Timeline for Does drywall surrounding breaker panel pose fire risk?
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 4:53 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @IrishRedneck CH is the name of this style of panel with the 3/4" wide breakers with tan handles. It stands for Cutler Hammer. Everything relating to this panel line will tend to have CH in its name. The BR type is not compatible. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 2:05 | comment | added | Qiuzman | Thanks ! I figured it might start with ch since you referenced that before. How did you determine it requires the ch type vs the bh type. Just so I know moving forward. Kind of cool to see I don’t need to upgrade the panel to have newer breakers. | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 0:41 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @Irish. You want CHFN115DF or CHFN120DF | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 23:54 | comment | added | Qiuzman | I looked up CH panels and I know you mentioned there are Afci/gfci but I couldn’t find any dual function breakers that might fit a ch panel like mine. Any chance you have come across them? | |
| Jan 25, 2021 at 17:50 | comment | added | Qiuzman | Ended up buying slot fillers for 3 bucks at Lowe’s for Eaton ch panels. Crazy to think this panel hasn’t been against this thing for 40 years ha. | |
| Jan 25, 2021 at 5:10 | comment | added | Qiuzman | I know you mentioned buying and using a Eaton ch120 to fill the void on panel but I actually have the old 40amp breaker that was taken out of it. Can I just stick that bad boy back in there with nothing hooked up to it and no harm no foul? That way it fills both slots missing or is it a safer bet to just buy a CH220 or two CH120s | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 23:07 | comment | added | Qiuzman | “Cretin” lol. Well said. Thanks as usual Harper. | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 22:54 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Expect them to be "machine screws" i.e. bolts... either 8-32, 10-32 or possibly 10-24. Just mask up and hit a hardware store that sells screws by the one, and buy one of each and come back and see. It is possible the last cretin gored out the holes by using drywall screws or whatever. | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 22:06 | comment | added | Qiuzman | Hey! So I cut away the drywall and I can sit it flush with the box now. Only issue is I don’t have the original screw or bolts. Any idea which would be the right size for this particular panel? Need six of them. I have 2 which may not even be original but does have paint on it so it’s gotta be close. Other four screws have a sharp point like a self tapping screw so I don’t feel comfortable putting them back in. Seems risky to me. | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 21:18 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Yeah, turn off the main breaker before shop vaccing and stay away from the zappy bits (you CAN'T turn off the wires coming into the top of the main breaker, heck of an arc flash from touching that!!) Also, fill those empty breaker holes - the Eaton CH120 is an economical cover plate which doubles as an actual 20A breaker! | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 20:35 | comment | added | Qiuzman | Sorry for the numerous sub questions. Just figure I could pick your brain since it’s all kind of in this post and not worth a independent thread. | |
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| Jan 24, 2021 at 20:30 | comment | added | Qiuzman | I am going to cut away that drywall little by little and just get the cover panel flush to panel for now. I’m worried about getting drywall dust in the box. Is it okay to shop vac out the debris and drywall dust? Also seeing a lot of cob webs like the one right by the main lines coming in(not sure if that could ever become conductive enough). Lastly there is a red and black cable loose in this box that went to a old breaker I assume, no current so just wire nut? Just want to get this in an okay state since we are having a baby in two weeks and can’t really have electrician over currently. | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 20:21 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Stud to the right of the panel is fine as long as it's flush with the panel. Normally one would install a flush mount panel proud of the stud by (drywall thickness here). Perhaps with some clever manipulation this panel could be pulled out 1/2" or so to clear the drywall. | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 19:52 | comment | added | Qiuzman | So the space currently there is 34 inches tall by 24 inches wide. Looks like I would have to have some of the side bricks removed and the top. There is also a stud to the right as you can see in the pics slightly, is that allowable? | |
| Jan 24, 2021 at 19:46 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 24, 2021 at 19:39 | history | answered | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |