On Feb 15, 2:29*pm, Mark wrote:
on the other hand, if the breaker really is defective and fails to on
a short..

isn't it better to find out that the breaker is bad during this "test"
rather than during an actual short?

maybe somekind of 75 Amp load would be better then a dead short...

Mark

Did you ever hear wires "lash" in a conduit from a dead short? This is
not the way you want to go.