Originally Posted by
Jerry Peck
I would recommend having a licensed and competent electrical contractor do a load calculation on the upstairs apartment, re-wiring and adding circuits as necessary. That is you best bet with what is shown in those photos.
Two thoughts enter my head, neither of them good.
Either an unlicensed incompetent electrician installed this setup or a licensed but nonetheless incompetent electrician installed this setup. If it is the latter, how do you find a competent electrician? My state only requires them to be licensed.
That's clearly not a service panel, perhaps it belongs in a submarine? Might explain the yellow tape.
What happens when they want a third circuit? Haven't seen any triplex breakers yet - or maybe they can jump from the existing breaker to a second breaker to energize the other bus, and then put another duplex breaker in to provide the 2nd and 3rd circuit? That would probably be the best option fitting with the current setup.