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by jermaustin1 5 days ago
Sorry, I was doing conservative napkin math, better safe than burnt to a crisp, as grandpa NEVER said... I'm currently having to rewire a lot of the house that he built and I bought so he could retire. There have been a lot of electrical issues that the inspection never found.

He hated outlets, and hardwired almost every appliance directly into whatever circuit was closest that fit the amperage, including literally cutting the plug off a cord, to nut the wires directly into the Romex.

I still haven't found what circuit my range hood is on. I turned off all 120V and it remained blowing, and knowing grandpa, he powered it off a single leg of a 240V. And I know he didn't use junction boxes, so the splices are likely all inside the walls.