In article , snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com writes: | On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:18:23 GMT, jim wrote: | | >Roger D wrote: | >> | >> Hi, | >> | >> I have an old house with old wiring, some of which is "early romex", | >> that is, plastic sheathed, 14 gauge, with a much thinner ground wire. | >> I'd like to replace that lot with new 12 gauge romex with the fatter | >> ground wire. | >> | >> Problem - In the attic they fed the old wire down thru a whole drilled | >> in the top sill, into the wall, to the outlet on the floor below. | >> They've stapled the old wire to the top sill and then the wire just | >> bends and heads thru the hole in the sill, down the inside of the | >> wall. | >> | >> Question - Is there some risk of wear (and fire) from the romex | >> constantly laying on that corner of the hole they drilled in the sill | >> ? | >> | >> ============\ | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | >> In the 'picture' above, the wire runs horizontally along the top of | >> the sill and at the baskslash (\) goes down the hole; at the backslash | >> the romex is resting on the corner of the hole, as it were. | >> | >> Seems like something should be put between the romex and the 'corner' | >> of the hole. | >> | >> Thanks ! | >they have been doing it since the beginning of time(well since | >electricity).. my home i built in 1972 has it like that and never a | >problem... probably all the housed in the area has it like that... | >matter of fact almost all houses probably have it like that... worry | >about something else... no need to worry about a fire from that.... | | I was thinking the same thing !!!! | | I question the reason to replace it. If it has a ground, he's doing | well. Some of the old fabric coated stuff had no ground at all. | If it's only for a few lights, I'd leave it alone. If it's feeding | the whole upstairs, then it might be worth changing to a #12. Of | course the supply to the outlet below that wire will need to be | changed too. Of course if it feeds the whole upstairs, I'd take the | cable right to the breaker panel directly. | | By the way, to the OP. When I wire things, and the wiring is exposed, | such as in my garage. I want the wire to lay flat in a corner, I | literally hammer the cable around the corner to make a sharp bend. It | dont hurt a thing, as long as I dont slam it so hard to puncture the | coating (which I dont).
Wouldn't this (and possibly the original poster's configuration) be likely to violate the minimum bend radius rules?
Dan Lanciani ddl@danlan.*com