"Snag" wrote in message
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Wild_Bill wrote:



A replacement panel is in his plans , and he's saving towards it . It
took me a half-day to replace mine , had to modify the conduit runs
because the new box is (quite) a bit larger than the original ... his is
going to be more of the same , plus his is recessed into the wall and not
in an easy spot to get at .

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Snag

depending on the exact situation, you can mount the replacement panel
elsewhere, run large conduit to the old fuse panel, and just use the fuse
box as a junction box. Frequently, the new box needs to be outside because
it has the meter as part of the box, so most of these have a group of
circuits that feed the old fuse box, and then additional circuits to feed
other new stuff that is direct and not routed through the fuse box