Response to inputs from all of you
Response to inputs from all of you
I am supremely grateful for all of your inputs. I will DEF not be telling the electrician what to do, but your inputs have made me so much more educated that I can at least listen when he determines what the fix should be and respond accordingly and ask him questions based on your suggestions or the information you provided.
My biggest fear when I started the thread was that we have had zero problems with the electricity in this 5-year old home, we are the first owners, so it went from construction, with inspection by city "enforcers," through inspection by OUR inspector when we bought it and this was the first indication by anyone that the disconnect breaker was oversized. My concern is that I knew nothing about the problem, could not talk to the inspector who identified it, I have an electrician coming that I do not know at all (because we've never had any problems at this house!) and we have a firm deadline for completing the repairs.
I don't have the opportunity for several estimates or opinions on how to fix it, I'm going to HAVE to take the word of the first person besides inspector to look at it. I have hired a reputable company and hope they would be as good as all of you are who have contributed to my education here. However, I didn't want to be so uninformed about the issue that someone could come in and recommend we rewire the entire house, and me just have to say, "Okay, if that's what you have to do, fine, go for it - here's my checkbook!"
By all of you expressing your opinions and potential solutions, I am educated. I will leave the electrician alone and let him examine it and determine his best solution.....but when he comes up with the solution, I will be able to understand the broad scope of it (because of you guys, THANK YOU!) and if his potential solutions don't look at all like what you've proposed as POSSIBILITIES, I will be able to ask him important questions.
I respect professionals. In scheduling the appointment, I sent over the inspector's write-up, I asked the person who schedules their crews to ensure that they send someone who will look at the inspector's writeup in advance and be able to address it, etc.
Since you all have been so kind to help me, I will let you all know what the electrician on the scene came up with for the solution...........and I'll make sure he tells me exactly what it is, in "electrical-ese" so I can report back to all of you. Sure hoping for nothing more major than you are surmising!!!! Will get back to you all on Monday - that's when they're coming!
Thank you again for taking your time to help me.
