At the time the house was built, aluminum wiring was the standard. Years later, it was discovered that this was a big fire hazard. With the help of an electrician friend who was willing to work for booze, we slowly but surely replaced every inch of aluminum wiring with copper. There was an incredible amount of sheetrock work to do after cutting access holes to run the new wiring. We also replaced the meter panel, load center, and added a gen panel and inlet.

Our house originally came with a pushmatic breaker box. The last electrician in here obviously didnt know what they were doing, since they had multiple shared neutral circuits wired to the same leg, effectively putting 40 amps through a single neutral wire. AND IT WAS ALUMINUM. (05/21/2015)

First things first, we installed a gen panel as a sub panel, so we could add new copper circuits for lighting, refrigeration, and the boiler. (07/12/2015)

The old pushmatic breakerbox was a mess (07/12/2015)

We installed a new GE load center, meter panel, and upgraded the service entrance cable to 200A. Later, we upgraded to AFCI breakers where needed. (11/25/2017)

On the side of the house you can see the new meter panel, two discos for the A/C units, and a generator inlet. (07/10/2022)

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