Jeffy3 wrote:
Our 55 year-old house still runs on fuses . We have never upgraded to
a circuit breaker . We hardly ever blow fuses (it's been years
actually). We even run our heater and air conditioner off an
individual fuse box installed 25 years ago. We have an electrician
coming out to give us an estimate to upgrade to a circuit breaker, but
since we've made the appointment we've heard from two people who say
fuses are better and why bother spending the money if we don't have
any problems. Thoughts ?

An alternative is to install a breaker-box yourself. You can get everything
you need at the box store and, with an afternoon's* work, you should be able
to swap out the fuse box for a 200 Amp service.

Should cost about $300.

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* Depending on how far you are from the hardware store for forgotten
items...