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Old 08-22-2009, 06:18 AM   #1
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Some steps to know about electrical control panel

When you aboriginal airing up to your electric panel, the aboriginal affair you will see is the cover. Open up the console aperture and central you will see all of your ambit breakers. On the central of the aperture there should be an allotment that lists what genitalia of the abode anniversary ambit breaker powers.
Depending on the admeasurements of your home, you may apprehension a abate electrical console to the ancillary of the primary panel. This is alleged a sub panel. In best cases, the sub console is fed anon from a two-pole ambit breaker in the primary electric panel.
Take an attending at your ambit breakers. You will apprehension that anniversary one has a switch-type affection with "on" and "off" indications. Also apprehension that anniversary breaker is labeled for a assertive amperage, whether it be 15 amps, 20 amps or higher.

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Old 08-22-2009, 06:24 AM   #2
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??????????????????????????????????? Wtf !
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Old 08-22-2009, 07:08 AM   #3
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He posted the exact same thing over at ElectricianTalk.


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At least I know what an electrical pannel is now!
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Old 08-22-2009, 08:19 AM   #5
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What you talkin' about, Willis?
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I agree with the WTF? comment.
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I sense the seeds of a spammer being sown.
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I sense the seeds of a spammer being sown.
Yup. That's why I nuked the thread at ET right from the start.
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Yup. That's why I nuked the thread at ET right from the start.

....and banned the OP too hopefully.

Can the same be done here?
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OK Whitney...step away from the crack pipe...
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What you talkin' about, Willis?
That is the funniest it ever YOU DA MAN
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When you aboriginal airing up to your electric panel, the aboriginal affair you will see is the cover. Open up the console aperture and central you will see all of your ambit breakers. On the central of the aperture there should be an allotment that lists what genitalia of the abode anniversary ambit breaker powers.
Depending on the admeasurements of your home, you may apprehension a abate electrical console to the ancillary of the primary panel. This is alleged a sub panel. In best cases, the sub console is fed anon from a two-pole ambit breaker in the primary electric panel.
Take an attending at your ambit breakers. You will apprehension that anniversary one has a switch-type affection with "on" and "off" indications. Also apprehension that anniversary breaker is labeled for a assertive amperage, whether it be 15 amps, 20 amps or higher.
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What you talkin' about, Willis?
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Actually,it sounds like someone ran something through the babble fish translator....
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Actually,it sounds like someone ran something through the babble fish translator....
I just ran it through that and got this:

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When you aboriginal airing up to your electric panel, the aboriginal affair you will see is the cover. Open up the console aperture and central you will see all of your ambit breakers. On the central of the aperture there should be an allotment that lists what genitalia of the abode anniversary ambit breaker powers.
Depending on the admeasurements of your home, you may apprehension a abate electrical console to the ancillary of the primary panel. This is alleged a sub panel. In best cases, the sub console is fed anon from a two-pole ambit breaker in the primary electric panel.
Take an attending at your ambit breakers. You will apprehension that anniversary one has a switch-type affection with "on" and "off" indications. Also apprehension that anniversary breaker is labeled for a assertive amperage, whether it be 15 amps, 20 amps or higher.
that didn't work.

Here's he link.
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
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I learned so much from his useful posting I had to thank him......
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