ECN Forum Forums Photo Discussion Forums Photos for General Discussion Scared the %^$& out of me!

Here is a picture of a 1200 amp main service disconnect. I had to shut down the service to add a subservice. During the scheduled shutdown I had everything ready to go when I tried to shut off the disconnect. Everyone can attest to how hard it is sometimes to throw the handle on large disconnects,but this was hard. I tried once, twice, even had someone help me. I then opened the disconnect door only to have my heart stop when I saw this.

The 500's were run up the side of the handle right through the mechanism attached to the handle. The cables were actually preventing the handle from going down. I thank my lucky stars I stopped and looked before providing the force needed to go through the insulation. The funny thing was they left the entire side of the disconnect free of cables. I think they were short on the one phase.

Elektrikguy