Electrical Gone Awry

• Created: Oct 11, 2009 by kristy1979
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While I don't know much about electrical systems, I knew I was in for trouble when I opened up the cabinet door and saw the electrical panel that was hiding a horrible secret.

When the Home Inspector looked at it, the first thing he noticed was that there was no main shut-off. The second thing he noticed is that most of the connections were "piggy-backed" or "sharing" the same load.

This project quickly became priority number 1. So we called in a professional electrical contractor who completely overhauled the system. He upgraded the home to a 200 AMP panel, cleaned up the wiring, removed the old cable which was awkwardly run around the house instead of through it and regrounded everything.

While it was a project that cost a little over $2000, it was a Must-Do and now I can feel safe knowing that this is all up to standards and no longer a fire-hazard.

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• Categories: Electrical
• Tag: Remodel

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