Thanks, Dudes! Single wires it is!
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Originally Posted by look 171
Having Conduits are much better then Romex. Why do you think you need to replace the cloth wiring? If you have conduit, then it isn't knob and tube (1920s). your existing wires inside the conduit should not heve cloth sheathing on it. Take a pic of it for us will ya? Maybe its that way in Colorado back then. My building restoration experience is limited to so cal.
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Originally Posted by peppy
Is this what you have?
If the wires are not damaged then they do not need to be replaced, they should be solid copper. |
Nope, it's not the that it's the other stuff.
This house had knob and tube and got 'updated' to the nice, big, non-flexible conduit sometime.
The wiring seems 'fine', except like Peppy here and there in overhead boxes where the heat has broken down the cloth.
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Originally Posted by VINMAN
No romex through conduit! Also conduit is not legal to use as a ground conductor. You have to run a separate ground.
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The conduit serves as the ground right now.
Do I leave it or should I pull a green wire because I'm in there?
Thanks!
