Wheee.

[bladespark]

We blew a fuse. Again. I will be so glad when we're out of this place! In something less than six months of living here, we've managed to blow 8 fuses. Not because we're running an unbearable load, because we're not. Just because the wiring here sucks hugely, and is very badly set up. Both bedrooms, the hallway, the bathroom, AND one outlet in the kitchen are all on one fuse! Meanwhile as far as I can tell there are four more fuses for the rest of the kitchen, the laundry room, the living room and the dining room, which means each of those probably has its own fuse. Who the heck set that one up?

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[2dlife.livejournal.com]

Actually, that doesn't sound half bad, in the traditional sense. Bedrooms traditionally have just a few lights, the kitchen needs it's own since it's full of energy-hogging appliances ditto laundry room. I'm guessing it's not bad arraingment as much as faulty wiring or old, easily-shorted appliances. Also by "blow a fuse", do you mean "trip a circuit breaker"? It WOULD be bad wiring to have fuses rather than circuit breakers.

[jordanis.livejournal.com]

No, we mean blow a fuse. There's a little row of blown twenty-amp screw-in type T fuses on the water heater now. The wiring seems to be original to the house.

[keplilly.livejournal.com]

Yuck, how soon will you be able to finish moving? Sounds like the new place will be so much nicer.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

It's going to take a while, looks like.