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wetwille said:
Really easy, just two screws, one on each breaker. Doesn't matter if you were to switch the wires due to how the boxes are setup. The back edge of the breaker(opposite where screw is) you just give a little pull and they pivot out. If you want to save the money. *The wires aren't hot, the connections on the breaker are. **Obviously someone could have retarded something elsewhere and that may not hold true. Soooo, always switch off the main breaker while doing this. Because we love you if nothing else.
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Oh cool. Sound about as easy as a speakON.
 
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OOD said:
Oh cool. Sound about as easy as a speakON.
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Easier by far. Not all Speakons are supposed to be wired the same, particularly the NL4 cords(4 contacts). This is truly a switch the wires, makes no difference situation. The double pole breaker is just like gluing the off handle on your two breakers together.
 
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Make sure you wear rubber shoes in case you do something you shouldn’t. That way it’ll just blow a kneecap off instead of a foot.

JK I say that to everybody poking around in a breaker box and asks questions on an Internet forum known more for poop threads.

Edit Good luck
 
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Yeah, if you don't know what you're doing in a panel, don't fuck around in a panel.

Lots of angry pixies in there ready to fuck you up, and fuck your shit up.
 
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Jehannum said:
Be prepared for the inevitable "hey guy, there's lots more shit wrong in here, it's really gonna cost you to get me not to go to the housing authority and have them slap a condemned sticker on this bitch".
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Are you saying be prepared for an unethical upsell or that I may actually have things that need to be brought up to code?
 
Mr. Asa said:
Both are equally likely.

Home inspector mention anything about the electrical system?
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Home inspectors are likely only check model numbers against ones with known issues. They certainly won't take the inspection covers off.

Given what @OOD has said about his new place, and the pics he's shown, I'd expect aluminum branch wiring, probably an overloaded-to-fuck-and-back panel, and lots of additional weirdness.
 
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OOD said:
You think it's cool to leave it as it is? It seems to work fine but I'm not very knowledgeable about these things.
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dont fuck with merging breakers unless you know what you're doing.

Even I dont mess with my panel unless i turn the whole house off (including the mains)
 
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OOD said:
I have about 5 breakers that I have no clue what they go to. And a 6th that is for the water heater I need to figure out which it is. I'll just see if I get a cold shower in the morning.

There's two 220 plugs that don't work as far as I know. A door bell that doesn't work. And there used to be a baseboard heater in ever room. There's also a light switch that I have no clue about. An outlet that doesn't work and a light-switch/outlet combo that the light works on but the outlet doesn't. Also one of the breakers is tripped and won't untrip.

I'm to the point where I am going to turn every breaker off I'm unsure about and only worry about it if something I need is no longer working. There are no labels on anything. I don't know how these people functioned.
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Take a boom box, crank it up to where you can hear it at the panel, plug it into one outlet at a time, start flipping breakers and drawing a map/chart of what's what.

Then do the same thing with lights and switches.

If your wife gets sick of yelling "yes, no, on, off", get one of these and plug the boom box in the light sockets.

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Jehannum said:
Home inspectors are likely only check model numbers against ones with known issues. They certainly won't take the inspection covers off.

Given what @OOD has said about his new place, and the pics he's shown, I'd expect aluminum branch wiring, probably an overloaded-to-fuck-and-back panel, and lots of additional weirdness.
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your past history fuckery with aluminum wiring thankfully is not the norm
 
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Jehannum said:
Home inspectors are likely only check model numbers against ones with known issues. They certainly won't take the inspection covers off.

Given what @OOD has said about his new place, and the pics he's shown, I'd expect aluminum branch wiring, probably an overloaded-to-fuck-and-back panel, and lots of additional weirdness.
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I always pulled the front cover off panels when I was doing home inspections. You don't have to be an electrician to recognize many things that are wonky or against code. That said, my step-daughter bought a house and had a stranger do the inspection since it would be awkward having me do it. I was there and moseyed around wherever he wasn't. Flaccid dick-lick missed all sorts of shit in the basement wiring and elsewhere but they wanted the house and wouldn't even consider dickering.
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Domon said:
dont fuck with merging breakers unless you know what you're doing.

Even I dont mess with my panel unless i turn the whole house off (including the mains)
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Go full tilt - pull the meter. j/k
 
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wetwille said:
I always pulled the front cover off panels when I was doing home inspections. You don't have to be an electrician to recognize many things that are wonky or against code. That said, my step-daughter bought a house and had a stranger do the inspection since it would be awkward having me do it. I was there and moseyed around wherever he wasn't. Flaccid dick-lick missed all sorts of shit in the basement wiring and elsewhere but they wanted the house and wouldn't even consider dickering.
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Go full tilt - pull the meter. j/k
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oh, so i can really piss off the angry pixies, the full 14kv ones.

I actually have an outside shutoff next to the meter. Tis nice, flip a 100a breaker, house is deader than dead.
 
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