What is this??

[homnspector]

I ran into this about a year ago and have not been able to ID the black plastic tubes connected to the 220 breaker wiring. Only thing I could think of was some kind of fuse link which makes no sense.

I looked up the old report and realize these are baseboard heater circuits (at least the top 2 are). Typical no breaker labels.

Would a surge protector help on one leg of the 220?

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[hausdok]

Shrink-tube covered splice?

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[homnspector]

No, they were definately a manufactured item. As I recall, the end under the breaker lug was not wire but was a solid copper leg.Sise is about 6 inches long and 1/2 inch diameter. There are 3 in the panel

[Steven Hockstein]

Maybe the wire was connected to an entertainment system and this is some type of noise filter for the circuit.

[inspectort]

Surge or lightening arrester?

[Bob White]

They look like resistors (though I can't think of a reason for them here) . . .

Maybe this is someones idea of permanently marking the white conductor when it's being used for line voltage? Do these conductors have the same "marking" at the other end?[:-spin]

Bob White

[homnspector]

Thanks for the suggestions. At least I dont feel so stupid now. Standing there with the buyer saying "Gee, actually I have no idea what those are". They never like to hear "I've never seen anything like this".

Forum is great, thanks all.

[homnspector]

Hey again, posted this on an electrical forum. They didnt know either. Must be something the homeowner saw on This Old House.

http://electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum1/HTML/006058.html