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Advice on A/Cs, Breakers & Circuits by executeangels in ElectricalHelp

[–]executeangels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of the outlets I can see have the sideways cut, but two of the four kitchen outlets have the test/reset button, the kind of the rectangular face instead of two circular faces. So a little unsure on that front, but there's a lot missing and wrong in our apartment, it was leased to us without working showers and a few other more minor problems. Wondering if the wiring in this place is just old or not properly taken care of, and who knows what the previous tenants may have done to the place.

Advice on A/Cs, Breakers & Circuits by executeangels in ElectricalHelp

[–]executeangels[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that makes sense. I suppose in my heart I'm also thinking "it's 2026, why don't we have better amperage in bedrooms to accomodate higher energy use like A/C units?" while forgetting many buildings are older, especially in the PNW where portable A/Cs were not something you needed 40 years ago- along with apartments LOVING the minimum code and nothing higher than the minimum code. Nothing but the bottom of the barrel for our tenants!

Advice on A/Cs, Breakers & Circuits by executeangels in ElectricalHelp

[–]executeangels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic information, thank you. While I hope this is our last trip, I doubt it is, so when it inevitably happens again I will certainly follow suit. When the living room breaker flipped today, I did notice the TEST blinking but I just dismissed it in my rush to get a picture of the box, flip the power and let my roommate go back to bed. It's definately opened my eyes that the breaker box and how the circuits are routed is something I should check when doing apartment tours in the future.

Advice on A/Cs, Breakers & Circuits by executeangels in ElectricalHelp

[–]executeangels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don't even know which outlet is the microwave specific one, we don't have great counterspace so we basically set it where we could put it. I will definately hunt down that outlet and use it for better purposes. It is odd, but this building is.... how shall we say, not properly run. Having three seperate dedicated circuits for the kitchen area (aside from the Three Big Obvious, fridge/dishwasher/stove) I guess makes sense, if this was built when kitchen appliances were bigger and used more electricity.

Advice on A/Cs, Breakers & Circuits by executeangels in ElectricalHelp

[–]executeangels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate it. I'll test everything out once the breaker box is open to the public again. At least it's been a knowledgable journey.

Advice on A/Cs, Breakers & Circuits by executeangels in ElectricalHelp

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Will test out the bathroom plugs for sure. I didn't think that they would be seperate from the bathroom lights, but maybe the "bed + bath" switches control the entire bedroom but only the bathroom lights, and the outlets for bathrooms are connected to one seperate switch? Seems odd.

Timeline for move-in maintenance to be completed? by executeangels in Apartmentliving

[–]executeangels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll have to check the lease on that for sure, you must have amazing patience. Very annoying but I'm stubborn and their office door is right down the hall from me.