Electrical Wiring or Panel Upgrade
Diane L.
Moline, IL
this is on an older manufacturer house (built 1977). have been having a lot of brown-outs lately (on CoServ power) and some my GFI outlets haven't worked in many years, even after having electricians out 2 or 3 times to fix. In fact one of these, in front bathroom, the outlets were removed and the wiring tied off when a new counter was installed in that bathroom. And at same time new cabinets and counter were installed in kitchen and one outlet had to be moved, and since that was done the light fixture on that side of room powered by light switch on that side has not worked.
So just a few things going on.
Have had wiring looked at several times before, and once some melted breakers were found that had arc'd off each other and were replaced. I also replaced my central heat with a self-contained heat pump and new breakers inside and out were added for that...but last time I had a problem with the heat pump they found a problem with the two "fuses" I think they said in the cutoff outside and had to flip things to make it work, but said that too needs to be looked at....
so, just a variety of issues...
I just purchased a new UPS for my laptop, and it has a Building Wiring Fault LED on the UPS. When I plugged the UPS into an outlet, this light came on indicating an issue.
I also have several outlets that are so old that cords do not stay plugged in well.
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