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One More Question Re House Circuit Breakers, Please ? Robert11 04-08-2008
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Posted by dpb on April 8, 2008, 10:54 am
hallerb@aol.com wrote:
...
> hey when there trying to sell you something NEW they dont mention
> againg might hurt sales.......

Like somebody isn't going to buy a breaker because there's a data sheet
that shows it's 20-yr future sensitivity--right. :(

> dont have a link of one even exists, but its true of all
> breakers.........
...

If it were a serious issue (which theoretically it would be if
sensitivity were to go the other way) in the spec's I'm quite sure it
would be addressed in the design phase. (And, I'm _QUITE_ sure the
major manufacturers do significant aging studies.)

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Posted by Ken on April 8, 2008, 12:57 pm
> hall...@aol.com wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > hey when there trying to sell you something NEW they dont mention
> > againg might hurt sales.......
>
> Like somebody isn't going to buy a breaker because there's a data sheet
> that shows it's 20-yr future sensitivity--right. =A0:(
>
> > dont have a link of one even exists, but its true of all
> > breakers.........
>
> ...
>
> If it were a serious issue (which theoretically it would be if
> sensitivity were to go the other way) in the spec's I'm quite sure it
> would be addressed in the design phase. =A0(And, I'm _QUITE_ sure the
> major manufacturers do significant aging studies.)
>
> --

This doesn't apply to residential, but the large industrial building
where I work is having the main breakers replaced in the near future.
The only reason I know about this is that obviously the power will be
out for the duration of the replacement, and they have warned all of
the building tenants. Apparently there is some rule about replacing
main breakers in industrial and/or commercial buildings at 5 year
intervals.

Ken

Posted by dpb on April 8, 2008, 1:41 pm
Ken wrote:
...

> ... Apparently there is some rule about replacing
> main breakers in industrial and/or commercial buildings at 5 year
> intervals.

I'd guess it's something different than just a 5-yr interval...

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Posted by Ralph Mowery on April 8, 2008, 7:49 pm

> Ken wrote:
> ...
>
>> ... Apparently there is some rule about replacing
>> main breakers in industrial and/or commercial buildings at 5 year
>> intervals.
>
> I'd guess it's something different than just a 5-yr interval...
>

I have worked at a large industrial plant for 20 years and the plant was
built in 1965. As far as I know the original breakers are still in use
except for a few that have failed.
There are breakers from 120 volts at 15 amps to the very large 13.200 volt
main breakers. Nothing gets changed unless it fails or an inferred scan
indicates it may fail.



Posted by dpb on April 8, 2008, 7:50 pm
Ralph Mowery wrote:
>> Ken wrote:
>> ...
>>
>>> ... Apparently there is some rule about replacing
>>> main breakers in industrial and/or commercial buildings at 5 year
>>> intervals.
>> I'd guess it's something different than just a 5-yr interval...
>>
>
> I have worked at a large industrial plant for 20 years and the plant was
> built in 1965. As far as I know the original breakers are still in use
> except for a few that have failed.
> There are breakers from 120 volts at 15 amps to the very large 13.200 volt
> main breakers. Nothing gets changed unless it fails or an inferred scan
> indicates it may fail.

That's been my experience in power plants, paper mills and coal
mines/prep plants as well.

There are some generating plants built in the early 50s w/ much of the
original electrical controls, switchgear, etc., ...

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