Yes, I wrote a report for the rental agent to give to the landlord pointing out that his faulty wiring could quite easily have killed somebody. It's a serious matter, but I couldn't help smirking when I saw a clause in the contract to the effect that "the tenant is responsible for maintaining the electrical system in a good state of repair and must ensure that it is not overloaded."

I couldn't pinpoint the location of the short without tearing open walls and floors, so I just abandoned the circuit and ran a new one in trunking to the rear of the shop. And rewired those receptacles onto another circuit, of course. [Linked Image]

Only charged £80 (about $120) for the whole job, but the landlord still grumbled about paying the bill.