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Unused circuit breaker Walter R. 02-12-2005
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Posted by Walter R. on February 12, 2005, 6:36 am


I have a circuit breaker in my master panel that serves a
disconnected/unused circuit.

I don't just want to remove the breaker because that would leave a gaping
hole in the panel.

Can I just disconnect the wires from the circuit breaker and put a wire-nut
on the end of each wire? Is it ok to have some lose wires, terminated by
wire nuts, dangling in the panel?

Walter
The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net
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Posted by Don Young on February 12, 2005, 2:07 am


That would be fine.
Don Young
>I have a circuit breaker in my master panel that serves a
>disconnected/unused circuit.
>
> I don't just want to remove the breaker because that would leave a gaping
> hole in the panel.
>
> Can I just disconnect the wires from the circuit breaker and put a
> wire-nut on the end of each wire? Is it ok to have some lose wires,
> terminated by wire nuts, dangling in the panel?
>
> Walter
> The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net
> -
>
>




Posted by TURTLE on February 12, 2005, 4:35 am



>I have a circuit breaker in my master panel that serves a disconnected/unused
>circuit.
>
> I don't just want to remove the breaker because that would leave a gaping hole
> in the panel.
>
> Can I just disconnect the wires from the circuit breaker and put a wire-nut on
> the end of each wire? Is it ok to have some lose wires, terminated by wire
> nuts, dangling in the panel?
>
> Walter
> The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net

This is Turtle.

It's done all the time , but i would make sure the loose wires were very well
capped off and taped up to not let them touch anything in the box at all.

Now if you wanted to remove the breaker , you can go to any electric supply
warehouse and get breaker slot plugs and pull the breaker and put the plugs in
it's place in the open slots.

TURTLE




Posted by Bert Byfield on February 12, 2005, 7:35 am


> I have a circuit breaker in my master panel that serves a
> disconnected/unused circuit.
> I don't just want to remove the breaker because that would leave a
> gaping hole in the panel.
> Can I just disconnect the wires from the circuit breaker and put a
> wire-nut on the end of each wire? Is it ok to have some lose wires,
> terminated by wire nuts, dangling in the panel?
> Walter

Why not just remove all the unused wires etc and leave only the circuit
breaker?





Posted by Doug Miller on February 12, 2005, 4:39 pm


>I have a circuit breaker in my master panel that serves a
>disconnected/unused circuit.
>
>I don't just want to remove the breaker because that would leave a gaping
>hole in the panel.
>
>Can I just disconnect the wires from the circuit breaker and put a wire-nut
>on the end of each wire? Is it ok to have some lose wires, terminated by
>wire nuts, dangling in the panel?

What's wrong with just turning the breaker off, and leaving everything else
alone?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?


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