Not April Fools
- Thread starter GlennH
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- Louisville, Kentucky
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- Inspector
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al hildenbrand
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- Minnesota
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- Electrical Contractor, Electrical Consultant, Electrical Engineer
My mind is boggled!
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- San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
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- Electrical Engineer
How can even a DIY nincompoop look at the disparity in the conductors on either side of that breaker and not see that something ain't right here?
Well, I guess that was probably the largest wire he could stuff into that stab-in slot eh? Probably made some sort of warped sense to that idiot...:weeping:
Well, I guess that was probably the largest wire he could stuff into that stab-in slot eh? Probably made some sort of warped sense to that idiot...:weeping:
jumper
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- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
Jeez, rough crowd. So a couple of noodles and grounds are doubled up in the bus bar, not that big a deal.
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- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
Looks like the original main breaker failed and was replaced with non-standard methods. However looking at the load side conductors, there is no evidence of any heat damage so the total load must be small.
"Conductors in Free Air".
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- Massachusetts
On the other hand it looks in fine shape after being like that for many years so I don't assume a novice would notice.
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- Licensed Electrician
I had the same thought.
James L
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- Kansas Cty, Mo, USA
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- Electrician
Well, since they weren't allowed to splice the service entrance conductors.....
Maybe a fused link?
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- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
Sure, if there was enough current, but there wasn't even enough current to discolor the white insulation. Just an example of how conservative the Article 220 load calculations really are.
jaggedben
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- Northern California
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- Solar and Energy Storage Installer
While not disagreeing, I do note there seems to be some sort of arcing or heat damage around the knockout on the line side. Possibly from when this 'work' was done.
jaggedben
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- Northern California
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- Solar and Energy Storage Installer
As far as how long it's been like that...
When did Cutler-Hammer take over the BR breaker line? And when did Square-D introduce Homeline?
When did Cutler-Hammer take over the BR breaker line? And when did Square-D introduce Homeline?
ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
They put the main CB in upside down. Idjits.
busman
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- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Occupation
- Master Electrician / Electrical Engineer
And they didn't even re-identify the white wire as an ungrounded conductor. Geesh.
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