I ran into a house a few years ago that they ran the nuetral down one side of the house and the hot down the other side. They would make a joint in the ceiling light fixtures and drop out the one or two outlets they had in the room along with the switch legs. They had the service panel and metering mounted inside the house on the side of a kitchen cabinet and the whole house had been fed from 2 20 amp circuits. They had tapped one little disconnect for a dryer.I wish I had taken some pictures. The house was a depression era house and the inside walls were made from old dupont powder boxes (There was an old explosives plant from the war era nearby)
