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protokatie:
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--- Quote from: Blanka on October 09, 2008, 08:45:06 am ---
I would just say pull the cables real hard. They probably pop out of the screw-terminals in the next pot or at the meter. Exact the place where you should disconnect them.
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I seriously hope that was a joke...
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I've seen worse. Just last week we had the overhead lighting that was imbedded into the hung ceiling where I work taken out. The way the guy terminated the wires involved him wrapping the ground wire around the insulation, twisting the black and white wire together, and then putting a wire nut on the end of it. Luckily the basement where the jumperboxes are located is only partially flooded or puddle filled about half the time (IE when the sump pumps are working and/or turned on). I only hope that I am not there when someone needs to hit a breaker because the walk-in cooler's got tripped. Love to see what happens when the breaker for these removed lights is turned back on....
TOK:
I think connecting the hot and neutral will just immediately pop the breaker, but can't say I ever tried it. Perhaps you should tell someone and not just hope you're not there when someone flicks it on and possibly gets shocked by a hot panel.
:dunno
shardian:
--- Quote from: TOK on October 09, 2008, 03:43:18 pm ---I think connecting the hot and neutral will just immediately pop the breaker, but can't say I ever tried it. Perhaps you should tell someone and not just hope you're not there when someone flicks it on and possibly gets shocked by a hot panel.
:dunno
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Even if it does pop the breaker, it is still a fire hazard.
ChadTower:
Yeah, you have to consider that breakers malfunction. I had to have my whole panel replaced because the weatherhead for the entry point turned upside down in a storm and had been pouring water into the box when it rained. The top three or four breakers, including the house main, all corroded and froze in place. I discovered this when we had one circuit that kept browning out, probably because of a developing short on the bus.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 10, 2008, 11:17:06 am ---probably because of a developing short on the bus.
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You heard it here first, folks.
While still developing, Chad rode the short bus.
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