

| 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
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