Panel used for storage.

[jxofaltrds]

Most of us have done this. Code violation? The sticker may be flammable?
Thoughts?

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[zbang]

Most of us have done this. Code violation? The sticker may be flammable?
Thoughts?

That HI is hard-of-thinking- breakers are normally found inside panels and the stickers that come with the breakers are intended to be used in the panels, too.

I would vacuum out the crud, but otherwise don't see a problem (with the panel).

 

[roger]

I would vacuum out the crud, but otherwise don't see a problem (with the panel).

Same here.

Roger

 

[Coppersmith]

That HI is hard-of-thinking

LOL :rotflmao:

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I had to get stickers that were flame retardant to install in a light fixture. I would bet the sticker is fine.

 

[kwired]

Dear Mr. TKOhomeinspections,

Removing the cover of the panelboard is a hazard in itself, had you not put yourself in such danger you wouldn't have seen what other dangers exist behind the cover.




:lol:

 

[hbiss]

Maybe somebody should tell him that after, I think April 1, he isn't allowed to remove covers by law in Ohio.

-Hal

 

[Cow]

I leave leftover spare breakers in panels fairly regularly, usually when I'm moving or changing circuits around.

 

[Coppersmith]

I leave leftover spare breakers in panels fairly regularly, usually when I'm moving or changing circuits around.

So do I. If I have to downsize one or put a tandem in place of one, I leave the original (if it's still good) inside the panel where the next sparky will find it (subject to spare space being available). I don't own it, the HO does. If I take it or toss it that's theft.

 

[Tony S]

We had an alcoholic electrician, he was dismissed. I enjoyed opening up panels, a bottle of whisky, vodka or rum was the mystery prize in the box. All I had to do was look for screws that had been disturbed, I didn’t tell the other electricians.

 

[jxofaltrds]

Maybe somebody should tell him that after, I think April 1, he isn't allowed to remove covers by law in Ohio.

-Hal

It's April 5th. How did you know?

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[hbiss]

Somebody here said it in another thread, probably the one about HIs.

-hal

 

[480sparky]

Jam it onto the energized bus bars and it magically becomes non-flammable.

 

[cpickett]

In the industrial world every cabinet is used for storage of prints and spare parts. Problem is, after a while you don't know if the parts floating in the bottom of the cabinet are good spares or parts that were swapped out but kept because 'they might be good'.

One argument I heard against the practice was that in a destructive fault or arc flash event, now your prints and spares are damaged with the rest of the cabinet.

 

[cowboyjwc]

In the industrial world every cabinet is used for storage of prints and spare parts. Problem is, after a while you don't know if the parts floating in the bottom of the cabinet are good spares or parts that were swapped out but kept because 'they might be good'.

One argument I heard against the practice was that in a destructive fault or arc flash event, now your prints and spares are damaged with the rest of the cabinet.

Not just damaged, they add fuel to the fire.

 

[Jraef]

I've seen numerous projects wherein spare fuses were REQUIRED to be stored in the fused disconnect enclosure.

Overreach...

 

[jxofaltrds]

What about the NM jacket?

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[kwired]

What about the NM jacket?

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Or pieces left from stripping conductors, a little sawdust maybe from construction or just spider webs or dead insects that end up in there over time?

 

[rt66electric]

Hidee hole...

Hidee hole...

We had an alcoholic electrician, he was dismissed. I enjoyed opening up panels, a bottle of whisky, vodka or rum was the mystery prize in the box. All I had to do was look for screws that had been disturbed, I didn’t tell the other electricians.

I had a buddy that had two electric panel in his garage... one of the worked... the other, he hid his money in>>>

 

[Coppersmith]

Punchline contest, here's my entry

Punchline contest, here's my entry

I had a buddy that had two electric panel in his garage... one of the worked... the other, he hid his money in>>>

A string of receptacles stopped working and he called an electrician. The electrician opened the non-working panel, looked inside, and said "Sir I see the problem, but I don't accept direct deposit."