[SML] OT: Non-Standard Wiring Revisited

[Chip Wood]

In early Disneyworld a ride sponsored by GE called "The House of the 
Future" ?  had a diorama of early household electricity.  One always 
struck me funny.  The wife was ironing, the kids were playing with some 
electrical toy, the husband was listening to the game on radio, the 
refrig was on, the meal was cooking on the electric stove, the fan was 
running, lights were on, etc.  ALL from a single light socket in the 
ceiling with myriad twofers and miles of tangled extension cords.

Chip 1

On 10/9/2015 11:15 AM, e-mail frank.wood95 via Stagecraft wrote:
>
> It was the custom, back when, to run all sorts of things from lighting 
> outlets. I remember my aunt doing her ironing from a light socket.
>
> It always strikes me as hazardous, since there was no earth 
> connection, poor cable clamps (if any), and a limited current supply. 
> But she survived it. Back in the 1940s and '50s, we were less beset by 
> rules, or maybe just more ignorant.
>
>

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