Buying a home with knob and tube wiring? You should be concerned with the safety of the wiring and the insurability of the home. I'll discuss both in this post, but first, some background. Knob and ...

The first violation I want to point out here is the missing cover on the larger of the two conduit bodies. Section 314.25 requires conduit body enclosures to be ...

Continuity of the neutral conductor of a multiwire branch circuit must not be interrupted by the removal of a wiring device [Sec. 300.13(B)]. So, splice the neutral wires, and run a pigtail to the ...