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Electrically savvy folks, does the bottom wire look corroded to you? (infosec.pub)
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I’m in an apt. and the power has been shutting off lately. It doesn’t trip any of the breakers in the breaker box inside the apt. but it does trip the master breaker on the box outside. Thought it was an oven issue but it still happens with the oven breaker off.

Visual inspection of the breaker box outside shows one of the wires looks a bit corroded. Wires to/from the rest of the units are a nice copper color. Is that a red flag?

Landlord is dragging their feet and telling us to talk to the electric company, and electric company is saying to call a licensed electrician, so I’m just trying to understand the issue so hopefully the landlord will listen to me.

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[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not here to directly answer your question, but to recommend that you do an internet search for the name of your location and the phrase rent escrow.

It seems like you could have a somewhat dangerous situation on your hands and escrow is a way to legally withhold your rent until that issue is resolved.

Also, even as a non-electrician that situation looks kind of gnarly and definitely needs to be looked at by an electrician on site. The symptoms alone are definitely concerning.

Best of luck, friend.

[–] 123@programming.dev 2 points 16 hours ago

Also save your emails and texts. Avoid calls unless your location allows single party consent to record (and test it out on your phone).