RBM wrote:
The OP asks a simple question and has to weed through all your usual
nonsense. Maybe it's possible the guy has 1960's Romex with no
ground, or even AC cable with non grounding outlets



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So your home is 2 wire no ground. you likely have knob and tube
wiring. In K&T the connections arent in boxes, so a bad connection
can cause a fire easily.

You home still have a fuse box? and perhaps 60 amp service? you will
need a main service upgrade. might as well go to 200 amp. this will
upgrade your main home grounds too.

what stared you thinking about this? resale time on home? homeowner
insurance troubles? blowing fuses? your home is likely really
underpowered. too few overloaded circuits maybe like a friends with
all 30 amp fuses in all spots

then there are specific rooms that need more power. seperate circuits
for washer, furnace, dryer, fridge, 2 20 amp GFCI circuits for
kitchen and one for bath.

A good place to start is new main service with all new circuits to
kitchen bath, furnace, and specifi spots that you need more power,
like computer area etc.

doing this will take much of the load off the old circuits, and the
proper size fuse shouldnt blow any more. have any floor outlets? they
are illegal and a real hazard.

Ideally you entire homes electrical system should be replaced.

Now before anyone flames me consider this. your home is what 75 years
or more in age? standards and things change for safety reasons a lot
in a generation. In that many years how many vehicles will a average
person buy? at what cost?

say electrical replacement costs 8 grand, thats only 1/2 the costs of
a new cheap vehicle, increases your safety, adds convenience many
more outlets, increases your homes resale value, may allow you to get
homeowners insurance some companies wouldnt even write new policies
for old wiring.

lots of advantages to doing it right.

Good response: I seldom see direct answers to the OP's here anymore;
everyone is too interested in showing off and "recommending" this and that,
half the time making it sound like law as opposed to "shoulds" and wasting
the OPs time.

FIRST answer the questions. THEN go verbosity-wild if you want so the OP
doesn't have to wade thru all the extra garbage only to find out there isn't
any answer inthe post to his question.

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