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What in Tarnation?
What in Tarnation?
by timmp, September 10
Plumber meets Electrician
Plumber meets Electrician
by timmp, September 10
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Definitely looks like a 3 phase panel with a missing lug to me.

CH single phase panels use the same insulator and bus support, but the feed lugs are always on the 2 outside positions. Notice the burn marks where the lug used to be...

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All 1Ø C-H panels I have seen use the center and right side for the lugs, if done that way it uses less copper for the bus stabs.

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Originally Posted by Webmaster

The genius that installed the circuits apparently didn’t believe in ground wires because only 6 out of about 60 circuits actually have a ground wire connected to the grounding bus bar. All of the other circuits coming have been grounded through the metal conduit runs.


no wonder why the Panel looks so neat


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looks like quite a pile of dust or ashes? under the missing lug?
where is it normal to use yellow for nuetral?

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