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Old May 23rd, 2007, 15:49   #58
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Default Re: Inoperable Lavatory

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Originally Posted by averyrm View Post
Why is cycling a breaker very dangerous?
It tripped or a reason, most likely too much current going thru it. When resetting you could possibly hold it on when it trys to trip again, allowing the current downstream to what ever it was wired to, and a big bang taking place.

There is a video somewhere on an electrical panel doing this and it gets blown off the wall. I think it was a UL video.
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