Fuse blanks

[76nemo]

Anyone know of any fuse blanks???? I have someone needing to pass a local and he has three open spots. Anyone have a take on this???

I am HIGHLY doubting he will get an approval, it's a rental contract. I obviously started at the panel, this is my first problem. First, definetly NOT last.

 

[JohnJ0906]

Do you mean for an old fuse panel?

 

[76nemo]

Do you mean for an old fuse panel?

Yes Sir. Thank you John for the reply.

 

[mdshunk]

Why not just screw a fuse in those spots and be done with it?

 

[JohnJ0906]

Well, I have never seen or heard of such a thing - but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

Fuse panel, I like to make them go away.....

Is cost an issue?
I wounder if something could be fabricated that would be acceptable? 110.12(A) doesn't mention anything about listed KO plugs.

 

[JohnJ0906]

Why not just screw a fuse in those spots and be done with it?

Or something simple..... :smile:

 

[76nemo]

Why not just screw a fuse in those spots and be done with it?

I won't close a circuit that I don't know what it consists of. Yeah Marc, that was my initial thought, just throw a fried fuse in it. That's pass my point, are there blanks out there

There are too many variables to this to get into detail. I was there for 20 minutes. Just hoping someone had an answer to some blanks, without having to modify the cover.

 

[mdshunk]

I won't close a circuit that I don't know what it consists of.

I wouldn't either. Take the wire off the fuseholder, screw a fuse in it, and quit making a science fair project out of a simple job.

 

[76nemo]

I wouldn't either. Take the wire off the fuseholder, screw a fuse in it, and quit making a science fair project out of a simple job.

Look Marc, I place questions here for people that have more experience than I, you don't have to be sarcastic. Why couldn't you come back and say,..."not that I know of"?????

 

[mdshunk]

Look Marc, I place questions here for people that have more experience than I, you don't have to be sarcastic. Why couldn't you come back and say,..."not that I know of"?????

Aparently you take me more seriously than I ever meant to be. Here's the debt of smiley's that I owe you from the previous posts. :grin: :smile:

 

[76nemo]

Another issue.......

Another issue.......

The same resi has a GFCI mounted 3' up the exterior wall less than a foot away from their gas meter. It's unprotected UF to the box. The gas meter is surrounded by steel posts, therefore protecting the exterior box feed. I say it's fine, I don't like it, but I don't see a need for it to be in PVC.

What do you all think???

 

[LarryFine]

Why not just screw a fuse in those spots and be done with it?

Better yet, connect a grounded conductor to the load terminal on two of them.

Label the first one "for bulbs only" and you've got a place for a convenient trouble-light.

The second one should be labeled "fuse tester" and "no spark or pop = bad fuse."

 

[electricalperson]

i tried to do some research on fuse blanks. they dont seem to make anything like this. only way out is to put a fuse in and remove the conductor off the terminal. if this is temp then i think that would work fine. sell him a nice cutler hammer tan handle panel

 

[iwire]

I wouldn't either. Take the wire off the fuseholder, screw a fuse in it, and quit making a science fair project out of a simple job.

I might have said it nicer but, ah, yeah.

 

[K8MHZ]

I might have said it nicer but, ah, yeah.

What if the inspector wants all the abandoned conductors removed?

NFPA says they could be tagged, but there may be some jurisdictions that won't allow tagging.

 

[mdshunk]

What if the inspector wants all the abandoned conductors removed?

NFPA says they could be tagged, but there may be some jurisdictions that won't allow tagging.

I'd have to ask him for a code citation in that case.

 

[jdsmith]

What if the inspector wants all the abandoned conductors removed?

NFPA says they could be tagged, but there may be some jurisdictions that won't allow tagging.

Do they even have to be tagged? I thought tagging only applied to unused data cables and we can leave abandoned building wire everywhere with no tagging or removal needed.