Ford2001
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My uncle pass away some time ago, but he did everything for my
Aunt, which included the wiring in there home.
I believe someone was getting ride a pushmatic circuit breaker panel,
and my uncle grab it to use in his house, which had an existing fuse
panel. So he took it and install it replacing the house fuse panel box.
Now my Aunt calls me and tell me she having problem with her electric
storage hot water tank, system. Could I come up and look at it.
I check the thermostate's on the tank, both set way to high,. like
140. So move then back to 120 for both upper and lower.
I go look at the house electrical, and there a pushmatic circuit breaker
panel, with more then six throw, and no main. But it's grounded to a
metal water pipe cominig in from the street.
There is no, P230 pushmatic in the panel. But there is a #10 wire White
and a #10 wire Black.
I notice this type of panel has no split bus. Phase A, left side, Phase B
right side. And these breaker are bolted right onto the phase bus that
run vetical, adjacent to the each circuit breaker.
This how my uncle wired it. The white wire, was attach to a 30 A,
S/P breaker on phase A, the Black wire was attach to a 20 A. S/P
breaker on phase B.
Once a day, my Aunt told me, she would have to go down into the base-
ment, and reset the 30 A. pushmatic breaker.
I would have thought the 20 A. pushmatic breaker located on phase B
would be the one that would, trip.
I said to her lets get rid of this piece of garbage, and install a modern
brand. But she cry, I can't afford to pay, okay just pay for the panel,
I can't afford that. Well I love my Aunt, but she got four grow children,
I think they could very well pay for this.
But, my real question is why is it, that the 30 A. breaker connected to
Phase A. the one that always trips and not the 20 A. breaker connected
to Phase B.
JUST CURIOUS, this inquiring mind wants to know.
One last fact, there is a lot of rust on this old electrical panel.
The neutral/ground bar doesn't look so good.
The basement has a dirt floor, and in the spring, it flood about a foot,
before the sump pump, turns on.
Aunt, which included the wiring in there home.
I believe someone was getting ride a pushmatic circuit breaker panel,
and my uncle grab it to use in his house, which had an existing fuse
panel. So he took it and install it replacing the house fuse panel box.
Now my Aunt calls me and tell me she having problem with her electric
storage hot water tank, system. Could I come up and look at it.
I check the thermostate's on the tank, both set way to high,. like
140. So move then back to 120 for both upper and lower.
I go look at the house electrical, and there a pushmatic circuit breaker
panel, with more then six throw, and no main. But it's grounded to a
metal water pipe cominig in from the street.
There is no, P230 pushmatic in the panel. But there is a #10 wire White
and a #10 wire Black.
I notice this type of panel has no split bus. Phase A, left side, Phase B
right side. And these breaker are bolted right onto the phase bus that
run vetical, adjacent to the each circuit breaker.
This how my uncle wired it. The white wire, was attach to a 30 A,
S/P breaker on phase A, the Black wire was attach to a 20 A. S/P
breaker on phase B.
Once a day, my Aunt told me, she would have to go down into the base-
ment, and reset the 30 A. pushmatic breaker.
I would have thought the 20 A. pushmatic breaker located on phase B
would be the one that would, trip.
I said to her lets get rid of this piece of garbage, and install a modern
brand. But she cry, I can't afford to pay, okay just pay for the panel,
I can't afford that. Well I love my Aunt, but she got four grow children,
I think they could very well pay for this.
But, my real question is why is it, that the 30 A. breaker connected to
Phase A. the one that always trips and not the 20 A. breaker connected
to Phase B.
JUST CURIOUS, this inquiring mind wants to know.
One last fact, there is a lot of rust on this old electrical panel.
The neutral/ground bar doesn't look so good.
The basement has a dirt floor, and in the spring, it flood about a foot,
before the sump pump, turns on.