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Electric outlet issues: Who pays for the repair?Dec 12, 2020

If an electric outlet is defective in a condo apartment, whose responsibility is it to repair it--the apartment owner, or the condo association? The first indication of a problem was when I turned on a lamp that was plugged into this outlet, and the bulb blew - smoke arose from the bulb. Thinking that the problem might have been the lamp, I plugged in another lamp into that outlet. The lamp worked for only one day.
The electric outlet seemed to have affected the light bulb - when I tried out the bulb in other lamps, plugged into a different outlet, the bulb no longer worked. My question: If this is a systemic issue, is it the condo association's responsibility to pay for an electrician to 'fix' the outlet? Or, is it the individual apartment owner's responsibility?

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Electric outlet issue - peoples choice #1 Dec 12, 2020

Please cut off the circuit breaker for that outlet, you may start a fire.
Then I would contact the superintendent in your condo to look at the outlet. He/She will check it out for you and will advise you what needs to be done and who will have to pay. If you don't want to go that rout I would contact your electrician. You may need 150/210 outlet That's what I needed to be changed. My superintendent did it free.
Good Luck

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