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7 Tips From Electricians That'll Keep Your Home Safe From a Fire

By Dana McMahan,

2024-08-25

By Dana McMahan,

2024-08-25

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Kyle Lucky

08-28

if you live in an older home ‐ more than 50 years old, you might want to check (or have an electrician check) to make sure the breakers (or fuses, more common in homes built before 1960) are the correct amperage rating (15 amps for #14 wiring-most common, 20 amps for #12 guage wiring. 30 amps and higher should only be found on single outlet appliance circuits like a dryer, range or water heater. Sometimes homes built many years ago do not have enough capacity to power the vast amount of appliances and equipment we normally use in a modern household and this causes overloads and tripped breakers or blown fuses, and to "solve" this problem ill-advised homeowners or landlords sometimes replace a 15 amp breaker or fuse with a 20 or higher until it no longer trips, which can burn out the wiring and torch the building. A panel that has only 20 or higher breakers should be investigated particularly if it's an older small 100 amp box with no spaces for additional circuits.

Lt Parson

08-25

don't smoke in bed, and please don't smoke if on 02..lol

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