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Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen

To: Jack Brooks <jibjib@att.net>, 'Shop-Talk' <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:50:37 -0700 (PDT)
Yikes!  Are you saying that to switch off a breaker,
an electrician will short it out at the outlet box to
avoid the trouble of going down to the basement,
identifying the correct breaker, and manually
switching it off?

Doug


--- Jack Brooks <jibjib@att.net> wrote:

>  I changed out all the outlets in a home with a
> Federal Pacific panel.
> Typically, I did them live, but every once in a
> while there was a
> troublesome one where I felt much better with the
> power off.  Many of the
> Federal Pacific breakers could not easily be tripped
> with a screwdriver
> grounding out the circuit.  I added a lot of GFI's,
> as I was not ready to
> change out the panel yet.
> 
> jack
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