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Jeremiah O'Neill
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Electrical fuse box question and potential triggered work

Jeremiah O'Neill
  • Investor
  • Cambridge, MA
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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.

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