Yes replacing a 15 amp breaker with a 20 has been done a lot just to prevent so called nuisence tripping, but it still anin't right. Still not as bad as putting the 30 amp time delay plug fuses on a no. 14 wire as I have witnessed in many older homes. In my personal no. 14 wire should only be used for signal and control circuits. Perhaps smoke, fire detection in residences. Any light or power circuits need to no. 12 on a 20 amp circiit otherwise you are wasting panel space and wire. Again just a personal bias. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Electric "house wiring" question:
Thanks Ron, I wasn't overly sure where the dialectric or the breakdown point at which the insulating value would be over run by the current. I would certianly do my level best to never touch the busbar with both hands, but more a possible rub against it or something. I'd like just call the electric company and ask they pull the meter head for a couple of hours or just kill all the power in the box from the main switch and stay away from the upper half. I forget how the box is laid out, but I believe there's a portion where its hot even when the main switch is opened , but the box is effectively dead. Like I said, I'd probably get someone who is licensed to at least supervise to be sure I don't do something against code. The prior owners were super stupid people. They had several 20-amp breakers on circuits rated for 15 amps which created one hell of a potential problem and to think they had children living in the house. So, they were made to replace those before we would settle on the house. Amazing what people will do and risks they'll take. And to think if there had been a fire, an insurance company would never had paid that claim. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
