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#116464 04/05/04 04:11 PM
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Big-Z tin-plated(?) aluminum busbar extrusions seemed to have a propensity to “scab over”, like they hadn’t been cleaned of inherently corrosive chemicals very well after the plating bath. It was sort of a coarse, blotchy grey-white ‘crust’ on the breaker-pinch contact surfaces. Their products were nothing short of a scourge to the industry in NorCal.

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As I'm writing this, I just came back from replacing a Crouse-Hinds 100A main that refused to reset..

I associate that name with traffic signals. Did they make a lot of general electrical distribution gear as well?

#116466 04/06/04 08:51 PM
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You said it best Randy. the breakers just dont get along with the phasebar. you are not alone though we see this alot in Northern Cali too.

#116467 04/07/04 03:11 AM
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PaulUK.... Ive seen everything from conduit bodies to panel boards to receptacles to really old traffic signals made by Crouse-Hinds/Arrow Hart.. Tim & I come across these things almost daily out here in the Golden State...

-Randy

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Is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
#116469 09/07/04 06:13 PM
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Wow what a site that www.handymanusa.com is. All the years I wasted getting formal training. Now the INTERNET tells me I just needed to watch an Electrician to be capable. These guys are as bad as the orange roof store for advice!!!!

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#116470 09/07/04 06:46 PM
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Isn't it interesting that the one answer says have an electrician install a breaker, then the next describes installing a sub-panel and changing the breakers. No mention of PPE.

Instructions on death and destruction for the weekend warrior.

Dave

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Is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
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