Photographs of branch circuits found during home inspections.

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Painted
outlets can cause problems for plugs. You do not want paint in the
holes.

When
an outlet is loose, the cover can be removed to tighten the two
screws on the tabs.

Pulling
the outlet away from the box. Black wires are hot, while whites are
neutrals. The bare copper is the ground (this can also be green).

This was the best picutre that I could take of a knob and tube style of wiring. This is the knob. It is a porcelain fixture attached to a rafter in the attic which holds the bare wire in a groove. This one was not active. On older homes, this wiring system is sometimes left as part of the wiring system, which does not meet current safety standards.

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