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"So you learned that a teacher was dumb enough to get her jewlery into a hot outlet. The thing to have done was replace the outlet and move on. " [Linked Image] Mxslick - thats priceless..... [Linked Image]

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However, they can come out of the box tripped due to bouncing during shipment. Take any standard 1 pole breaker an give it a sharp smack with you hand, it will probably trip.

Yes, it MAY be possible that they were tripped during shipment, but not likely. I think it was reno who pointed out in another thread that most circuit breaker makers have a final QC test that trips the breakers right before packaging and if it doesn't trip it's considered defective. So I would think that if you open a box of breakers and any aren't tripped, I would consider the non-tripped one(s) suspect.

You are also right that some breakers can be tripped with a sharp impact.

Of course who knows if they've been played with in the meantime...

Stupid should be painful.