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Updated almost 4 years ago,
Electrical fuse box question and potential triggered work
Hi all,
I am going to see a property this week that has fuses in lieu of circuit breakers. I am planning on replacing the fuse box, but I am wondering what other work this may trigger. The house was built in 1960, so I am hoping that there is not knob and tube wiring however, there may be. Another possibility is that the house is wired with 2-wire cable without a ground. I realize that if either of these are true I will likely need to rewire the entire house.
The real question is, say the wiring in the house is 3-wire with a ground and which would not need replacing. Will the fact that I am replacing the fuse box trigger the need to upgrade all the wiring to code (I.e. add arc fault breakers, dedicated 20amp circuits to the kitchen, etc.)
I am in Massachusetts, if that matters.
Thanks.