Reply #20: That old knob and tube crap is your biggest problem. [View All]

[Jamastiene]

A good investment would be to rewire the place somewhere down the road. I do know that the National Electrical Code says when replacing those old 2 wire receptacles to use a GFCI. Period. No ifs ands or buts. Also, having the fridge on a circuit with other receptacles sounds like someone wired your place haphazardly. The fridge is supposed to be on a circuit by itself with nothing else on it. If that wiring is in that bad of shape, you probably should replace the wiring completely to avoid a house fire somewhere down the road. I'm serious. It sounds like a fire waiting to happen. New wiring isn't that expensive. Use the old wiring to pull the new ones through. After that, hook up new receptacles.

Btw, you did make sure the receptacle you replaced the old one with was 15 amps, didn't you? It needs to stay 15 amps or it will trip the breaker.