[Build] electrical demo
jim
jim at well.com
Mon Aug 17 17:20:21 UTC 2009
agreed, seems likely we can use it as is,
for now, let it be. if we have to replace
it or the bus bars, we can face that
nightmare at the time (go to the basement
and shut off power that comes to the box).
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 10:04 -0700, deleTed wrote:
> I suspect we won't need to run as many circuits as the former
> occupants, so maybe we'll be able to get away with just not using and
> dead fronting the groadiest bus bars.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:08 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
> ("whew!")
> seems to me the breaker box is usable. the top
> two positions seem good and the bottom position
> doesn't seem too bad, and my guess is that the
> position third from the top (second from the
> bottom) was being used despite its groady
> condition.
> the problem with replacing the box is finding
> one that is the same size and has the same holes
> so we can match it to the many pipes connecting
> to the existing box.
> it may be possible to replace the bus bars
> themselves rather than the entire box.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 22:21 -0700, deleTed wrote:
> > Oh, and by "taking apart" I mean that I removed the
> breakers. The box
> > itself is still intact.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 10:20 PM, deleTed <arbzed at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I ended up taking the 3-phase breaker box apart.
> >
> > Some of the breakers had arced and melted/deformed
> the
> > connectors to the box behind them. I showed this to
> Neil, and
> > his opinion was that we should replace the breaker
> box (one or
> > two of the tabs that attach to the breakers are
> melted enough
> > to be useless). The breakers I removed (the ones
> that didn't
> > have melted connectors) are in a box in the
> electrical storage
> > closet.
> >
> > Any wires that were wired to be switched together by
> the
> > breakers, in case that information might come in
> handy for
> > some reason.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:53 PM, jim <jim at well.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > don't worry too much about what to do:
> > do something, anything, and we'll make
> > progress. you do have the overall list,
> > yes?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 12:44 -0700, Rachel
> McConnell
> > wrote:
> > > I'm planning on showing up there ...
> probably about
> > 3, which is about
> > > when Lamont said he'd be there too IIRC.
> > >
> > > If you want to get in earlier, though,
> there were a
> > bunch of keys at 83C
> > > in the membership cabinet in an Altoids
> tin. There
> > may be some left
> > > there still. Feel free to take a set,
> you're doing
> > build work and
> > > that's what those are for.
> > >
> > > Jim may have a better idea, but my guess
> is the next
> > highest electrical
> > > demo priority is the wiremold along the
> back wall
> > and south wall, the
> > > stuff that's partly built into the
> floor... that's
> > what I was planning
> > > on working on anyway. Also, tracing wires
> from all
> > the breaker boxes,
> > > but that's a job much more easily done
> with 2
> > people.
> > >
> > > Rachel
> > >
> > > deleTed wrote:
> > > > I thought I might come by 2169 in a bit
> and do
> > some electrical demo.
> > > > I will be toting screwdrivers, a knife,
> and a
> > drill w/ screw bits.
> > > > Is anyone around who can let me in?
> > > >
> > > > Also, Lamont & Rachael: what are the
> highest
> > priority demolition targets
> > > > at the moment?
> > > >
> > > > dlt.
> >
> > >
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