Ah The Wiring Chameleon In Its Natural Habitat
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Favorite Comment: Fixer dono1 deftly lampoons us all with, “Uh…
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Nahh.
“Day 539- The zombies are closing in but I managed to…”
Nahh.
“The elusive wire snake in it’s natural habitat slowly…”
Nahh.
Totally Photoshopped. I mean, look at the way the pixels in the…
Nahh.
“Even though it’s revolting, I bet the carpenter got a charge out of…”
Nahh.
“This must be the work of the same guy that did last week’s kludge with the Altoid box and the…”
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“Visit my site to read my newly published story, “Ragnarok.””
Nah.
Okay. I got nothing.”
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Oh come on, we’ve all* done that. I wouldn’t call that epic.
*by “all” I mean me
……and me……
Not much of a kludge…
Agreed. It’s common practice in older buildings to run wire in conduit on the wall surface where the cost of upgrading or adding wiring and keeping it inside the wall is prohibitive. Next
Huh? What is the caption talking about? What wiring chameleon? I don’t see anything…just a wall with a chair rail. Is it a metaphor? Somebody throw me a freakin’ bone here!!
Nyuk, Nyuk
Once stifled on the cattle range, the Texas Longhorn rack finally has the courage to realize its lifelong dream.
It mooooooved on to greener pastures?
It works, didn’t see it at first.
The color matching is exquisite.
It’s how you paint it! Many older buildings were built without electricity and this is actually a nicer form of conduit run. Also, as the other poster said, adding wire can be prohibitively expensive if you have to tear down whole walls, especially lathe and plaster, so it just makes sense to run conduit. It’s legal to code as long as the wires are wrapped in metal conduit and when you paint it, you match it to the surface below for minimal visual disturbance. At least it’s not that spiral pleated aluminum stuff used these days. That stuff is ugly. I have a run of it along my stairs here.
Just good old Wiremould being used as God intended. No kludge here…
“Ninja wire, blend!” commanded the sensei. His best pupil instantly disappeared from view, not even requiring shadows to demonstrate his stealth. The apprentice had studied the art of Ninjouletsu for many years. So it was that just as quickly as his skills had been displayed, the student had surpassed his master.
If it was a snake…
…Why do I suddenly feel the urge to make a wiring chameleon snake?
Must have been photoshopped. This could never happen.
I can totally see the pixels.
and the artifacts..
and the dodgy light.
I guess my only question about this is, “Why bother?”
All I can come up with is a tiny bit of constructive criticism: someone should please invest in a small artists’ paintbrush. But honestly, the person who took this picture may, in fact, have been the first to notice. And if it is the crummy painting technique that gave them pause, well, that’s not even scratching the surface in this ol’ world.
It would be better to use masking tape to get an even edge. You wouldn’t get even coverage and it would be time consuming to use a tiny brush.
uh… what wire?
nice saddle bend. This electrician deserves a cookie
Isn’t someone supposed to screen these pics?
yes, us ^^
Uh…
First!
Nahh.
“Day 539- The zombies are closing in but I managed to…”
Nahh.
“The elusive wire snake in it’s natural habitat slowly…”
Nahh.
Totally Photoshopped. I mean, look at the way the pixels in the…
Nahh.
“Even though it’s revolting, I bet the carpenter got a charge out of…”
Nahh.
“This must be the work of the same guy that did last week’s kludge with the Altoid box and the…”
Nahh.
“Visit my site to read my newly published story, “Ragnarok.””
Nah.
Okay. I got nothing.
WIN!
And yet you caused even more laughter that usual (which is more than most)! Good show (and WIN)!
Whatever drug you are on, could you add it to the Global water supply?
Oh poop. You got me.
So this is what happens when you cross a dog with a spider, and it gets worms. Carpet cleaner isn’t going to help here.
That’s pretty standard for Wiremold (that’s the name of the electrical raceway product). If you can’t fish the wire thru the wall, you mount the wiremold on the wall and fish the wire thru that. And then you paint it so it’s less noticeable. Standard operating procedure. Very very common on old structures where bracing inside the wall prevents wire from being routed inside.
omg that is a majorly fail