Very outdated fuse box + wiring?
Hey gang, my partner and I just moved into an old apartment building. We noticed a couple days in that our lights were flickering like crazy (even lamps) and buzzing. When our fridge starts humming it causes the lights to shine brighter, fans blow harder, etc. When we use the microwave it does the same thing (in a different outlet but there are only 2 fuses in the box so I don't think that matters). We just opened our freezer today to find it at 60°F, same with the fridge. It runs, just doesn't cool. Opened the fuse box and cannot make sense of it, there are no labels for which is what. Contacted my landlord about the fridge and he told me to move it to a different outlet to see if that would fix it. I told him it didn't and sent him a pic of the fusebox. What do I do about this? Do I ask him to get an electrician to rewire the apartment? I know this can be very unsafe with modern appliances.
Hey gang, my partner and I just moved into an old apartment building. We noticed a couple days in that our lights were flickering like crazy (even lamps) and buzzing. When our fridge starts humming it causes the lights to shine brighter, fans blow harder, etc. When we use the microwave it does the same thing (in a different outlet but there are only 2 fuses in the box so I don't think that matters). We just opened our freezer today to find it at 60°F, same with the fridge. It runs, just doesn't cool. Opened the fuse box and cannot make sense of it, there are no labels for which is what. Contacted my landlord about the fridge and he told me to move it to a different outlet to see if that would fix it. I told him it didn't and sent him a pic of the fusebox. What do I do about this? Do I ask him to get an electrician to rewire the apartment? I know this can be very unsafe with modern appliances.