Shouldn’t Do This, but…


Hi All,

I just finished moving into my new apartment. The landlord is a little touchy about certain things. For example, he was opposed to my wanting to store boxes in the basement, of all things. Today I spent the day unboxing stereo equipment. Anyhow, I have a Cruz First Maestro receptacle and I want to switch that out with the original  but I don’t have access to the fuse box in the basement. I’ve switched out receptacles with the electric on before but I hate doing it. Any advice or words of encouragement?

Thanks!

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Having access to the panel, and changing electrical devices as you see fit are two different things.You have zero rights to do the latter. Contacting the electrical inspector to assert your imaginary right to do electric work in an apartment building with other tenants won't go well for you.

@panzrwagn ...that could get @goofyfoot ’invited to leave the complex’ since the landlord ( or the rep thereof...more likely) likely doesn’t want or need a new problem of a really obscure sort.....

Our OP should have expected such, and hitting the LL with a NEC technical detail just pisses them off. New tenants making very odd sort of requests will run into
this ’roadblock’ unless you’ve got absolutely prime signed and original references as to how wonderful a tenant you’ve been.

Otherwise, move on to Plan B....ignore the existing outlet, just use it. If this is one of six on the homes (older ones?) on the street in that sort of area, the odds are good the wiring could be substandard or mucked about with previously.

If you’ve never seen the ac panels before or ever, and you’re prohibited from seeing them....get used to amperage control via breakered plug strips...

...and Don't Ever play loud.....

I live in a 'live/work' situation, have recent wiring for a commercial space, and no real neighbors to speak of... and lease 2 buildings out of 6 that exist for our landlord, who is welcome to visit whenever he desires.

If that can't be after the years we've been here.....we'd have moved on...🙁

 

@asvjerry Yeah, when I mentioned the NEC citation the landlord became defensive. Also, from looking at the NEC website, it states that they do not determine laws but that some laws are in accordance. Different states have laws of their own. To find out for certain, I need to contact the building department for Cincinnati. The landlord recently purchased the building and did renovations. It is clean, seems structurally sound, quiet and inexpensive for the amount of space that I have. So I’m certainly not interested in moving out two weeks after I’ve moved in. Like I said previously, a Ground Zero lithium generator would be a step up and I only need to power my front end and ESL’s, as my power amp runs on two power supplies and a battery. I think the generator can be had for around $400.00.

So will you be putting the Cruz First Maestro receptacle on the Goal Zero Li generator?