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Topic:   AC Disconnect - 1568 visits (1 today, 3 this week)

Russell Spornberger
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Posts: 18
From:Atlanta, GA
Registered: Nov 2003

posted December 18, 2005 03:57 PM            

Why waste time connecting to all those terminals? think I'll just use these two at the bottom of the switch!!

Russell Spornberger
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Posts: 18
From:Atlanta, GA
Registered: Nov 2003

posted December 18, 2005 04:23 PM            

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John Arnold
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Posts: 605
From:Philadelphia PA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted December 18, 2005 04:26 PM            

Plus, I'll disguise it as the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, so no one will notice!

Jerry Peck
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Posts: 7865
From:Pembroke Pines, FL
Registered: Feb 2003

posted December 18, 2005 06:40 PM            

Dang Zinsco, breaker goes bad and is welded to the bus bars, can't get the dang thing out ... what CAN I do? OH, WAIT! I'll just connect these two wires down there and ...

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Jerry Peck
South Florida

Eric Laney
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Posts: 94
From:Georgetown, TX
Registered: May 2005

posted December 19, 2005 05:40 AM            

Good reason to always verify voltage is not present even after shutting off power.

Russel Ray
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Posts: 2750
From:San Diego, California
Registered: May 2002

posted December 20, 2005 03:13 AM            

Do you shut off power at your home inspections, Eric?

Jack Feldmann
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Posts: 2529
From:Knoxville, TN
Registered: Mar 2001

posted December 20, 2005 06:13 AM            

I frequently pull out the a/c disconnect to confirm the size of the fuses.
Can't say I have ever cut the power to a house - on purpose.
JF