paint in panel

[John Dirks Jr]

From today's inspection.

When it comes to contaminated bus bars, this takes the cake. I pulled a couple of breakers and sure enough; Not only was the bus bars painted, the fools then installed breakers on them.

No wonder my 3 prong tester was doing weird flickering.

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[Chad Fabry]

Did you warn them against cleaning the busbars with steel wool?

[John Dirks Jr]

Did you warn them against cleaning the busbars with steel wool?

Is a wire brush ok? I mean....wooden handle right?

[John Kogel]

From what I've read, abrasives of any kind are unacceptable. Call for replacement of the panel board.

I'm not saying the paint can't be removed, but there is some risk of damage by cleaning, and that could lead to a fire in the panel.

[John Dirks Jr]

Call for replacement of the panel board.

That is usually what I do, especially in a case like this.

[John Kogel]

Call for replacement of the panel board.

That is usually what I do, especially in a case like this.

I kinda figured but lacking the smiley face, someone lurking here could think you were serious about scraping. [] []

PS I have yet to pull a breaker during an inspection. That is outside of my comfort zone. Actually, I am prohibitted from performing work in a panel. I need to be a licensed sparky to do that.

[Eric B]

Even though I usually know what needs to be done I don't put it in writing. I much prefer to leave the "how to correct" decisions to the contractors.