7 Oct
2005
7 Oct
'05
10:26 a.m.
One for the US members... any idea of a good usenet resource for
questions relating to US wiring / electrics? (I'm thinking an equivalent
to uk.d-i-y)
We've got a cable decoder box here that trips out the house breakers
when plugged into certain outlets - irrespective of whether it's via a
surge protector (probably not surprising there) or of what other loads
might be sharing the same wiring to that outlet.
It works fine in other outlets though, which seems like a strange
problem - but I have no idea how US houses are wired (and the wiring in
this place is ancient anyway!)
Be nice to get it sorted out as the cable box currently requires a cable
trailing across the lounge from an outlet in another room!
cheers
Jules