My single daughter on the other side of town bought a house that was so old (ca 1900) that the wiring was added some time after the house was built. The fuse box went sideways after a year with shorted wires and she disconnected it and capped all those wires. She was unemployed at the time so she went to getting power from one 20 amp fuse that was on a separate connection on an outside wall. She was living with a refrigerator and a lamp. She decided she liked the $12 a month electric bill and has not changed from that for six years even though now she is working a good job with her own office and a pretty high salary She has battery LED lanterns for the occasional times when more light is necessary. Winter doesn’t get terribly cold here so she just dresses warmly and comes back to our house to sleep sometimes in the summer.
That’s rugged individualism...
My house had the wiring and box updated ~1960 AFAICT.
I’ve installed some GFI devices and grounded outlets, but it should get a full rewiring (there’s no Ethernet in the walls either! - horrors!)