Just replaced 2 very old outlets

[Night201]

I just replaced some outlets in the house I'm in (a victorian house about 100 or so years old). I've replaced many in my day and these are the oldest I've ever seen in person. There is a patent number on the back. I looked it up and the patent number is from 1933. I wonder when this outlet was made?

Correction: I read the patent wrong. There was a 1 in it that I couldn't read. I found it - from 1933. I'll take a picture in a few minutes.

Update: Just looked at the 2nd one I did. It's even older (1926) - patent #1591707.

PICS:

Top one if from 1933 - bottom outlet is 1926
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[waggy]

Originally posted by: Night201
I just replaced an outlet in the house I'm in (a victorian house about 100 or so years old). I've replaced many in my day and this is one is the oldest I've ever seen in person. There is a patent number on the back. I looked it up and the patent number is from 1909. I wonder when this outlet was made?

i would guess anywhere from 1909-2006

 

[artikk]

after 1909

 

[imported_Zeke]

Pics?

 

[Shawn]

Where are the pics?

 

[Rubycon]

1942

 

[Night201]

It's patent #1915070

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
1492

fixed

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
1492

fixed

They did not have 'lectric stuff when the world was flask 'cuz there was no face to splice the fires.

 

[Kaervak]

House fire++

Could be worse, the three prong outlets in my house have no grounding posts at all. Completely defeats the purpose of them being three prong outlets.

 

[LookingGlass]

And with a porcelain face. I've changed out sockets, on lamps that were original, kinda cool to see and look at, some still have their original silk cord.

 

[timswim78]

We took out the ceiling in my cousin's house (circa 1840) and found knob and tube wiring. Like this:

http://www.usinspect.com/Electrical/Images/Electric009.jpg

 

[hx009]

Originally posted by: timswim78
We took out the ceiling in my cousin's house (circa 1840) and found knob and tube wiring. Like this:

http://www.usinspect.com/Electrical/Images/Electric009.jpg

They were using that well into the 1900s. My house was built in 1926 and had knob and tube throughout.

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: hx009

Originally posted by: timswim78
We took out the ceiling in my cousin's house (circa 1840) and found knob and tube wiring. Like this:

http://www.usinspect.com/Electrical/Images/Electric009.jpg

They were using that well into the 1900s. My house was built in 1926 and had knob and tube throughout.

Yea, his house originally did not have electrice in it. I'm not sure whether or not it had running water and sewer eitehr.

It's scary stuff. Seems like a little problem with it could couse a house fire.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: hx009

Originally posted by: timswim78
We took out the ceiling in my cousin's house (circa 1840) and found knob and tube wiring. Like this:

http://www.usinspect.com/Electrical/Images/Electric009.jpg

They were using that well into the 1900s. My house was built in 1926 and had knob and tube throughout.

i had a old farmhouse that was build in 1905 that had that in the "servants" quarters. while the rest of the house was new that was old. was going to update it (3 bedrooms back there!) but darn it would have been expensive.

 

[hx009]

Originally posted by: timswim78

Originally posted by: hx009

Originally posted by: timswim78
We took out the ceiling in my cousin's house (circa 1840) and found knob and tube wiring. Like this:

http://www.usinspect.com/Electrical/Images/Electric009.jpg

They were using that well into the 1900s. My house was built in 1926 and had knob and tube throughout.

Yea, his house originally did not have electrice in it. I'm not sure whether or not it had running water and sewer eitehr.

It's scary stuff. Seems like a little problem with it could couse a house fire.

That was my biggest concern when moving in. Especially with geek toys like multiple computers, surround sound home theater, and other high draw electronics on 70+ year old wiring that was never intended for much more than lightbulbs.

 

[rockyct]

lol, draw 13 amps on that wire and see what happens.

 

[DrPizza]

The old knob and tube was actually quite safe.

 

[KillerCharlie]

We had some even older outlets... I'm guessing they were 100 years old since that's how old the house was. There was only one outlet per "plate" (instead of two) and they looked really weird.

 

[quentinterintino]

Cool find - it's funny how little the outlets have changed over the years.