Kyle Kubs Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 From yesterdays inspection. I've seen panels get a little over-spray before but this is a step above. Looks like it was during initial construction back in 1965. They must have had the panel wide open while painting contractors were spraying the house. Even got the sub panel too. I pulled several breakers and the bus underneath was coated also. The house has changed hands several times over the years and this has never been taken care of. Interesting main panel. Probably only the second split bus I've ever seen from Cutler-Hammer. The hot bus has little nipples sticking out that the breakers clip onto. Anyone know when they discontinued this design? (Post checked for spelling & grammatical errors, read, reread and proofread.)[^] Download Attachment: Panel_1.jpg 160.33 KB Download Attachment: Panel_1_Close.jpg 174.08 KB Download Attachment: Panel_1_Lugs.jpg 174.12 KB Download Attachment: Panel_Sub.jpg 172.94 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi Kyle, Yeah, I see something similar in a lot of the condo conversions. The developers pay the cheapest bidder to come through and paint everything off-white and they aren't paying the painter (at least in the painter's mind, I guess) for the time it takes to put a piece of masking paper over the panel. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 I bet if you were standing still in the room, you probably would have been painted over too! I bet every electric outlet is clogged with paint too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kondzich Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Did you note the neutrals in the subpanel that got a little toasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msteger Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Yeah, gotta love a painter who does this. I've seen this many times myself, including in quite a few condos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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