How Hot Can Circuit Breakers Get- Podcast

So you ask how hot can Circuit Breakers get and still function properly. I get the question a lot about something felling hot…well its all about perception but here you go. ENJOY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkbyuO9fMY8)

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What’s your thoughts on this, @pabernathy? Ambient temp is around 70 degrees fahrenheit. Powering a Heat Pump air handler in the attic. Has been running for over an hour.

I’m not answering for him, but 112F is simply warm after running a load.

I see stacks of AFCI/GFCI breakers idling along doing that all day.
Example:

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Not an issue! Leave the IR in the truck.

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Better still, put on eBay!

I don’t like states telling home inspectors how to do their job, but if they truly want to protect the public, which is the ostensible reason for licensing, they should prohibit a home inspector from pointing an IR camera at electrical panels unless the inspector has had proper training and follows a well defined protocol. We both know that that’s never going to happen.

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