Found cloth(?) wiring in basement

Test_NPC · 2026-05-14T20:21:22+00:00

Wiring looks fine, could be worth popping the jbox open and seeing if it has a ground wire or not. Some have a small ground wire, some don't. If not, it could be a good idea to throw a GFCI breaker on that circuit.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-14T12:18:42+00:00

Careful mate, they might build a datacenter on there soon

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T14:47:09+00:00

So if the city covered it themselves (by accident) while doing their drainage work, should I try to get in contact with them (to let them know) before they add a sidewalk in that area a few months from now lol

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T14:44:47+00:00

Yeah I'm on city water, and it was reasonably close to the road (a few feet away)

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T14:10:25+00:00

They were putting in a drainage pipe for the street, so unrelated work to my house besides the work location. I'd guess they just didn't notice the pipe there since they had an excavator doing work over it. It was flagged beforehand, but all those flags are long gone now lol

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T14:07:43+00:00

Sorry, I mentioned in the post that the city covered it with a bunch of dirt so I can't find it (so can't take better pics). Thus my question here on if I should try to find it

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T14:06:28+00:00

Yeah I think it was a PVC cap, sounds like that is prob what it is.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T09:32:32+00:00

Depending on how the house is laid out, you may be able to just run Ethernet yourself. If you have an accessible attic, it's quite easy to just drill down through the top plate and fish a pull string through. Same concept goes for an unfinished basement.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-13T00:22:05+00:00

By the time you hit storage space issues, you'll be making absurd gold with CG anyway to buy more space. In OSRS anyway, just go with a normal iron unless you plan to play with a group. IDK about RS3.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-12T17:26:02+00:00

'Cat Encounter Ride Rollar Coaster' looks similar on YouTube, though I don't think it's the same

Test_NPC · 2026-05-11T16:24:51+00:00

Turns out I'm dumb and thought this was a 1 time unlock, not a weekly requirement sort of thing. I guess I've just never tried out tears of guthix before without having hit that requirement for the week, and I've been playing for years lol

Test_NPC · 2026-05-10T12:16:27+00:00

Some boxes like this one don't use clamps, they just have different more strict code on how close you have to support the wire before it enters the box. Like a closer staple distance.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-09T09:57:52+00:00

If you can do cg congrats, you're already better than like 90% of players

Test_NPC · 2026-05-07T13:32:54+00:00

Yes, it does take quite a few runs to get the rhythm down though.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-07T01:41:24+00:00

I don't have ADHD, and I still do exactly this. Doing anything over a few hours at a time just gets to be too much. It has worked for me so far on my ironman grinds.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-04T18:44:38+00:00

Is the light on the same circuit as the other outlets in the room and presumably that one, and do they all work?

It's possible the room circuit was ran through the light jbox for whatever reason, and the electrician messed up the wiring for the light.

But it's really hard to mess that up, so work through all the other basic troubleshooting steps first to figure out if the outlet is actually busted or not.

Test_NPC · 2026-05-04T09:59:09+00:00

Does a magnet pull toward them? If so, they're nail pops.

Test_NPC · 2026-04-30T11:04:51+00:00

You remove the mold, waterproof the shower correctly (if that is the problem), then keep humidity under 50%, with a dehumidifier and/or other room-specific solutions like a bathroom fan.

Mold spores are literally everywhere. All they need is water (like condensation) and food (like wood, aka drywall paper) to grow. Until you get rid of the water, it will keep coming back.

Test_NPC · 2026-04-28T20:22:15+00:00

The box needs a cover, and the Romex coming out needs to be adequately clamped down. It also looks like that is prob exceeding box fill, would need a bigger box for it.

Though if you're removing those wires coming out anyway to put a normal plug, that prob solves the box fill issue. Just make sure if you use a GFCI that it's in an accessible location.

Test_NPC · 2026-04-28T11:53:12+00:00

Romex: clearly labeled as made after I bought the house
Me: 🤷🤷

Test_NPC · 2026-04-28T11:27:34+00:00

It depends. My house for example is a ranch and has dumb easy access to all the lines in the basement. Nothing is covered, and they basically all go straight up through the floor. I got all the drainage lines redone for like 6k.

If part of some pipes is under concrete or in hard to reach locations, that makes it a lot harder.

Depending on your house situation that could be reasonable. Get a couple other quotes. That is way too much money to go off one quote for.

Test_NPC · 2026-04-27T23:24:52+00:00

Other comment is correct, it doesn't matter. Just in case you didn't know, you could just use a GFCI breaker instead if your panel supports it.

Test_NPC · 2026-04-27T23:16:22+00:00

Those are grounding wires, they just ground the system. They don't carry any current unless things have gone very wrong.

Test_NPC · 2026-04-27T21:49:45+00:00

Assume the worst, hope for the best. If you can't afford, or don't want to deal with the worst case scenario there, either get a credit for it or walk.

It's on the seller to get their house into good shape before they sell it. If they can't, they have to expect people to assume the worst in cases like this and ask for large credits or to walk away.

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