One of the first things I knew I was going to have to do, upon taking the very first tour, was update the electric service. This is what was there:
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| Not the worst I've seen, but sketchy. |
Inspector Guy Bill wouldn't even open the furthest panel to the right. Wouldn't even touch it. But he knew that my price reflected it's replacement.
After very minor consideration, I decided to jump it up from the 60 amp service it had to a 200 amp service. I finally found an electrician in Wayne, who'd done the service update for my former landlords, Dick and Jane Perkins. Wrangling the time and everyone into the right place took some effort, as an engineer had to get involved. But by early January, I had this shiny new beauty in the basement.
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| So pretty and new. |
It's so nice to plug in my vacuum and not have the whole house dim now!
Don't forget to label the (deleted words, lots of them) out of what circuit controls which portion of the place.
ReplyDeleteHaving to play "what happens when I flick this circuit breaker?" gets very old, very fast.
Awesome Electrician Wayne started to, and all the new circuits are clearly labeled, but because the service was updated, but the house wasn't rewired, I'm sure there's still going to be surprises. I need to find a good testing gizmo for live wires...
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