Electrickery

The house is way better dry than last time, so the solar ventilator has done it's job, unless the weather has been a lot drier the past few months. Still, half the kitchen and the hallway have no power. The RCD still switches off when the group is switched on. So, we again need the extension cord for the freezer and fridge.

Luckily there's a business card of an electrician in the switchboard. He's doing a job nearby, and can come and see us this afternoon already.

It was not easy. After half a day searching and a lot of head-scratching a piece of cable in the wall, of about a meter, is not good. There is a resistance of ca. 200kΩ between the two leads.

Cable in the wall? Yes, a cable in the wall. A hick cable was put in a slit in the wall, and then plastered over. The preferred way is to put a pvc conduit in the wal, and then pull leads through. Here they didn't do that.

One wall-socket remains a mystery, the red and black leads were not found anywhere else. Possibly there is a "joint box" that is now hidden behind a wall or behind plaster. The previous owner does not yet respond to inquiries. Right.

Solution for the kitchen is a new cable behind the wall of the hallway, throught the wall into the cupboard in the corner, through the work surface inside the cupboard, to a new socket inside a cupboard for fridge and freezer.

Now all that remains to do, next week, is a changeover switch setup for the lights in the hallway.