Brandofhawk
Active Member
So, I'm kinda looking for some advice here about my home/rental unit.
It's not a question of doing any sort of work on the electric, but just a thought on the general condition. I'd like some feedback and thoughts as to whether to consider this uninhabitable or not.
Recently just moved into an apartment in Los Angeles. When we first moved in, all the electric in the house was working. About the 3rd day in living here, I started hearing sparking coming from the circuit panel. And so (carefully with protection), I opened the box and SAW sparks from behind one of the ancient breakers. :shock: So I flipped off that breaker (it was the one the fridge was on... every time the fridge kicked on it would spark). Called the landlord and he came out two days later and put in a brand new fuse... but that next day a 2nd circuit blew (also fried), this one was the AC/Heater.
After those repairs, one of the closets, and upstairs bathrooms wouldn't work but everything else was fine. So I guessed something got pulled. Called him again and he got that fixed.
Fast forward 4-6 weeks. Tonight I was sitting at my computer and just shutting it down to go to bed. About 10 minutes later (and only noticed because I was still using my desktop speakers) the entire wall of power went out. (outlets on that wall + the wall adjacent in the next room). I haven't called him yet but will in the morning.
So there is the situation, what I'm concerned about is that the work done wasn't by a licensed electrician (It was a handyman). The fact that two breakers got cooked also has me concerned but they were older breakers. I'm curious what you guys think about the living situation here. I feel that power could potentially go out in anyone of the rooms that I'm in at any time. I'm also concerned about there being an electrical fire from some of this stuff going bad. But I'd like to hear what you guys say as you have more knowledge about electrics than I and I trust what this community has to say about anything.
It's not a question of doing any sort of work on the electric, but just a thought on the general condition. I'd like some feedback and thoughts as to whether to consider this uninhabitable or not.
Recently just moved into an apartment in Los Angeles. When we first moved in, all the electric in the house was working. About the 3rd day in living here, I started hearing sparking coming from the circuit panel. And so (carefully with protection), I opened the box and SAW sparks from behind one of the ancient breakers. :shock: So I flipped off that breaker (it was the one the fridge was on... every time the fridge kicked on it would spark). Called the landlord and he came out two days later and put in a brand new fuse... but that next day a 2nd circuit blew (also fried), this one was the AC/Heater.
After those repairs, one of the closets, and upstairs bathrooms wouldn't work but everything else was fine. So I guessed something got pulled. Called him again and he got that fixed.
Fast forward 4-6 weeks. Tonight I was sitting at my computer and just shutting it down to go to bed. About 10 minutes later (and only noticed because I was still using my desktop speakers) the entire wall of power went out. (outlets on that wall + the wall adjacent in the next room). I haven't called him yet but will in the morning.
So there is the situation, what I'm concerned about is that the work done wasn't by a licensed electrician (It was a handyman). The fact that two breakers got cooked also has me concerned but they were older breakers. I'm curious what you guys think about the living situation here. I feel that power could potentially go out in anyone of the rooms that I'm in at any time. I'm also concerned about there being an electrical fire from some of this stuff going bad. But I'd like to hear what you guys say as you have more knowledge about electrics than I and I trust what this community has to say about anything.
