Got schooled on old cloth wiring in a 1920s Seattle bungalow

I was checking a panel for a sale and found the original cloth stuff, brittle as a cracker. The homeowner said 'it's been fine for a hundred years,' but one tug near a staple showed me why you never trust it. Anyone have a good method for convincing clients this isn't a 'maybe later' fix?

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tyler_hernandez6h ago

Man, I used to think the same way. Old house, old wiring, no big deal. Then I saw a cloth wire crumble apart behind an outlet plate. Just from someone plugging in a phone charger. That insulation turns to dust. It's not about if it fails, it's about when.