Stephen Lagueux Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Trying to get my head around this installation. The 2 upper right boxes are no longer in use. the other 2 are connected together.....Looking at the black and red wires going from the fuse box to the bus bar in the other box...On top of the ground/neutral bond and the double taps, I just can't make heads or tails of it. Either way, a master electrician is needed in this house. Click to Enlarge 45.02 KB Click to Enlarge 58.74 KB Click to Enlarge 47.19 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Ah oui, Stefan. The 2 25 amp breakers are for baseboard heater circuits, 'plinthes electrique', no? So if they are receiving power from the fuse panel on the left by way of the heavy gauge conductors, then the fuse panel has grossly undersized feeders supplying it, and they are double tapped with the larger ones. And we have serious grounding issues as well. Or the breaker panel is recycled, mislabeled and supplying the fuse panel with 25 amps, 240 volts, no ground. You are right, it is a mystery, what was he thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 He was thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I can't figure where the power is coming from...and I'm actually thinking. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Lagueux Posted May 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 ... I kept going back and forth from pic to pic for at least 30 minutes this afternoon. I guess the easiest way to write it up, along with other issues in the house will be to have a master electrician look at the entire electric system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 When confronted with this sort of clusterfxxk, I have on occasion said something just like what you wrote..... "I inspected the electrical service equipment, and honestly, I don't know what the installer was trying to do. It's so messed up it's not worth figuring out. Get an electrician to take it all out and reinstall new equipment." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles46 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 This is one of those where I would say we have undersized wire feeds, grounding issues, double tapped circuits, that these are considered safety issues. I would recommend these and any other problems that an electrical contractor may discover while performing repairs need correcting. Then I would recommend a licensed electrical contractor inspect further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Hansen Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 This is the first time I've seen 25-amp FPE breakers. This whole installation looks like a hall of fame candidate. I'm fairly confident that the power is coming in to the black cable at the top of the fuse panel, and I am mystified by rest of it. Can it be that the other three cables exiting the top of the fuse panel are all 240-volt? It looks that way, but ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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