You can when there is no ground in the electrical.
Comment on me trying to keep my sanity in a 100+ year old rental house
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can never have too many lamps
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 days ago
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 1 day ago
luckily the electrical has been installed and replaced twice in this place. thankful for that at least! i don’t believe it originally had anything resembling modern electrical outlets till this house was 20 years old!
but no low voltage cabling installed : (
i got fiber and cat and coax running next to the walls haha. looks a little steam punk
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2 days ago
but the zigbee has trouble with the fuckin lead paint or something. this place is hard on some radio signals. and keeping warm. and keeping bugs out. and the floors being out of level, but differently depending on how humid it is and,