phone wiring

[Trapper John]

But Lucas has NOTHING on previous homeowners

I think the guy that owned one of my houses before me was named Lucas. Somehow, he thought it would be a good idea to use an ordinary incandescent light dimmer to vary the speed of a ceiling fan. And trying to jam 5-#12s and 3-#14s in a red Scotchlok was a good idea. And doubling up neutrals on one bus connection. And...


Trapper John

 

[Ghery]

4) You have a car in the garage???? You don't have enough stuff.

2 car attic. I can't remember ever having a car in our present garage.

The astronauts said "No way in hell are we flying in something with a Lucas electrical system!"

Lucas, Prince of Darkness.

Why do the Brits drink warm beer? Because they keep it in Lucas refrigerators.

 

[jesse]

Windstream came out and looked at it today and told me that box is their demarc point. He said they didn't have any gear to make it any better. I expressed to him that I'd like to make it cleaner. He said he couldn't install it for me, but he does have a Time Warner box, that is superior to what they have. So -- he left me a gift on the deck. I think it'll work well. Will take a closer look this weekend.

 

[SCCutler]

(Chuckle)

Jesse, I have a DSL splitter (filter) which I have never used, weather-proof box, which if I can find it, is yours. Use that, and you will not need DSL filters at each phone outlet.

Like this: http://sbcpioneershoppe.stores.yahoo.net/sipodslspsp.html

 

[RJM62]

(Chuckle)

Jesse, I have a DSL splitter (filter) which I have never used, weather-proof box, which if I can find it, is yours. Use that, and you will not need DSL filters at each phone outlet.

Like this: http://sbcpioneershoppe.stores.yahoo.net/sipodslspsp.html

It's amazing the difference those splitters make, especially when the distance to the DLSAM is > 6,000 - 8,000 feet, when the house wiring is crappy, or when there are a lot of extensions.

Each one of those little filters add a bit to the line's total capacitance, and sometimes cheap filters allow low-frequency DSL artifact back on to the POTS line. The splitters eliminate all of that nonsense. They also help a lot in homes that have alarm systems, satellite TV receivers, or satellite Internet transceivers that communicate over the phone line for authentication and updates. I've found that a lot of those systems bleed low-frequency noise that passes right through the filters.

-Rich

 

[jesse]

I was wondering why the light switch in the garage didn't seem to turn the lights on or off. Instead you had to twist the bulbs in or out which was highly annoying.

I did some looking last night and realized that the entire garage is on one circuit. If you hook up the light switch you end up turning off the garage door opener with the lights. Doh.

Off to go buy some wireless light switches. Eventually I'll just re-write the garage. The walls aren't completely finished in it so it won't be an impossible task.

 

[Clark1961]

I did some looking last night and realized that the entire garage is on one circuit. If you hook up the light switch you end up turning off the garage door opener with the lights. Doh.

Now that is bad. I found an obviously burned socket in my current garage with extension cords "permanently" in place to each door opener. At least some owner had put a fire extinguisher in the garage. Maybe they did that after they cooked the socket

I just said, nope, I'm not living over that and rewired the whole thing. I sleep better at night...

 

[Skip Miller]

Off to go buy some wireless light switches.

Consider some motion-detector sockets. The kind I am thinking of just screw in, in place of the bulb, and the bulb then screws into them. Benefit: If your hands are full, you don't need to turn on the switch. Detriment: If you are working on the car in the garage, the lights may go off every now and then!

-Skip

 

[Ghery]

I did some looking last night and realized that the entire garage is on one circuit. If you hook up the light switch you end up turning off the garage door opener with the lights. Doh.

Whoever built our house did the same thing. A single 15 amp circuit through a switch at the front door feeds the garage. Lights, freezers, opener. Some day when we clean it out (yah, right, it's only been 13 years) I'm having a 50 amp box and a new feed run to the garage. The conduit is already buried (did that when we re-landscaped, yes it is down the required 18 inches) from the power entry to the house to the corner of the garage.

Have fun.