Chris Friesen wrote:
avid_hiker wrote:
Many electric companies and water heater OEM's reccomend turning heater
off at the breaker to save cost. It is perfectly okay to turn a circuit
off at the breaker.....thats what its for...........

Not all breakers are meant to act as switches.

Of those that are, some are meant for resistive loads only, while some
are rated for inductive loads as well.

Chris

well look at it this way breakers arent generally expensive and pretty
easy to replace. so rather than rewire and install switch try using
breaker, if it causes trouble then replace the breaker and install
switch.

to be safe buy a spare breaker and keep on hand in case its needed.

cost what 25 bucks? Thats what a buddies cost although his was hard to
find.