QOD for 4/13/05 electrical

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Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Following on from yesterday, hre's more from the name that panel series

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Gerry

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Originally Posted By: jpope
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Hey, I know that picture. Oops, that might give away the answer icon_lol.gif

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Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Hi Jeff,


thats why I did not credit it dummy ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif) ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif) ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif)

Regards

Gerry

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Originally Posted By: jpope
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I think panel recognition is a great subject. This one almost slipped by me when I first saw it. There were no other “notable” defects (other than the AL wire).

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Originally Posted By: gbell
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I agree with you Jeff.


Great topic Gerry.

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Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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and the picture was courtesy of Jeff Pope (where I steal all my best panel pictures) icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif


The Give away here is the psychedelic colors of the breaker switches, as far as I know zinsco were the only manufacturer to do this, this panel probably dates from the mid 1970's so the breakers were designed to co-ordinate properly with bell bottoms and tank tops.

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Gerry

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Originally Posted By: bking
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Is the service entrance wire a defect because it is AL ? If yes why?


Is this a typical Zinsco that should be reported as "need to replace" ?

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Originally Posted By: jpope
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bking wrote:
Is the service entrance wire a defect because it is AL ? If yes why?

No. Stranded AL is typically not a problem.

bking wrote:
Is this a typical Zinsco that should be reported as "need to replace" ?


Yes, however, this is one of the older models (late 50's) with copper bus bars rather than the aluminum bus bars. The breaker connection is poor at best but the oxidation factor is less of a problem on this type.

The breakers have a high failure rate, comparable to FPE, and have a tendancy to freeze up over time.

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