tk3000
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- Location
- Lansing, MI
- Occupation
- Computer Engineering
My condo, built in 1974, made use of aluminum wire and a federal pacific circuit breaker panel. Federal Pacific breakers were notoriously problematic (malfunction due to a design flaw). The company that manufactured these breakers and panels -- not surprisingly -- went out of business. Problem be that today it one can only buy overpriced used worn out breakers on outlets like ebay, so not manu options besides replacing the whole panel.
The only 20 amps GFCI breaker in my panel went bad (stays always in the off position). I don't like the idea of buying an overpriced old worn out gfci breaker. So, was considering buying an ordinary 20 amps breaker (overpriced but nowhere as much as the gfci). It seems that the only reason that this breaker is a gfci is due to the fact that there is an exterior outlet/receptacle in this circuit. Would be ok (code-wise or other) to replace this gfci breaker for an standard one, and then replace the standard exterior outlet by a gfci one ?
The only 20 amps GFCI breaker in my panel went bad (stays always in the off position). I don't like the idea of buying an overpriced old worn out gfci breaker. So, was considering buying an ordinary 20 amps breaker (overpriced but nowhere as much as the gfci). It seems that the only reason that this breaker is a gfci is due to the fact that there is an exterior outlet/receptacle in this circuit. Would be ok (code-wise or other) to replace this gfci breaker for an standard one, and then replace the standard exterior outlet by a gfci one ?
