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That moment I learned not to trust old wiring in a 1920s house
I was installing a wireless panel in a basement in St. Paul last Tuesday and the client swore the old hardwired system was dead. Two hours in, I touched a sensor wire and got a jolt that knocked me off my ladder. Turns out some DIY hack had spliced 110v into the alarm wire years ago. Has anyone else run into buried live wires like that?
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ivan52217d ago
Sounds like that "dead" wire was playing possum.
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alice99117d ago
Like that wouldn't happen at least once a year around here?
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