On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

It has floor outlets that are holes threaded like a standard light
bulb, Turn type light switches. A floor lamp that takes Mazda base
bulbs. Built in 1907.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.
The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady
I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

It has floor outlets that are holes threaded like a standard light
bulb, Turn type light switches. A floor lamp that takes Mazda base
bulbs. Built in 1907.

Casady

I've seen the surface mounted switches but not the outlets. Mazda based
bulbs? Stuff from that era usually has gas plumbed to wall sconces and
fireplaces. Maybe not in rustic cabins though.