Electric problem

[Smitty37]

Ah Yes, the problem always seems to be in the last place you look! You never know how things were done and sometimes have to check boxes that should not be on that circuit to find it. Well done!

Especially in old houses. Our 2nd home was built in the 1870s and originally wired in the 1920s - mostly with the old two wire rubber insulated conductors with woven cloth around each conductor and a woven cloth cover around the whole shooting match. The biggest problem with that wire was that over time the rubber insulation dried up and crumbled. The house must have been rewired when it was remodeled and the walls were open. Some later wiring used what we called BX armored cable. A 12 room house with an Electric Range and Electric Hot water heater was served with 60 amp Service when we moved in. There were 8 fuses and 3 were not used at all - one was used on the circuit to the barn and one had just one outlet on it. I did a lot of changing but could never do all that should have been done unless I remodeld and pulled all of the ceilings and walls down.