Took on a service call in a 1920s house last Tuesday and it just kept getting worse

I got a call about a flickering light in the living room. Figured it was a loose connection, maybe a bad switch. I show up and the whole place still has knob and tube wiring buried in the walls. Then I open the panel and there's like 6 different circuits tapped onto one 15 amp breaker with no labels. The homeowner just wanted me to swap the dimmer and leave. Took me 3 hours just to map out what was live and what wasn't. Has anyone else dealt with a house that old where the previous guy just kept adding wirenuts like it was nothing?

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nathan19312d ago

Six different circuits on one 15 amp breaker. That's insane.

white.seth11d ago

Bet the inspector was the one who wired it and passed it too.