It’s ironic that in Silicon Valley, a couple of miles away from companies designing the most advanced electronic components in the world we find houses with electrical systems untouched since the 60’s.
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In addition we also grounded the whole house, converting all outlets from 2-wires to 3-wires and adding GFCI protection to all wet areas. This required the crew to dig a ditch all the way from the panel to the street.