Old panels on 1970 build

Give me a minute. I will run Speccy and benchmark.

What speeds and manufacturer you get, Brian? Sounds like an awesome drive.

Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB. >< 7000 MB/s read. 5000 MB/s write.
2 x XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE SSD. 7400 MB/s sequential read and 6800 MB/s sequential write.
ADATA - XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 419.00 now. I paid >< $100.00 less than that when on special.

Of course it doesn’t. That would be a cum hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. The fallacies you are committing are an ignoratio elenchi and an argumentum ad ignorantiam.

A lack of evidence is not evidence. Your comment was nothing more than a distraction that did not support any logical conclusion.

I said that Pushmatic is not a problem. It is not a cause for concern. My comment was unambiguous, you said that it was ambiguous. I have asked you to explain how it could have been any clearer.

I am not interested in any verbal gymnastics. I only want to know how I could have made my comment any less ambiguous.

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No verbal gymnastics.
A choice between alternatives has not been made.
A correlation with causation, Panel board age. Ignoring a possibility influences with wiring age and condition.
Hope that helps.

Sorry if you felt my posts were offensive. I am off my regular game to day.

I generally agree but also encourage my clients to check with their insurance company as many old panels (and roofs… and plumbing… and whatever) are becoming a sticking point.

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Thank you Mr. Feldman your gracious display off wording against someone who is obviously greatly skilled at debating, and has the acumen of being recognised as a Forensic Electrical Consultant and Investigator.

I concur and value your opinion.

Again. Thank you.

Pushmatic indicators for whether the breaker is On or Off are not always accurate. They can also fail to reset.

They also only have the thermal overload, lacking the magnetic trip of current breakers.

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Yup. I’ve replaced many of them over the years where the push button mechanism would get stuck, typically after the breaker tripped or if you opened the breaker by shutting it off. In either of those cases the breaker could not be turned back on and they had to be replaced.

Some have speculated that it had to do with the design of the push button mechanism and the hardening of the grease used during manufacture. If someone had routinely cycled them off and on the problem with the mechanism getting stuck would probably not exist but no one does that.

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Lack of maintenance and care is a leading problem in my experience.

LoL. Yes and especially with Pushmatic style breakers years of not moving the mechanical push buttons can cause them to fail seemingly more so than the handle design of other breakers.

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