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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 4:04 pm
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(November 2, 2021 at 2:37 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 2:30 pm)Brian37 Wrote: You cant always single out an appliance. Most of the time the breakers are about the region of the house, like a wall or room. And nobody is suggesting you do your own repairs. All I said was the safest thing to do is either turn of that one breaker that applies to that wall or unit, or turn off power to the main breaker.
No, you said to turn off the main breaker, you said nothing about turning off the breaker that controls the appliance (which is what SB said - he didn’t say that you could single out an appliance).
Turning off a main breaker to work on a single appliance is just stupid and pointless.
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This is what I was commenting on:
Brian37 wrote:
Quote:You cant always single out an appliance. Most of the time the breakers are about the region of the house, like a wall or room. And nobody is suggesting you do your own repairs. All I said was the safest thing to do is either turn of that one breaker that applies to that wall or unit, or turn off power to the main breaker.
If turn off a breaker and check the appliance you are working on, you can be certain that power is off, simple as that. If another appliance happens to be on that same breaker, then it will be off as well; nothing you can do about that. Most of your post was about shutting off the main breaker, which could be warranted if you are adding or removing something in a panel. But if you are just working on one isolated appliance, you only need to shut off power to that device, not the entire panel. If you turn off the main breaker, you'll be in the dark, which could actually be less safe.
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 4:11 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 4:04 pm)Spongebob Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 2:37 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No, you said to turn off the main breaker, you said nothing about turning off the breaker that controls the appliance (which is what SB said - he didn’t say that you could single out an appliance).
Turning off a main breaker to work on a single appliance is just stupid and pointless.
Boru
This is what I was commenting on:
Brian37 wrote:
Quote:You cant always single out an appliance. Most of the time the breakers are about the region of the house, like a wall or room. And nobody is suggesting you do your own repairs. All I said was the safest thing to do is either turn of that one breaker that applies to that wall or unit, or turn off power to the main breaker.
If turn off a breaker and check the appliance you are working on, you can be certain that power is off, simple as that. If another appliance happens to be on that same breaker, then it will be off as well; nothing you can do about that. Most of your post was about shutting off the main breaker, which could be warranted if you are adding or removing something in a panel. But if you are just working on one isolated appliance, you only need to shut off power to that device, not the entire panel. If you turn off the main breaker, you'll be in the dark, which could actually be less safe.
And to be absolutely sure the power is off to that appliance, use a circuit tester or a multimeter. If you haven’t got either of those, you can test the circuit with two forks.
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 4:23 pm
Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 9:45 pm
One morning as a kid, going down to breakfast in my pj's, I put my hand on the fridge handle and the other on top of the stove, only to discover that there was a shocking ground leak in one of the two. Upon telling my dad about this, his only comment was, "Is that a fact," and he went about his business and never did anything about it. In hindsight I suppose that's reasonable, but I was rather alarmed at the time.
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 9:55 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 9:45 pm)Angrboda Wrote: One morning as a kid, going down to breakfast in my pj's, I put my hand on the fridge handle and the other on top of the stove, only to discover that there was a shocking ground leak in one of the two. Upon telling my dad about this, his only comment was, "Is that a fact," and he went about his business and never did anything about it. In hindsight I suppose that's reasonable, but I was rather alarmed at the time.
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 9:56 pm
Every single time I see this thread title at a glance I think it says “my water has just burst open, (help!)” and my first thought is “holy shit this person needs to get to the fucking hospital!” 😂
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 10:13 pm
I had no idea the guy was knocked up....
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 10:16 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 8:50 am)brewer Wrote:
I'd rather see what's going on down below.
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 2, 2021 at 10:44 pm
He's taking a piss. Which is a great way to test an outlet or breaker, by the way.
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RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
November 3, 2021 at 8:08 am
(November 2, 2021 at 10:16 pm)Foxaire Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 8:50 am)brewer Wrote:
I'd rather see what's going on down below.
Closely watch his left shoulder (before he slightly turns) and use your imagination.
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