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Thread: Main Breaker - up = off
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04-26-2010, 03:06 AM #1
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Main Breaker - up = off
This service equipment panel has a main breaker that shuts off in the up position.
I believe that breakers need to be off in the down position, but I'm wondering if the label is a way to get around the code? Is it in compliance with code if it has a label that identifiy's position?
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04-26-2010, 04:08 AM #2
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Re: Main Breaker - up = off
The NEC in article 240.81 says that a circuit breaker SHALL be ON in the UP position. There are no exceptions.
Looks like a mixture of Bryant and ITE breakers which doesn't fly either.
Last edited by Bill Kriegh; 04-26-2010 at 04:16 AM.
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04-26-2010, 05:29 AM #3
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Re: Main Breaker - up = off
That panel is a old Crouse-Hinds (Murray) & they used a oddball main breaker that had the ON & OFF reversed, prob. had a MB failure & used a standard breaker, because of a original type not being avail.,just my guess....
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