One dedicated circuit for each mono block?

@immatthewj

I wonder what I paid the home inspector for 30 years ago.

I don’t believe most home inspectors will make the seller upgrade outlets. They’ll now make them replace old fuse boxes, but typically the outlets can stay as they are.

what is interesting is that all of the 2 spade outlets are all the same circuit that they did not do.

My guess is someone didn’t want to turn off all of the devices or appliances on that circuit, to replace all of those outlets...or the customer was willing to only pay for so many outlets to be upgraded. Or someone got tired, and said the heck with the rest.

@jea48

by chance do you live in Chicago, IL or New York City, NY?

I do not. I know why you’re asking 😊 - the WNEW-FM and WXRT call letters just happen to pop up in my system pictures. I’m a radio guy. At one time I was a big fan of both stations.

Thanks @dpop  , this is educational.  I was just wishing that the home inspector I hired would have pointed some things out for me.  This was back in '92 and I had never owned a home before, so a lot of that stuff didn't mean anything to me (fuse boxes vs breaker panels, 2 spade outlets vs 3 prong outlets), just little stuff like that.  He did catch a furnace that failed the CO test, so I got that out of it.  Since then, I did have a breaker panel put in so I could run some dedicated lines, and I was there when the guy put it in, but if he explained anything to me about the existing circuitry, it went through one ear and out the other.  Anyway, thanks for explaining this for me.

@immatthewj

He did catch a furnace that failed the CO test, so I got that out of it.

IMO, that right there paid for your home inspection.

I was just wishing that the home inspector I hired would have pointed some things out for me.

Sometimes these guys don’t always offer, but will answer any questions asked (of course there are some that hate someone watching over their shoulder all of the time). It’s all a learning experience. After many years being an on-air DJ, I became a Radio Broadcast Engineer (a much more stable position in radio). I never went to any technical school to get a degree for this, but learned from all of the many radio broadcast engineers (aka Chief Engineers/Operators) I became friends with (and shadowed - I was always asking questions), and all of the on-the-job experience (and there was plenty of it!). I’m pretty good with HVAC too, again, always asking questions to the techs that serviced numerous units I was at one time responsible for.

You are right, @dpop  , I didn't know anything at all about houses back then so I didn't really know what to ask & I cannot blame the home inspector for my knowledge deficit.  I did get a report from him and a lot of that stuff may be in the report . . . if I looked hard enough, I could probably still find it.  And a lot of the electrical stuff that I have learned since (mostly quite recently) I only learned because of my interest in my system (which only started evolving in probably '94 or so).   If it hadn't have been for that, I'd probably still have the original fuse box.