readydave8
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Further proof nobody reads instructions.
I think it's so when it's time to swap out the panel for an upgrade, GE won't be blamed for the nails holding it in.
I think it's so when it's time to swap out the panel for an upgrade, GE won't be blamed for the nails holding it in.
sheet was tore but I think you are right about non-interchangeability.It would probably be easier to guess the reason for that warning if we could see the rest of the instructions. The part that we see on the first sheet does not seem particularly interesting.
so if I had put the panel in, and used screws to mount instead of nails, I would be in violation due to manufacturers instructions?
That is always a good topic for controversy here on the Forum.sheet was tore but I think you are right about non-interchangeability.
so if I had put the panel in, and used screws to mount instead of nails, I would be in violation due to manufacturers instructions?
It would probably be easier to guess the reason for that warning if we could see the rest of the instructions. The part that we see on the first sheet does not seem particularly interesting.
Take notice of the reference to the NEMA recommended method for removing the knockouts. The illustrations and instructions came from NEMA Engineering Bulletin No. 55 that was first published in 1954.
This Bulletin is still available to this very day here: http://www.nema.org/Technical/Documents/Bull_55_reaffirmed_12_15_111.pdf
I have tried the 'NEMA' way more than once. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. Maybe paint was thinner and dies were sharper in 1954.