BillyVance 34 #1 December 13, 2006 Need a little help from the electrical gurus on here. I'm laying down a new floor in my house and when I ripped up the old carpet, I found this jack or plug at the end of a very thick wire jutting out of the same hole the TV cable comes out of. I have no idea what it is. I don't think I need it but just want to know what it's for. Check the first two pictures. The third picture just shows the progress I've made so far on the floor. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #2 December 13, 2006 Wow what kind of camera are you using the quality is GREAT! --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #3 December 13, 2006 QuoteWow what kind of camera are you using the quality is GREAT! Pfft.... it's my Sony PC101's snapshot feature. Terrible pixelation and I had to brighten it up quite a bit in the photo editor. I need to get one of those good digital cameras..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TFFTM 1 #4 December 13, 2006 The picture quality is poor... I will throw out a guess at an outside rotating antenna control wire. BSBD Home of the Alabama Gang Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 December 13, 2006 Did the last person who lived there have a surround system in the living room?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #6 December 13, 2006 I think it's an AN-2it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 136 #7 December 13, 2006 QuoteQuoteWow what kind of camera are you using the quality is GREAT! Pfft.... ..I need to get one of those good digital cameras...DON'T LISTEN TO HIM scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #8 December 13, 2006 It's for the speakers, you dont need it You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #9 December 13, 2006 Quote I will throw out a guess at an outside rotating antenna control wire. That would be my guess. But my antenna control cable only has three wires. I would test it with a volt meter to make 100% sure that there is no power to it. Then cut off the plug and push the cable out of the way. Another option is to get underneath the floor and see where it goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #10 December 13, 2006 thats yer trailers brake lites bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #11 December 13, 2006 Quotethats yer trailers brake lites might be the Molex plug for the old Disco lightingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #12 December 13, 2006 Could be control wires for one of those old(large)dishes.Either that or your being investigated by the FBI and that is where their camera was.Or maybe speakers,in which case your right you don't need them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Revillusion 0 #13 December 13, 2006 Rotor control wire. Back in the day, they either had 5 or 6 pin connectors. VIRTUS JUNXIT MORS NON SEPARABIT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #14 December 13, 2006 Quote I think it's an AN-2 I respectfully disagree. I think's its the seedling for an AN-2. BillyVance has done a great service to science by clearly documenting this potentially disturbing observation. BillyVance, whatever you do, don't water it We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #15 December 13, 2006 And never, ever feed it after midnightI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #16 December 13, 2006 *NOTE TO SELF* Never ask the people on DZ.com for electrical advice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #17 December 13, 2006 Quote*NOTE TO SELF* Never ask the people on DZ.com for ANY advice in bonfire at least fixed it for youYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #18 December 13, 2006 LMAO. Your right there Not unless you want a laugh anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #19 December 13, 2006 Fuck y'all! I'll get down in the crawl space and see what I find, but I haven't seen any other weird or strange wires in the living room, or anywhere else for that matter. This jack was hidden under the carpet, so I suspect it was used by the owners who lived here before the people that I bought the house from. I didn't see any significant stereo equipment in that area when we first visited the house when it was on the market 6 years ago. There was a 2nd, older-looking TV cable jutting out of the floor 6 inches away from this jack and TV cable hole though and I've already cut that off and shoved it under. I want to somehow move this current TV cable to come out of the wall instead of the floor so I don't have to drill a hole in the new floor, but it means more work anyway... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #20 December 13, 2006 Just curious, but why are the floor planks stair stepped like that? The third row should go all the way to the wall. (If it's laminate) (picture 3)Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #21 December 13, 2006 Quotethats yer trailers brake lites HA HA!!! Bozimbo wins this round! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #22 December 13, 2006 QuoteCould be control wires for one of those old(large)dishes. Or maybe speakers,in which case your right you don't need them. Okay, I got down in the crawl space (I hate being in there) and found the wire coming out of the floor along with the TV cable. The thick wire in question runs in a straight line all the way to the other end of the house and goes through the concrete block foundation wall. Since the house has an addition built onto that end with a basement, I went into the basement and could not find that same wire in the floor rafters there. So, I'm guessing the large TV dish is a plausible explanation. However, I haven't ripped out the carpet in the addition yet, so who knows what I'll find somewhere along the walls when that time comes. Man, I have been in the crawl space before working on the bathroom piping a few years ago but there was nothing in the way. This time I had to shimmy under three ducts with only 15-18 inches of clearance to get where I needed to go. Ugh... Now I see why plumbers and electricians can charge $60 per hour for work in there... Anyway, I've pulled the old wire out of the floor and drilled a new hole at the base of the wall and re-routed the TV cable through that. Problem solved. Soon I'll have to do the same damn thing with the phone wire on the other side of the living room and that requires going under 4 ducts in a question-mark shaped path... fuck... fuck... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazelos 0 #23 December 13, 2006 That's the aux console connection for the fuel rods controller.He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #24 December 13, 2006 QuoteThat's the aux console connection for the fuel rods controller. uhhh??? There aint no nuclear plant here... what are you talking about?"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taylor610 0 #25 December 13, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's the aux console connection for the fuel rods controller. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uhhh??? There aint no nuclear plant here... what are you talking about? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, I'm fookin' deaf... so sue me... *** Captain, I'm out of dilithium crystals, she can't take anymore... Give her all she's got Scotty... Damnit Jim, I'm a man not a machine Shut up bones... Why captain, this just isn't logical Spock this isn't about logic...it's about, well... you won't understand Spock... Oh and Billy, Merry Christmas! It is a flarp cable, it is attached to your flarp switch! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
