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mandolinPostponing the weekend report, I just spent 7 hours finding out more about the Elephant. Skip the next cut if you don't want to hear it.
Well, we got the dehumidifier, got the window units, and guess what?
We can't plug 'em in yet.
To make a long story short - whoever wired this house must have been on acid when they did it. There's a 3-prong plug here, a 2-prong there, and all the circuit breakers have been labeled by amperage - ranging from above 100-amp to 15-amp - but there are no labels to indicate WHICH circuit goes to what wall/room. And of course, NONE of the 3-prong plugs are anywhere near where the units are going to be. (And I refuse to just forget about it and sleep in the former garage.)
So I need to con my neighbor's brother-in-law and Kent into taking a look at the wiring and figure out what the hell goes to what.
However, I've discovered that my immediate neighbors are very nice. More later; I need to crash.
Well, we got the dehumidifier, got the window units, and guess what?
We can't plug 'em in yet.
To make a long story short - whoever wired this house must have been on acid when they did it. There's a 3-prong plug here, a 2-prong there, and all the circuit breakers have been labeled by amperage - ranging from above 100-amp to 15-amp - but there are no labels to indicate WHICH circuit goes to what wall/room. And of course, NONE of the 3-prong plugs are anywhere near where the units are going to be. (And I refuse to just forget about it and sleep in the former garage.)
So I need to con my neighbor's brother-in-law and Kent into taking a look at the wiring and figure out what the hell goes to what.
However, I've discovered that my immediate neighbors are very nice. More later; I need to crash.
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Date: 2005-07-08 12:58 am (UTC)In that case, how 'bout extension cords? I happen to know where a bunch of Carroll County School extension cords have ended up, and I bet they'd be happy to leave Mom's car. ^_-
Seriously, though, my family routinely strings five or six of the things together (electric-taping the joins for safety) so that we can do everything from vacuum the cars to string the entire house's Xmas lights and power the weed-whacker. And I want to say I saw Hood ACs pulling juice though extension cords in several different dorms. (Like Meyran, where the windows on 4th floor were a solid 8 feet away from the nearest outlet...)
If not...hm...maybe they make multi-plug thingies (like surge protectors only sometimes without the surge protection) with two prongs. Or (and I'm not vouching for this, but Grandma did it sometimes and never burned the Brownstone down) you could remove the third prong from a cheapie surge protector/thingie. As I understand it, that third prong is just a grounding wire; removing the lead doesn't compromise the electrical capabilities (but it does mean you might want to unplug it in violent thunderstorms...).
Anyways. Good luck, and try to keep smiling. If things get to be a bit much, give me a call. I have learned the locations of Annapolis' best ice cream parlors and chocolate fondue restaurant, and they make for excellent therapy. Plus the ice cream shops do take-out pints...