"Michael A. Covington" wrote in message
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If the inspector was right, what is wrong with the wiring and how do I
fix it?

Swap black and white at both ends. This involves working on your breaker
panel, which is dangerous. I recommend hiring an electrician.

That depends on how the breaker box is wired. Most, if not all modern
breaker boxes have the main breakers and the breakers for the individual
circuits in the same box. Since this is presumably an old house, that may
not be the case. It may have the main breakers or cartridge fuses in a
separate box, and there may be an external lever to power down the whole
house. If that's the case, the breakers can be switched off one by one and
the main power can be switched off. At that point, there is no power coming
into the breaker box.