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Found a surprising stat about old house wiring in a library book
I was flipping through a 1970s electrical code book at the Springfield public library and saw that back then, they only required one outlet every 12 feet on a wall. That explains why my kitchen, built in '78, has those huge dead zones with no plugs. I had to run a whole new 20-amp circuit just for the coffee station and toaster. Has anyone else had to completely rewire a room because of outdated code like that?
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graywright16d ago
Actually, that 12-foot rule was for spacing between outlets, not a minimum per wall.
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