Service Entrance

- damage, clearance, seal at wall/meter, height, loose, drip loop, frayed, exposed, neutral

Service Box

- undersized, corrosion, overheated, damage

System Grounding

- ineffective, meter bypass, spliced, clamp, electrode(s)

Service Panel

- damage, loose, obsolete, rust, double-taps, crowded, location

Panel Overcurrent Protection

(undersized panel)

Auxiliary or Larger Panel

- doubled-taps, feed wire, crowded, grounding, ground/neutral joined, miswired

Fuses/ Breakers

- damage, loose, overfused, 15 amp for branch circuits, fuse block

Panel Wires

- damage, overheated, loose

Panel (Dead Front) Cover Plate / Unprotected Panel Openings

- covers, fuses

Abandoned Wire in Panel/Connections in Panel

Access to Panel

Branch Circuit Wiring, if visible

- damage, loose, exposed, support, strain relief, ducts/piping, undersized, extension cord, abandoned, exterior wiring

Overloaded Circuits

- more branch circuits

Dedicated Circuits

- furnace, fridge, water heater, range, dryer, A/C

Knob-and-Tube

- connections, damaged, brittle, suspect, replace when renovating

Aluminum

- special connectors, overheating, outlets, panel, loose, antioxidant

Lights / Ceiling Fans

- inoperative, pot lights, damage, loose, exposed wires/bulbs

Outlets

- loose, damage, inoperative, miswired, worn, overheating

Ungrounded Outlets

- 3-prong, fill ground slot, GFCI

Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters

- test faulty, inoperative, desirable

Switches

- damage, loose, obsolete, inoperative, location

Junction Boxes

- missing, loose, exposed wires, crowded

Cover Plates

- damage, outlets, switches, boxes