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Posted by Terry on April 15, 2007, 11:01 pm
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> My wife and I are looking at possibly moving into her mother's old
>> home, but one of my concerns is the wiring in the house. The home was
>> built in the early 1950's, and with an older fusebox outside the house
>> (old screw-in fuses) plus no ground on any power outlets (two-prong),
>> we're thinking of having the house rewired plus putting a newer
>> fusebox (with circuit breakers) inside the house.
>>
>> The house is three bedroom, one bath (about 1200 sq), and there's
>> about 3-4 outlets per room. Does someone know the approximate cost
>> we're looking at for such a job? Also, would it be something I could
>> do to some degree? Possibly running all the wires back to a central
>> location to have an electrician come in and wire-up the box with
>> inside lines plus city power?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions or ideas ...
>>
>> Alex
>
>i wouldnt rewire the entire house, just to those that you need to plug
>in a 3 prong cord (computer, fridge, and so on. that should help cut
>some cost, then you could invest it into smoke detectors.
>as far as your service goes if you dont have an electric stove, water,
>heater dryer, garage, well, hot tub, or plan to add some major loads
>then i would stick too 100 amp service, seeing the average house
>probabaly uses less than 40 amps most the time. dont fall for the ugg
>more power is better. it isnt just cost you more.
>but you live there and if it brings you peace of mind then go for it.
>i would say smoke detectors first thats some peace there.
>but with what your first paragraph says your into thousands of dollars
I would go with a 200 amp. Use all 20amp circuits. Quad receptacles
in the kitchen on two separate circuits. Put each room you plan to
have a computer or window ac on a separate circuit.
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