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[–] Phobusplusplus@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just bought a house from a guy who had been renting it out since the '80s and this hits especially hard. So many fucking layers of paint on everything. Couldn't even be bothered to remove the outlet and switch covers first, to the point where I can't find the damn screws or even the edges of the covers.

I wish he had painted over the breaker box, though, since that might have prevented the last tenant from installing a GFCI outlet that somehow trips the circuit breaker if there's no high-amp appliance plugged into it.

[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I had a place like that in school. There was so much paint on the walls they were squishy.

This is my "I might have read the box right on the GFCI outlet I put in my shed" but this may indicate that it's wired with the hot and neutral backwards.

[–] porkins@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Are you saying that it won’t keep from tripping unless something is plugged into it and turned on or that it trips under any circumstance that something draws power from it. Have you been able to confirm all the junctions in the circuit? Sounds like something is terribly miswired or the GFCI and/or breaker is bad. I wouldn’t use it until you get it corrected.