How Do You Replace The Wiring On An Old House?
Obsolete wiring can be hazardous and can create a fire danger. Some features of out-of-date wiring include worn, ineffective insulation, no grounding method and exposed connections. Any of these conditions is a good reason to upgrade. It is not only very old houses that have dangerous wiring. Houses built in the early 1970s have aluminum wiring that also poses a fire danger. Changing your old wiring may be time-consuming and troublesome, but it will give you peace of mind, and will also make all of your appliances work better. Replace your old, ungrounded fuse box with a grounded circuit breaker panel. Disconnect all the circuit wires from the fuse box, being careful to label the circuits as you go, then disconnect the service leads and remove the box from the wall. Install a new circuit breaker panel in its place and connect the service leads to it. Then pound a ground rod 8 feet into the earth and connect the ground buss of the panel to the rod with 10-gauge ground wire. Replace all
