That’s the way I saw itMaybe it's a switch...push in for ON....pull out for OFF.
I'll add my own project to this thread.Yep, Bubba's been in the breaker panel again...
It's the weird perspective. It has a red and a black going to it.So there are conductors with white insulation that are hot, like the 2 pole "Solar" breaker at bottom right?
Or am I not seeing it right?
WAY out of my league......wow.I'll add my own project to this thread.
Didn't realize the panel only allowed tandems on the lower 5 slots when I tore into it.
I did however get around to replacing the 4 circuit 20A quad breaker with proper 15A ones. Apparently my solar installer didn't have 15A tandems when he needed to make room in the panel, so I got a used 20A that must have been banging around in the back of his truck (switch partially broken).
Now I'm annoyed he put that 35A solar breaker in the last 2 slots I can fit tandems. I'm wiring in an EVSE and need to free up 1 more slot.
Out of my league too, as I'm discovering.WAY out of my league......wow.
I used plug just because it's shorter than spelling receptacle, which wouldn't fit on the breaker... but I should have just used 'R' to designate receptacle, and maybe 'L' for lights. It got pretty confusing with Master bath lights, fans and receptacles on the same circuit as master bed lights and receptacles. The receptacles in the bath had a dedicated circuit... so I couldn't just label a circuit as Master Bath, or Master Bed since they share circuits. Lots of that room sharing going on making labeling not so straight forward.Don't know why but it bugs the crap out of me to hear actual (so-called) 'electricians' call a female wall receptacle a "plug"....... a plug is a male device, a receptacle is female. Heck, even calling it an "outlet" or "socket" wouldn't bother me. Some of the circuit breakers in the image triggered me, the dude that wired my house did the same thing on my panel.
Even NEMA labels the typical 15 amp female outlet as "5-15R" (R for Receptacle) and the male plug "5-15P" (P for Plug).
Hey,man...I didn't mean to sound like I was getting onto you, I don't have that right and it's not really my style...besides you didn't ask for my opinion.I used plug just because it's shorter than spelling receptacle, which wouldn't fit on the breaker... but I should have just used 'R' to designate receptacle, and maybe 'L' for lights.
When there's an extended power outage, and you realize you can cut the socket end off an old extension cord and put another plug on it so you can hook your generator into an outlet of your choosing to energize the whole circuit. I would never...^ WTF? How does that even occur to someone?
That I can understand. But doesn't look like what happened here. They put some work into it and looks good all the way up to that point.When there's an extended power outage, and you realize you can cut the socket end off an old extension cord and put another plug on it so you can plug your generator into an outlet of your choosing to energize the whole circuit. I would never, though...
I'd have gone with speaker wire with 2 blade terminals on the ends shoved into the socket instead of putting all the effort into that nonsense. If laziness is called for, go full lazy.That I can understand. But doesn't look like what happened here. They put some work into it and looks good all the way up to that point.
But.......is it against NFPA 70??
I do believe we're looking at a inside wall cutout in a mobile home of the 70's, what with the 2x2's, thin particle board paneling, etc.
That gave me a flashback from 1973 when in Panama City FL, one could but a new 60 foot non insulated "trailer house" for $2000 and when the washing machine spin cycle was out of balance, the feeling was similar to a typical earthquake.I do believe we're looking at a inside wall cutout in a mobile home of the 70's, what with the 2x2's, thin particle board paneling, etc.