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GilbertB

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Are all my circuit breakers wired wrong?
« on: December 31, 2016, 11:49:19 PM »
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If I read the little schematic on the front right, inlet should be from the top (1&3) and users should be the bottom (2&4)?
The manufacturer does not have a user guide...

The electricals of this house were done by a drunk joker, so I'm second guessing myself now...

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Re: Are all my circuit breakers wired wrong?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2017, 05:56:10 AM »
A picture of the panel might help. And if you pop one of the circuits out and who how it's wired.

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Re: Are all my circuit breakers wired wrong?
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2017, 06:39:17 AM »
A picture of the panel might help. And if you pop one of the circuits out and who how it's wired.
I rewired the whole lot according to the symbols on the breakers.
That puts the inlet on top.
And the opposite of 90% of breakers!
Marketing calls it "product differentiation", I call it stupid.

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Re: Are all my circuit breakers wired wrong?
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2017, 07:59:20 AM »
Plain AC breakers will trip either way. (In the US, it's somewhat common to feed a panel "backwards" through a breaker.)

GFCI or AFCI breakers may be directional, but a plain breaker should be fine either way.

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Re: Are all my circuit breakers wired wrong?
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2017, 05:21:50 AM »
Here is the finished panel:
The unconnected squiggly on the bottom is a line for the attic that I'm on the fence on running elsewhere...
The blue breaker at the right is an extra sensitive model for the bathroom. But it's old and will be replaced.