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Whatever works!

Anyone see any particular hazard here?

A listing and labelling violation, for sure, but nothing serious compared to most of the other pics that get posted here. Certainly seems a good temporary fix, until new fuse clips (or proper clamps) could be obtained.

BTW, the inside of this panel is in REAL NICE shape for being 40-odd years old!

[This message has been edited by NJwirenut (edited 12-14-2004).]

AT least there are fuses there and not a piece of copper pipe.

How many amps are those fuses good for? They look huge to me, or are the labels just small?

You can learn something new every day. Maybe I could use beam clamps instead of split bolts to save $. It looks like they have a yellow crimp connectors double tapped on top of the fuses. Didn't they know they could have just used 1/4-20 screws into the beam clamp holes. The 1st wire at the top crimp looks a little scorched. Maybe they need a beam clamp to hold the wire tight in the crimp connector.

Tom

As much as I hate to admit it, if they made those clamps in copper, it would be a darn good idea to me. (OK, bomb me )

Well, 40 yrs might be slightly pushing the envelope of "temporary"

Not Listed but, if most "fixes" were as neat and functional as that one, the world would be a bit safer

Go to the bottom part of this page for a listed clamp for this application.
Don