When I was in Mexico City I was working in a building that had a large
gymnasium. They were going to refinish the floor, so the workers brought
out a huge drum sander. They then proceeded to string together about 3
cables, taped together with just electrical tape. Then, they removed the
service panel cover, and electrical taped the bare wires to the panel,
before the breaker. I was impressed. Then of course was the lovely
amounts of sawdust they proceeded to generate...

Josh

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"Alan B. Pearce" wrote:
> I remember seeing wiring like this in a historical house in (I think) South
> Dakota. Ceramic insulators about every foot which clamped wires with about a
> 2 to 3 inch spacing. Almost a safer wiring system than some modern stuff.
>
> A guy I know went to India to rewire a school where his sister worked. He
> said the wiring there was shocking. A wire would start from the fuseboard as
> one colour, get extended at some point with a different colour, another
> extension with whatever else happened to be around, possibly of yet another
> colour, so by the time the connection reached its destination there could be
> almost every possible colour of wire used, and you could not count on the
> destination colour being correct. He also tested every cut-out He was
> getting from the local store, and each day was doing a trip to replace the
> next failed batch.

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