My aunt used to have one of those "Main + Range + 4" boxes in her house (approximately 2500sq. ft., the entire upstairs being on one fuse) [Linked Image]. She used to keep that thing loaded with 30's all the time. Her rationale: "Those ones with the 30 on them cost the same as the ones with the 15 or 20, but they last so much longer". It took me quite a while to set her straight on this thing, and even longer to convince her to let an electrician have a go at her house.

Before she died, she took great pleasure in showing off her new Square D panel to her friends in the garden club [Linked Image]!!

As for the 25's in that All-In-One panel, maybe the guy only wanted to "push the envelope" a little bit... [Linked Image]

Mike (mamills)



[This message has been edited by mamills (edited 04-22-2004).]