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Hemingray




Thanks Cliff!.

Right on! I have actually seen 1 or 2 of those still in USE! Might actually have a breaker for that kicking around at work!!

A.D

My house built 1943, had 2 next to the kitchen sink, untill the early '70s,and pulled out 2 more about 1980 from its evil twin. BTW, they were in great shape even then with the exception of a lot of paint on them.

Had to replace one of those not to long ago, as one of the breakers would no longer re-set.
It was mounted in a residential kitchen, recessed into a brick wall, and fed through pipe. As you may have guessed, replacement breakers are as rare as hens' teeth.

With this type of enclosure there are no buss bars; the breakers are wired direct, and mounted to the faceplate. Square D does, however, make a "feed-thru" type breaker, with clips that allowed me to mount it to a new fsceplate that I made.

Took a lot of time, and cost the customer (maybe) $150 for replacing a breaker....but there really wasn't much of an alternative.

Money well spent! Those are nice little boxes. I have a couple of those guys in my collection, too. I also have a Westinghouse-brand MO box - has one 15a and one 20a. The cover and the box itself is made of a VERY lightweight aluminum. The actual breaker unit probably weighs more than the box .

Mike (mamills)

I worked on a Refrigeration unit from out of the Dark Ages that had one of these units on it.
It was running a chiller on a chicken farm.
Guy that ran the place had his own 11kV/120/240 service.
Imported all the gear from the US.
You can't put a man down for wanting to bring his own stuff with him.
Must have cost a fortune to rewire the place and set the place up.
But the wiring confused me somewhat (this was before I was ever a member here).
He was happy and I meggered the whole place and not a problem at all.
Spare parts (if ever needed) could be a problem though.

Hey Cliff, what's that thing sitting on top of the fan (to the right of the breaker box)?

It looks like a chassis full of radiotubes! Yummy yummy.

Now, why can't they make panels with little decorations like those embossed lines on the cover anymore?

Hey Sven,



Those are glass telegraph insulators. as a hobby I collect those too

[This message has been edited by Hemingray (edited 03-09-2006).]

NICE!!!!!

Those insulators are beauties. I particularly like the "greenies".

Mike (mamills)