Danny Pritchard Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Could someone explain why the red wire in the first picture is connected to two breakers.What was the person trying to achieve? Is it acceptable to put insulation around old cloth covered wiring as in the 2nd picture. Thanks Danny Pritchard Download Attachment: looped wire.jpg 74.97 KB Download Attachment: Buried wire insul.jpg 72.79 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 The 'red wire' picture makes no sense to me. Looks like the red 'jumper' simply connects 2 breakers to the same bus...and the same circuit. One wire apparently has a load on it, the other doesn't. The picture is very dark on my PC for some reason. I can't see it as well as I wish I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Danny... Someone's perverted idea to stop nuisance tripping? I might be wrong on this...(Where's Doug?)...but it seems to me that the amperage is being divided between the two parallel connected breakers and would effectively require double the load to trip. It may not be quite that well balanced but I'm pretty sure that the wire AWG is no longer adequately protected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Very odd, never seen that one before. I'm pretty sure the insulation over the old wires is okay, but someone else should chime-in on that. The only system I'm aware of that won't allow insulation is knob & tube. Brian G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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