Things built, torn down and other projects.(Pictures)

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Slice your gonna love this.

I had an electrician at the house yesterday to troubleshoot two dead outlets and to give me an estimate to run two dedicated circuits; 1 for the microwave and one for my air compressor.

The problems with the two dead outlets were the same; the outlets were there and the wires connected and ran, however the other ends were never connected to a source. It appears a previous owner had the same idea I did about dedicated circuits, they just couldn't figure out how to get the wire out of the attic and to the panel. Hah

Now, while he was in the attic he found this:
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Thats the wiring for my bathrooms exhaust fans. Lol $750 pre-inspection well spent.
 
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malinoisvol said:
Slice your gonna love this.

I had an electrician at the house yesterday to troubleshoot two dead outlets and to give me an estimate to run two dedicated circuits; 1 for the microwave and one for my air compressor.

The problems with the two dead outlets were the same; the outlets were there and the wires connected and ran, however the other ends were never connected to a source. It appears a previous owner had the same idea I did about dedicated circuits, they just couldn't figure out how to get the wire out of the attic and to the panel. Hah

Now, while he was in the attic he found this:
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Thats the wiring for my bathrooms exhaust fans. Lol $750 pre-inspection well spent.
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I have some similar looking arrangements.

When we re-did the kitchen, I pulled an extra wire to isolate the microwave. It was on same circuit as rest of kitchen and one outlet in Dining Room. And I ran a cord off that outlet to front porch when running electric smoker. So, if you tried to use microwave and/or anything else on that circuit of moderate wattage when using the electric smoker it overload and blow the fuse.
 
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GVF said:
I have some similar looking arrangements.

When we re-did the kitchen, I pulled an extra wire to isolate the microwave. It was on same circuit as rest of kitchen and one outlet in Dining Room. And I ran a cord off that outlet to front porch when running electric smoker. So, if you tried to use microwave and/or anything else on that circuit of moderate wattage when using the electric smoker it overload and blow the fuse.
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Thats what's happening to us. If 3 appliances are running at one time, POP goes the breaker.
 
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malinoisvol said:
Slice your gonna love this.

I had an electrician at the house yesterday to troubleshoot two dead outlets and to give me an estimate to run two dedicated circuits; 1 for the microwave and one for my air compressor.

The problems with the two dead outlets were the same; the outlets were there and the wires connected and ran, however the other ends were never connected to a source. It appears a previous owner had the same idea I did about dedicated circuits, they just couldn't figure out how to get the wire out of the attic and to the panel. Hah

Now, while he was in the attic he found this:
View attachment 783612
Thats the wiring for my bathrooms exhaust fans. Lol $750 pre-inspection well spent.
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I can’t think of anything that can go wrong with connecting 14/2 to 12/2.
 
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malinoisvol said:
Thats what's happening to us. If 3 appliances are running at one time, POP goes the breaker.
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Once you isolate the microwave you can run as many appliances as you want. The micrwave is the only one in there pumping enough watts to tax a breaker if not by itself.

Slice will like this one too. The added sink light had a wire running into the base cabs, into a junction box on the wall. Came out of that behind the backsplash into an odd build out around the window and out to the light. Well the added dishwasher came out of the same junction box. One day, the dishwasher just quit working. My brother came over, and we went to searching. We were in the kitchen and he looked over at the wall, flipped the light switch back on, and the dishwasher powered back up. lol...the dishwasher was feeding off the junction box inside the cabinet from the light switch and my wife had turned the light off and next morning we couldn't get dishwasher to work. When I had it all torn out I just rearranged and separated all that properly.

Another oddity...when the cabinets were added, there was not room between the exterior stud wall and the old exterior door facing for 24 inch cabinet bases and a 25 inch top. Soooo...they just took the studs out up to the ceiling on that entire wall and slid the cabinets back against the full 1x8 red oak board sheathing. And did not add a beam. 2nd story added mind you. My brother didn't believe me, and said no way 2nd floor hasn't sagged at the outside wall. I had to leave it all out until he came up and saw for himself and he still scratches his head over it. And he's one of those types that can build anything, and tears down and starts over if it's 1/32 off anywhere. It's amazing how he has ptached in his remodel work into a civil war era farmhouse. So for long term, I put studs back but had to turn them flat to just barely squeeze in new cabinets with a very small notch in hte top for the door facing. Sice I had to turn studs flat, I ran two layers of the thin silver bubble insulation and taped that up to kill the drafts and warm the kitchen up and still leave room for wiring. You could feel a cold breeze on your toes in the winter. During the single digit winter we had the water in the bottom of the dishwasher froze. don't have that problem anymore. Came out nicely.

My only theory I could come with on taking out the studs is that the 2nd floor has it's own rim joist sitting on top of the old first floor top plates and does not share load. I say that because the entire back wall of the original construction from one end of house to the other is a double wall and about 7-8 inches thick. Instead of coming off the existing framing for new portion framing, they raised and entirely new interior wall up against an exisitng exterior wall. The centerline of hte house is basically tornado proof at that thickness. Probably done that way to help support 2nd floor. All hardwood red oak and poplar from the property. I have to drill a pilot hole to drive a nail for hanging pictures. Can't nail in without bending. 95 year old red oak seasoned studs.
 
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