We salvaged some beautiful VG DF T&G from under the cabin & decided to floor the gap in the North side of loft floor. This necessitated rewiring the kitchen to keep from burying the junction (top wire of top left pic). Lo & behold, the wires to the outlet by the cooler were in dire need of replacement (middle & bottom wires of top left pic). Rodents???  

     Thanks to the sobering pic at left, Keith is rewiring circuits & replacing outlets to eliminate the taped junctions, “legalize” & rat-proof exposed wiring and provide grounding.  We are re-using the lovely original, vintage cover plates.  He has rewired the kitchen circuits and split heavily used circuit 6 into three to avoid over-loading.  He will add 2 more outlets to the bedroom and rewire the three living room outlets.  Exposed wiring is metal clad grounded 12/2 (3/8” d) & 12/3.  The metal clad is slightly industrial looking which we think still fits with the cabin's simple, functional charm while adding an element of modernized safety.  It will look virtually the same as ever but we believe it will be much safer.

         Keith has already rewired the vintage refrigerator and heaters (2), which all work beautifully now.  The toaster is getting a new plug but the cord & switch are still perfect and it works great.  We hope to restore the waffle iron which must have shorted amazingly some time ago!

     This all would have been finished by now - 9/4/15 - if we hadn't had the distractions of the kitchen sink sump failure or the Rough Fire.  Soon, we hope...