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Subject:Re: 110 VAC circuit breaker guard, was Re: Is anybody still on this list?
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:28:19 -0400

At 01:50 PM 3/20/2015, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>Not a bad idea.  I'm just afraid that something (firewood) or someone's foot
>is going to break off that toggle soon. And there goes another $35.  I'm
>thinking of making a guard out of a piece of 1/2 copper pipe and cap with a
>hole drilled in it.  I'll paint it fluorescent red.

The one on the '84 was a push-pull button that would pop out when it
tripped.  The guard was necessary, but a little too protective, so I
made a couple windows to allow fingertips to reach it.  As I recall
the guard doubled as mounting nut.  I don't know how many cycles the
breaker was rated for (fifty would not be an unusual number for a
pushbutton breaker) but I'm pretty sure the camper manual said it
could be used as a switch.

Yrs,
d