[Noisebridge-discuss] Computer Equipment in an old home?

Adrian Chadd adrian.chadd at gmail.com
Tue Jul 9 20:13:42 UTC 2013


+1

Don't fuck around with electricity. Especially overloading that kind
of old wiring. That's how you start fires.


-adrian

On 9 July 2013 13:12, Ronald Cotoni <setient at gmail.com> wrote:
> Contact an electrician for this.  Your landlord might be able to help too.
>
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> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Brian Perez <knighty04 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all, since SF has a lot of old buildings I'm sure someone could help
>> me with this problem I'm facing.  I have an old home (circa 1930s) and all
>> the wiring is the old copper cloth-covered kind and there's BARELY an outlet
>> in the house.  My room has no outlet; my power is pulled through the window
>> to the back room and up to the light socket.  BAD, I know.
>>
>> Being the tech guy I am I'm starting to run out of sockets with the
>> extensions I have.  There's basically three surge protectors daisy changed
>> to power everything in my room.
>>
>> What are my options to make this more secure and safe? (And potentially
>> add more sockets)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Brian
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