"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On 02 Dec 2003 17:37:31 GMT, (PENMART01)
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Btw, unless you're absolutely positive that your home wiring is in top
notch
> > condition and is more than adequate for carrying its normal load, do
NOT run
> > electric clothes dryers and/or electric stoves while an array of
decorative
> > lights are energized... if you need to cook or dry clothes de-energize
all
> > strings of holiday lighting... folks who live in older homes whose
wiring
> > hasn't been inspected and upgraded recently are extremely vulnerable.
Never
> > leave that tree lit without someone in the same room, someone sober.
> >
>
> Do you mean - people don't have 2-20 (220) wiring and have
> not upgraded their fuse boxes yet? There aren't many left.
>
>
Haha!! In the original US, there's still a lot of 100 amp service and even
knob and tube wiring. I've bought 2 houses in the last 10 years and the
first thing I did was have the wiring updated.
Jack Kilowatt