled out when we renovate it next winter. i'm so excited.

did you have to cut through lathe & plaster to wire the room, or was it updated over the years to drywall/paneling/etc?

[Rogue_Alphonse]

I had to cut at least one side of lathe and plaster, but I stripped the entire wall because fuck that.

The wiring as it came up through THAT wall into the kitchen went from 1920's knob-and-tube, 1950's 14ga cloth-wrapped wire with no ground, to 1970's 12ga wire.

And the fuse it ALL (the apartment bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom vanity) was connected to, also powered 4 lights and 5 other outlets.... and the house had no furnace for 30 years.

I can pull the fuse and the shit stays on.