Resolved Question Landlord wont get electricity fixed? We are renting a house and we noticed that when we use portable heaters the circuit breaker trips and the electricity goes off in certain parts of the house. We told our landlord this and she told us that we are overloading the circuit and we need to unplug stuff. Now, I work at home and I have my office set up. We have a son that has medical equipment that needs to be plugged up. My husbands job will be transforming to work at home status in the next few months. We are concerned about the electricity going out when he sets up his office in the back. Last year we had this problem, our landlord had her electrician guy look at the breaker and he said that he did not see anything and did not know why the electricity is going out. What can we do without paying for an electrician ourselves? Other Answers (3) Your landlord is correct; the breakers are blowing because you are over loading that particular circuit, like adding an electric heater to a line that has lights, TV, cable box, etc. On the same circuit If it's an older home, you are going to have to update the service, the box, and add additional dedicated lines to handle the additional load, not a cheap process, if it's a newer home with adequate service and the box has room you may be able to run some additional