The brain isn’t wired, it grows into then logical networks that behave as though wired; we seem to have become impatient with nature’s plan.
You wouldn’t turn on the circuit breaker while your electrician had his hands in the box, would you?
I was using a metaphor.
BUT! Considering I did a lot of the wiring in my house, I’ll use it again.
It’s about having a house that’s been wired with NM 12-2 Romex with too many outlets on the circuit (Lets say 12).
The breakers constantaly flip, maybe an outlet stops working (after smoking up the house) things don’t work, sometimes the switch that’s supposed to turn on the chandelier turns on the back door light (don’t look at me, my brother wired that one).
SO, you can go in and add another line, use different/better wire, put a lower load on the circuit. Heck! Maybe put a GFCI in the breaked box instead of using it as an outlet! Put in new outlets. Whatever it takes.
A house, like brain, can have wiring issues-— and problems. And most of the time, a new outlet, some new wires or even going to the source== the breaker box, can fix the problems.
And no, turn of the main breaker switch before I tinker with any outlet.