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replace broken switch@distribution panel above captains tabl
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:17 am
by tranquil
Landlubber dropped a land device that snapped off the switch to my running lights on the distribution panel
Anyone know where I might obtain a matching replacement? Thus far, I am unable to locate something similar
Thanks
Teri Weber
Hull #187 2004
Tranquil
Re: replace broken switch@distribution panel above captains
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:43 am
by wolfe10
Are you referring to the breaker on the electrical panel-- if so, will probably need a new breaker with the same amp rating as the original.
Brett
Re: replace broken switch@distribution panel above captains
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:56 pm
by BillBerner
My electrical panel has several unused breakers on it. If yours is the same, why not just swap the broken one with an unused one.
Open up the panel, and if there's no load wire connected to a breaker then it's unused.
Bill Berner
Re: replace broken switch@distribution panel above captains
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:15 am
by KevinMc
Agree with using a one of the unused switches on the power panel as your spare. Probably one-quarter of the switches on my panel have no output and would be considered a "spare".
Re: replace broken switch@distribution panel above captains
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:30 am
by tranquil
Wow- great answers!! Right in front of my own eyes and I did not see it!
Thanks again - rehabbing my electrical panel this holiday!
Have a good one