Yikes! Are you saying that to switch off a breaker,
an electrician will short it out at the outlet box to
avoid the trouble of going down to the basement,
identifying the correct breaker, and manually
switching it off?
Doug
--- Jack Brooks <jibjib@att.net> wrote:
> I changed out all the outlets in a home with a
> Federal Pacific panel.
> Typically, I did them live, but every once in a
> while there was a
> troublesome one where I felt much better with the
> power off. Many of the
> Federal Pacific breakers could not easily be tripped
> with a screwdriver
> grounding out the circuit. I added a lot of GFI's,
> as I was not ready to
> change out the panel yet.
>
> jack
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