On May 14, 8:46*pm, The Ghost in The Machine
wrote:
On May 14, 7:15*pm, Evan wrote:
On May 14, 5:57*pm, dumbstruck wrote:
On May 14, 10:27*am, "RBM" wrote:
**If you can post some pictures, it'll be very easy to determine how it
comes out
These came out pretty fuzzy, but see the double circuit 29/31 with the
fat wires:http://i54.tinypic.com/2jcg1td.jpght...m/b9fyfd.jpght...
I'm guessing it is close tohttp://www.relectric.com/Store/Circuit-Breakers/BAB2050
as a westinghouse "ba" 2 pole 50 amp, but the my switch toggle doesn't
bridge both.
Not sure of the voltage or how to remove (socket wrench?). Thank you
@dumbstruck:
That is clearly *NOT* your electrical panel to be fixing AT ALL...
Inform your landlord that your stove no longer works because
you can not reset it's circuit breaker...
Besides it not being your panel to work on let's address the
other obvious issues he
1. *You have only removed the outer panel trim cover, that
is a commercial grade load center panel and it has an
inner cover plate that secures the breakers and covers the
busbars so people like you won't get hurt when you try to
poke around inside a panel you have no business touching...
2. *You wouldn't have to shut off power to the whole floor
to work on that one panel, the fact that you do not know this
means that you shouldn't be working on that panel even if
you had legal control over it and had authority to effect
any repairs...
Even if you weren't paying for your electricity individually
each power panel requires having a means of disconnect
so it can be worked on without killing the entire building...
3. *Your first inclination to try and solve the problem here
(being an old failed circuit breaker) was to ponder whether
spraying WD-40 (a highly flammable liquid and propellant)
into an electrical panel where ignition of the flammable
substances is a very probable outcome... *Even if the
problem with the dead breaker was as simple as a broken
spring, the breaker is designed so that the failure of any
component would open the circuit so that the lack of
power triggers investigation and replacement of the
failed device, if the circuit stayed closed after something
broke or failed you wouldn't know about it until after it
caught on fire...
4. *How large is your unit/apartment/whatever, that seems
like an awfully large panel with a large number of circuits
in it to be servicing only one unit... *If it is serving more than
one unit, you don't have the authority to repair it on your
own, only the landlord does...
This repair is clearly above you both in the techniques that
are required to complete the work and your level of physical
endurance... *Leave it well enough alone and call your
landlord so that the building maintenance/electrical contractor
can be scheduled to repair it properly...
~~ Evan
TRUE, WD40 IS NOT SAFE TO USE ANYWHERE INSIDE THAT PANEL,
IT'S A SHAME HE POSTED EVERYTHING BUT THE ACTUAL TRIPPED BREAKER.
THIS POST HAS TROLL WRITEN ALL OVER IT.
TGITM
@TGITM:
I wouldn't say troll, but more likely a bored geezer living in
publicly provided senior housing in some high-rise building...
Most likely in Unit #1501 way up on the 15th floor, as he
described the "long climb up" that someone would have to
endure when the building is shutdown for "maintenance
day" which probably involves switchgear inspection/service
which is unsafe to work on live due to the amperage
involved...
You can see in one of the **** poor pictures where someone
has written with pencil on the inner cover of the panel...
That building definitely has issues if the panels aren't
properly marked and labeled with legends plus the
fact that none of these panels are locked to control
who can access them -- anyone could wander around
randomly flipping breakers off if they wanted to be a
pest...
~~ Evan