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CPSC is also rewiring four older homes in different parts of the country to test low-cost ways of making old electrical systems safer. National fire statistics show that more than 40,000 fires are caused each year by problems with home electrical wiring. For the past 10 years, electrical wiring systems have been the leading cause of fire deaths involving electrical equipment, claiming an average of nearly 350 lives each year. This project provides consumers information on the best, least expensive methods of doing something about them. The wiring systems in many older homes can have difficulty handling the increasing demands being placed on them by modern appliances like microwave ovens, toaster ovens, hair dryers, electric heaters, and others.