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Originally Posted by Jason Brian Merrill
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Quite honestly, if that is representative of the wiring in the house, it ALL needs replacing. Every inch of it. That looks very dangerous, not just from an electrical point of view, but all that crud in there could cause a partial short and start smouldering and cause a fire.
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Originally Posted by planetnine
This is what I deal with, so I unfairly treat people like idiots until I can see otherwise, I apologise.
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I too used to do this (partly at least) for a living, when I was organ-repair-man and I still have people disconnecting earths (when they have a dodgy guitar cable) and using power conditioners, to cure defective equipment.
There's a lot of dangerous half-knowledge out there.