Shouldn’t Do This, but…

@waytoomuchstuff I would have asked if the landlord were chilled but I’m certain he’ll object. So I could just change it out while wearing gloves and while being careful not to touch any of the wires together or use the current receptacle until I buy a generator. I really like the idea of the generator. I’m trying to determine how much wattage hours I’ll need.

Thanks everyone. Overloading the circuit does sound like a good idea. More ways on how to do that? Yes, the outlets are both black!

@noromance I texted the landlord with that NEC citation and that didn’t go over very well. He said, ‘no one goes into the basement without me, why do you need to get into the breaker box’? At which point I made up some nonsense. I’m not living in a gentrified part of the city. There are six houses on my street and everything else around me are industrial complexes. Anyway, I’m looking at the Goal Zero 500X lithium generator and that would make the in the wall receptacle a moot point.  But speaking of the landlord, he’s regular people and when it comes to my stereo, regular people see me as eccentric.

@asvjerry Yeah, when I mentioned the NEC citation the landlord became defensive. Also, from looking at the NEC website, it states that they do not determine laws but that some laws are in accordance. Different states have laws of their own. To find out for certain, I need to contact the building department for Cincinnati. The landlord recently purchased the building and did renovations. It is clean, seems structurally sound, quiet and inexpensive for the amount of space that I have. So I’m certainly not interested in moving out two weeks after I’ve moved in. Like I said previously, a Ground Zero lithium generator would be a step up and I only need to power my front end and ESL’s, as my power amp runs on two power supplies and a battery. I think the generator can be had for around $400.00.

@carlsbad2 Here's a review of the charger, https://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0119/Goal_Zero_Yeti_400_Lithium_Portable_Power_Station_Review.htm

@noromance If it's easy to install the Maestro in the charger, then yes, I probably will install it though I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make.

@rodman99999Thanks for the link but wouldn't just a pair of hospital latex gloves achieve the same purpose?

@rel Been watching ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’. Anyway, I’m certain that the building inspector has been out. Still it does seem odd that I can’t access the breaker box. Either way, I don’t want to start a fight with the landlord. Do people ever think about this before posting advice?

@rar1 The houses are Victorian. Twelve foot ceilings. Possibility they are knob and tube wiring as my previous apartment was wired this way when built in 1887.

@jazzguy43 When I’m working in a NASCAR pit crew, yes.

@jazzguy43 I have done a live recepticle exchange without getting shocked. I replaced the positive first. White, Black and then Ground. But for whatever reason now, I’m in a current state of neurosis, always contradicting myself. Really though, if I do this, I’m fairly certain no one will know the better.

@muzikat Thanks for the encouragement, I switched it out today. Honestly, given what it looked like when I took the original receptacle out of the wall, I likely made things much safer. 

Nitrile gloves made it very easy.