Tired of screwing fuses out and in to turn off and on a circuit???
Rich Beckman
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Oh my!
Shout out to Andy C. Namaste my friend.
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An electrical engineer's house, right? Lotta work goes into bein' lazy... That is great LOL
"An electrical engineer's house, right?"The current owner doesn't match that description, but maybe a previous owner.I do have one customer for whom I have done a lot of work who lives in a house purchased from an electrical engineer. There was a lot of interesting stuff in that house.Rich BeckmanAnother day, another tool.
Just when I think I had seen it all some bold, innovative and improvisational interpreter of the electrical code comes along and puts things together in a manner never before seen. At least by my eyes.
On a purely mechanical/electrical level I think it isn't too much of a big deal. It wouldn't pass inspection but it looks solid enough. Violates a few, all, of the clearance issues but those old panels never had much clearance. I guess the main objection I have is that it demands that the panel remain open. Careless hands may come into contact with live parts.
Then again I have seen lots of older houses and businesses that are missing panel covers. Mostly because painters and renovators take them off to avoid painting them over. Nice thought but they don't make it back into place and tend to get lost. Pretty common.
Looks to me like the cover can be closed.
A person with no sense of humor about themselves, has no sense at all.
That reminds me of some pictures that I have seen of early 1900's "panels". Some of them have open knife switches in series with the fuse(s). Sometimes on both the hot and neutral.
Actually, I believe Luka is correct. The cover does close.Your comments remind me of the main panel I found in a child's closet when I was inspecting for Section 8 HUD. The cover for the panel was missing and the closet was stuffed with clothes pushed up against the panel. I'm sure I've posted that previously.Rich BeckmanAnother day, another tool.