Ever see this brand of panel?

[Pizza]

PIC

 

[Pizza]

And Yes this was in use. There was an electrical fire upstairs.

 

[chris1971]

No but, I've seen a 30 amp overhead service with a knife blade disco on a single family home. We upgraded it to a 100 amp overhead service. It's neat sometimes when you run into some really old electrical equipment.

 

[LEO2854]

PIC

Yes that is some old stuff..


Her is one i found recently.:blink::lol:

 

[iwire]

Pizza, I think that is made by Asbestosmaster as part of their hazardous dust line.

 

[chris1971]

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Pizza, I think that is made by Asbestosmaster as part of their hazardous dust line.

So the fire is contained within the panel.:lol:

 

[LEO2854]

Pizza, I think that is made by Asbestosmaster as part of their hazardous dust line.

Is that really the brand name?


I guess that would put them in the same league as FPE.

 

[iwire]

Is that really the brand name?

Ah no, but I believe a lot of what we are looking at is pure asbestos and asbestos laden plaster.

That in itself would not be so bad but it also looks very friable.

 

[LEO2854]

Ah no, but I believe a lot of what we are looking at is pure asbestos and asbestos laden plaster.

That in itself would not be so bad but it also looks very friable.

It is scary stuff and is very brittle.

Thankfully there is not to many of those left out there except in Boston's back bay condo's

 

[Pizza]

No but, I've seen a 30 amp overhead service with a knife blade disco on a single family home. We upgraded it to a 100 amp overhead service. It's neat sometimes when you run into some really old electrical equipment.

Yeah I asked the home owner to bring me to his panel, and he brought me to this:jawdrop:. I have never seen anything like this before, so I had to take a pic. Pretty neat.

 

[Pizza]

Pizza, I think that is made by Asbestosmaster as part of their hazardous dust line.

:lol:

 

[LEO2854]

Pizza, I think that is made by Asbestosmaster as part of their hazardous dust line.

:lol:

Man I'm slow .....I get it now...:lol:

 

[unytko]

What about than shiny new EMT connector - looks good :thumbsup:
I wonder who bothered ???

 

[chris1971]

That will be a fun service upgrade if you do it.

 

[templdl]

Darned, and they both look as if they used a common edison based type fuses where the common practice was if the fuse blows upsize the fuse making the problem go away they would think.
The panels with fusetrons made it somewhat more difficult to do the dirty deed.
Also, that cloth cover copper wire, I always felt that cutting it with my dikes had a different feeling than the newer TW of THHN. The older wire felt as if was softer to me.

 

[Sierrasparky]

Gotta love it all those green 30 amp fuses on branch circuits. I doubt the wire is #10.

 

[guschash]

yes, and I have some parts for it in my garage. Came across it on a service change.

gus

 

[paul]

Gotta love it all those green 30 amp fuses on branch circuits. I doubt the wire is #10.

Hence the fire.

 

[cowboyjwc]

I've seen one of those in every "evil scientist" movie ever made. In real life, no.

 

[emf10]

And Yes this was in use. There was an electrical fire upstairs.

That "panel" looks homemade. Never seen anything like it. Scary stuff.