Joe Tedesco Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Anyone out there who can add that this is a diagram and configuration often found in older panels of this type. Does the one pullout kill "disconnect" the supply? Is this diagram from an old 1959 book misleading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Originally posted by Joe Tedesco Anyone out there who can add that this is a diagram and configuration often found in older panels of this type. Does the one pullout kill "disconnect" the supply? Is this diagram from an old 1959 book misleading? Hi Joe, I have a theory on these and every panel that I've seen has borne it out. However people from other parts of the country have told me that my theory doesn't hold in their neighborhood -- yet no one's ever sent me a picture to disprove it. Here it is: There were two different types of fusebox that had this very same arrangement of two pullout cartrige fuse blocks at the top and four screw-in fuses at the bottom. The boxes that were rated at 60-amps fed the range block from the load side of the main block as the one in your schematic shows. Alternatively, the ones that were rated at 100 amps fed the range block from the line side of the main block as in the attached schematic. Do you agree? - Jim Katen, Oregon Image Insert: 72.19 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Tedesco Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Jim: Yes, may I post this picture on another board where this is also being discussed. Thanks for your comments, is this your panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Originally posted by Joe Tedesco Jim: Yes, may I post this picture on another board where this is also being discussed. Thanks for your comments, is this your panel? Go ahead and use it. It's from a house that I inspected years ago. - Jim Katen, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodapop Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 These photos any help? [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Ye Gads! That's downright scary! OT - OF!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodapop Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Originally posted by hausdok Ye Gads! That's downright scary! OT - OF!!! M. I did an estimate on this for a service upgrade for a real estate agent. Sad thing is, the prospective homeowner thought it was OK. They didn't want an upgrade. Good luck with homeowner's insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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