Subj : Light Switch Replacement
To   : BARRY MARTIN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Dec 21 2024 09:22:00

>  MP> At least I now know that I need to turn off 2 or 3 breakers to
>  MP> get the whole house.  ;)

> But ther there's that one remote breaker to shut the lights off in the
> room with the service panel!

That would be covered by the "or 3."  :)  I have a chart on the wall next
to the box.

> ...Sort of throwing this in: when the electricans were here rewiring the
> house (from four-fuses-two-circuit-breakers to a panel with I think 20
> breakers) I did ask how my wiring jobs were -- I had added/modified some
> circuits (the basement lights used to be on an always-on circuit, turn
> on/off with pull strings, now on a switch) and to try to balance the
> loads I had moved some portions of circuits.  The washer and [gas] dryer
> were originally on one of the four fuses - don't do laundry with some
> other function!  Remember those two breakers?  Were added when a previous
> owner added the Dining/Family Room -- one breaker for the DR, the other
> to a single outlet in the DR! That was all: one outlet!  I moved the
> washer and dryer to that outlet!

I have never got "brave" enough to change any circuits on my own... not yet
anyway.  ;)

>  MP>  * SLMR 2.1a * Thesaurus: prehistoric reptile with a great
>  MP> vocabulary.

> I bought a paperback one probably in late elementary school: there was
> some sort of a programme students could buy books in class/through the
> school.  It definitely helped with writing assignments.  I also remember
> being fascinated with all the options (eventually found the correct term
> was 'nuances') there were

Yeah, they can be real handy.

Mike

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