There's a breaker box, Pat. I'll check and make sure the dryer circuit is
actually going through it.
You know...come to think of it, this might be for the washer only. This
contraption is on a board hanging from a ceiling joist. On the same side of
the board as this fuse box is the washing machine plug. The other side has
the 220v dryer plug.
I'll go figure out what's going where.
But why would you fuse a washer circuit. I don't know those to pull a lot
of power. The fridge and oven don't have these things in front of them, and
I assume they suck far more power. Huh.
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Pat Horne <pat@hornesystemstx.com> wrote:
> Looks like a fused disconnect to me. I'd replace or remove it.
>
> Is that circuit fused/or a breaker before it gets to this box? If so, there
> is no need for it.
> If there is no fuse or breaker, then a fuse or breaker is needed. I'd get a
> small, breaker box and put it in if that is the case.
> Since this for a 220v circuit, you should not use fuses, but a double
> breaker so that if one side trips the other will trip also.
> What is the gauge of the wire? It looks to be too small to run a drier on.
> Mist driers are on 8 ga. Wire. If this is smaller than that you should
> Replace the wire back to the breaker panel with larger wire.
> Also, there does not appear to be a ground wire in this box. For safety you
> need a ground wire for any 220v device.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Scott
> Hall
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:48 AM
> To: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Next question: what the $%^& is this thing?
>
> Okay fellas,
>
> This:
>
> http://imgur.com/MGMpgzC
>
> Thing lives in my basement, upstream of where the washer and dryer plug in.
>
> I get that it seems to be some sort of primitive "fuse box", and the 'bulb
> socket' is where a screw-in fuse goes. I know this because the thing has a
> sticker that references fuses and I found fuses with light-bulb threads on
> the back at home depot.
>
> Issues:
>
> 1) The sticker references a 20 H.P. (I assume horsepower?) load. Not amps
> or
> volts, "H.P.". The fuses at Home Depot are not listed by horsepower (or
> H.P.). What the heck?
>
> 2) How's this thing...work? That black wire going out of the picture at
> 4:00 is the same one you see coming back in the picture at 2:00. I bent is
> back that way because it looks like the cut ends should match up. I have no
> idea why it's cut, or even if that's where that wire should go. How should
> I
> re-wire this?
>
>
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