East Bay Home and Gardens

Wiring to Avoid: Porcelain Fuses and Knife Switches

By Matt Cantor
Thursday July 16, 2009

I’m a sucker for old things. Seventy-year-old cars, 100-year-old tools and Fiesta-ware pitchers. Actually, much of the reason I inspect houses for a living is my love of old things. Yes, there are those bothersome days when I have to inspect a brand new 4,000-square-foot house, but I generally manage to conceal my ennui. (And then there’s the money…) -more-