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I wish I could believe this was a joke, but I've been around ECN too long. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/eek.gif) Mike (mamills)
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Virgil, You never cease to amaze me. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/biggrin.gif) ...S (and I was gonna take you up on the "violation contest" when Tom got a camera?)
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The good news is, when the telemarketers call you just turn the switch off!
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No one else has said it so I will. Nice wall covering. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/rolleyes.gif) Scott
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Amazing what some people will do.
I once had a service call for a doorbell that had stopped working very soon after someone had moved into a (illegal) Basement Apartment. Someone had hooked it up with Tstat or Phone wire directly to an outlet by the door. (no Transformer)
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I discovered a doorbell with line voltage once. The X-former was in series just before the chimes, but the rest of the circuit was 120 volts! [This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 12-21-2002).]
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Virgil, And here I was gonna ask if I could have the switch for my little collection of electric "junque." Oh well.... This sure beats the outlet in my old kitchen that was pigtailed by 14-AWG zip-cord (a piece from an air conditioner extension cord) to the solid wires in the wall box. At least they had the decency of using splicing caps (although one of them had a rusted spring).
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Maybe somebody started trying to rig up an internal intercom system and decided that switching 120V from the utility onto the line be a good start for ringing the bells. I've seen appliance cords, undersized ones at that, used for wiring extension receptacles, but at least I've never come across quad station wire! I have seen a bell-push wired in the primary of a bell-xfmr before. That's 240V to ground!
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Sven,
It just so happens that I got it out of the trash box after I threw an old bulb in the box and it made an odd sound. Turns out, it was porcelain and made by Hubbell. I still have it.
Email me with your mailing address, and I'll get it to you (might take 'til after the first of the year).
-Virgil
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