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Do you have to update the house wires when you buy old houses?

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Why need to "replace the wires" when buying old houses?

A house that is more than 20 years old is called an "old house." If you have a plan to buy an old house, remember to prepare a decoration budget to replace the wires, sockets and fuseless switches in the wall, and add the number of circuits according to the electricity demand!

Why is it important to replace the wiring?

✅Many of the wires used in the early construction of houses have not met the current regulations. In the past, the wires in the wall were relatively thin; the wiring diameter of the circuit wiring in the old residential house was 1.2 mm, and the wiring of the new building was mostly 2.0 mm, and the load current was larger.

✅ Now that the home appliances are more diverse than before, the power consumption has also increased, making the old lines more likely to exceed the load, which may cause the wire to go off.

✅After decades of long-term use, the wire will age or even be bitten by mouse! If you are not careful, it is easy to have a wire fire!

※ the picture from TPC Fan Page