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Yup. I have the top 8 (4 on each side, has a little '30' showing) ganged in sets of 2.
2/4- Dryer1/3- Range (once electric, this one now relabeled Garage and runs a 240 for previous owners power tools, left in 'off' position' except when a few contractors needed it. Works fine when turned on)
5/7- HVAC6/8- Old AC (a 240 outlet near the ceiling where once a wall 'whole house AC' was, also 'off' but tests fine)
Nothing else is ganged but that doesnt mean it's not done but wrongly marked (which is against code I gather). The few times and electrician worked on our house though, they've not found any circuits that were not as they should be, just that some are still older 2 prongs and to fix thse areas of the house, they need to snake new wires (assume ground which is in place in part of the house but not all?).
Due to lack of background experience, this is one thing Don and I do not DIY. There's a time when it's best to get a professional. This is one of them. We are sure all the bad stuff the Bos'un who owned the house before us has been removed or *properly* dead ended (electrician used to check all). What we need to do is fix the remaining ones to 3 prong *properly* (system ready for it and about 2/3 of the house uses it) then have 4 lines run to the back porch to properly handle a portion of the now dead ended outlets out there. Foolish Bos'un had run 19 outlets off only 2 lines on the back porch. They've been properly detached leaving only 4 correctly done ones working.
Electrician said we have plenty of excess and don't even need to sub-panel if that is all we want although that would be very easy. Apparently the original 100 amp panel (in a bedroom closet, nothing hooked to it now) can be easily re-vamped in which case he'd re-string all the back porch and lights across the back of the house off it. What that sub-panel will do apparently is let him easier (cheaper) add also more outlets to the kitchen plus properly power even more of the detached 15 back porch outlets.
We are pondering options. No rush. Just looking over where we want new outlets added (neither bathroom has an outlet).