DarylF08
Mec. Elect. Engineer
I am going to change my panel from fuses to breakers.
What is the easiest way to kill main power to the fuse box ?
What is the easiest way to kill main power to the fuse box ?
DarylF08 said:I am going to change my panel from fuses to breakers.
How can the "City Code" require an upgrade????DarylF08 said:City Code now requires me to upgrade to a 100amp service with breakers.
Speedy Petey said:How can the "City Code" require an upgrade????
Do you mean "require" as in mandatory???
As an engineer you should already know that fuses are a lot safer than breakers
Would you explain your thoughts a little?Alectrician said:As an electrician you should know that generally a fuse installation is a lot more dangerous than breakers.
There is more to it than the protection factor of the fuse VS the circuit breaker.
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Would you explain your thoughts a little?
Over the years I have saw many service change outs and the panel and riser was all that was touched. There is always been a big misconception that breakers are safer than fuses. This is far from the truth.Alectrician said:When you replace the fuse box you will also be correcting a lot of issues like bonding, repairing brittle insulation and correctly sizing protective devices.
Make my day and agree with me.
I will agree that it is easier to change a fuse to a larger size than to change a breaker to a larger size but with the same breath I must also say that I have witnessed just as many oversized breakers as I have fuses.hj said:And as an engineer, he also probably knows that fuses, other than Fusetrons, are interchangable, so a 30 amp will replace a 15 amp, and that would not be "a lot safer than a breaker".
I will agree that the Model “T†is a lot slower than a Ferrari but the Model “T†is far from being as safe.hj said:A Model T Ford may be safer than a Ferrari, because it goes a lot slower, but would you want to go back to it?
I installed a new 200 Amp QO panel to replace an old 100 Amp QO a few months ago. It went easily and quickly with the following process.DarylF08 said:I am going to change my panel from fuses to breakers.
What is the easiest way to kill main power to the fuse box ?