The Joys of Old Houses

This one is something like 150 years old.

Everything in the office runs off of one pair of power outlets.  That’s all there is in the room.  In theory that means I could be running at least three computers and monitors, at least one printer, a fan, an air conditioner, three chargers, some speakers, a landline phone, and a halogen lamp.

Oddly enough, that doesn’t sound as bad to me as it looks.

This is a far cry from when I moved to Deerfield, to an apartment that was the second floor of an old farmhouse.  The owner had his electrician son wire a new circuit from the cellar to the dining room, giving my first PC, a 286, its own dedicated power.  That and giving that particular room its first power outlet.

I post this as I return to the reorganizing of the office room, and think about the need to string another extension cord across the ceiling to the other desk so I can actually use the computers there.

1. Jay,

   At the Old Manse - a Victorian about 105 years old - the electrical system was nothing if not scary.

   At one point I found out that the refrigerator, microwave oven, dishwasher, computers (2), TV, Surround Sound receiver, DVD/VCR, and satellite receiver were all on the same 15 amp circuit! Needless to say I rewired a few of the outlets (without the knowledge of my landlords) to spread the load over the remaining 3 circuits.

   That place is still an electrical fire waiting to happen.

   Posted by DCE  on  09/01  at  09:15 AM  from 
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