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I have a friend who just moved into a new house. He is renting and the landlord had bought it as a farm house and renovated it and put two new additions on it. When he redid the electrical in the old part, he left the old fuse panel in place and ran a mix of new 12-2, 14-2, and 14-3 into the...

Hello. I'm planning on installing a gfci outlet on my front porch. There is a plug on the front exterior wall of my living room that has the porch light tied into it and that is it. It is a 20 amp circuit. The location where I want my porch plug will be in the same stud bay as the interior...

I have a whirlpool electric water heater that was installed about 4-5 years ago. Recently, I noticed sometimes the water is scalding hot and other times it is just hot like it should be. I set the temp to 120 when I first had it installed. I also noticed that it sounds quieter than it used to...

At my parents house, they have a single pole light switch and a duplex outlet in a double gang box. It quit working last week so the landlord came and rewired it. My mom has the microwave plugged into the outlet and the switch turns on the ceiling fan. After their landlord rewired it, when my...

In my kitchen I have the left side of the counter plugs on a 20 amp circuit, the right side on a 20 amp, and the center by the sink on a 20 amp circuit. The fridge and microwave are on a 20 amp circuit also. Last week I had too many items plugged into the left side circuit and it blew the...