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Shoutout to that guy who warned me about sketchy wiring in old rentals
I moved into a place near downtown Austin last month and thought I'd be fine swapping out a ceiling fan myself. The previous tenant said the switch was finicky but didn't mention the whole circuit was tied into a 15 amp breaker with like five other rooms. I spent a solid 8 hours across three days tracing wires and tripping the breaker again and again before I realized the problem. Finally called an electrician friend who pointed out the box wasn't grounded right and the previous guy had used wire nuts that were way too big for the gauge. Total repair cost me $120 but the time waste was brutal. Has anyone else inherited a DIY disaster from a landlord or former tenant that took way longer to fix than it should have?
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